Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-13
GENERAL ORDER lao.

" Ar DERARTsEST, ADJ. GEs.s CirFIcE, /
Washington, Aug. II, 1852.
First So much of General eraer No. 81
current SERIES ss relates to-the extension
Of SICK leaves Of absence, is Hereby rev9k-
ed and no application for such extensions
I need hereafter be made The order Of the
President dated July 31sl, General Order
No. y, explains what may be considered as
good cause for absence. Surgeons certif-
Gates Of disability required bF existing
ordeFs and regulations, must be forwarded
not only TO the Adjutant General Of the
Army, but also to the commander Of the
regiments or in case Of a staff officer. to
the commanding General.
Second, Oficers absent from duty with
out leave, or beyond their leaves. will not
be allowed to draw their pay until a court
or commission shall dser1aine whether
there was sufficient cause foy. their absence.
They will accordingly provide themselves
with full description of the nature and
cause Of their disability, certified bv t6e
p[oper medleal authority as required by
e11Sung orders and regulations.
Third, Officers Of vOlu.nteers who are alb
sent from duty on account of diseases
contracted before they entered the service
will De Immediately mustered out. Those
who have been absent more than sixty
days on account Of wounds or diseases
contracted milne Of their duty, viii be re-
ported to the Adjutant General of the Ar
my for discharge, in order that their places
may be hIled by othets ct for field service.
For TINS class Of officers, Congress has pro-
yided pensions
Fourth, Applications for pensions must
be made to the Commissioner of Pensions.
who is Judge of the suffdency Of the evil
dence in support eff such claims, who fur
pishes the forms and regulations relating
thereto.
Fifth, When an officer returns to his
command after having oEer-staid his leave
OF absence, he may be tried by court
martial for this, as military offence, and
q commission may be appointed bv the
commanding officer Of the division army
corps, or army, as the case may be. to in
vestgate his case, and to determine wheth-
/ er or not he was absent from proper cause,
and if there shall be found to be such pro-
per cause he viii be entitled to pay during
saeh absence. ---=i=-, - - ~
Sixth, Where troops arc serving In an
army corps or an army, no leaves Of alb
sence will be granted on the certificate of
regimental or brigade surgeon, till the
same has been approved by the Medical
Director Of such army corps or army, and
no Medical Director will endorse any GER
tifcate until he has made personal ex-
animation Of the applicant, or received a
verbal report from the medical officer APP
j pointed by him to make such personal ex-
amination. If It shall be found that the
certificate Of disability was given without
proper cause, the name of the medical off,
Ger giving it will be reported to the Adiu-
tant General Of the Army, in order that he
may be dismissed from the service.
Seventh, When officers are not serving
4 in Q. division, army9corps, or separate ar
my, applications for leaves may be mad5 to
the Adiutant General Of the Army, but ex.
eeptsin extraordinary cases, no leaves Of
absence win be granted, unless the applI-
cation be accompanied by a certificate Of
the same character as that described in
General Order 81.
Eighth, In all cases of personal appliea.
J ton for leaves of absence made to the War
DEPARTMENT, the applicant viii be examin.
ed by medical officer assigned to that du.
ty IN this city, q s.aas
BY order Of the Secretary Of War. ~
Signed, E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. s