Daily national Republican., 1863-06-02
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WAR DEPARTMENT, }

wAsHIs0ToN, April %, 1888.
GENERAL oRDERs, No. lO0.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps Ia hereby authorized. .tg.4.I
30 This corps shall consist Of companies, and II II
shall heI eater be thought best, of battallons.
The companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz:
FiTS. By taking those ofloers and enlisted men
Of commands now in the ield (whether actually
present or temporarily absent who, Iom wounds
received In action disease contracted In the line
Of duty Hre unfit for field service, but are still ca
pable Of effective garrison duty, such other light
duty as may be required of an Invalid Corps. Regi.
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
Information received from their Medical and Com
pAny Ohicers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form fufnlshed) Of the names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mAndS who fulhll the following conditions, viz;
1. That they are unfit for active field service on
account Of wounds or disease contracted in the
line OF duty this fact being certified by Medical
officer In the service, after personal examination.
2. That they are 1T for garrison duty thiS fact
being likewise certified by the Medical Officer, as
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
mAnding Officers meritorious and deserving,
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels of military
correspondence, tOthe Provost Marshal General OF
the United States
The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column Of remarks, opposite each ofnoer's name
the roll, stutement as to the general character
Of the officer ior Intelligence, industry, sobriety,
and attention TO duty and all intermediate Com
mAnders shall indorso thereon such facts as they
may possess In the case, II they have none, they
shall state how 10 they willing to indorse the
opinion Of the ofncer officers making the recon-
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number OF men fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated or the exIgencIes
| OF the service may render It expedlent.
Second. By taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or convAlescent
campo or are otherwise under the control of medi-
cal officers. In these cases the medical officer in
attendance shall prepare the rolls according to
| form, entering the names Of officers and men from
the same regiment on a roll by themselves, and
end them, with the certificate Of the surgeon duly
| lgned, to the proper fegimental commander, who
i'll forward them, AS heretofore specified, subject
the same conditions and requirements. IT, In
any case, the regimental commander shall think
an officer unfit, In point Of character to continue
In the service Of the Invalid Corps though disabled
and certified by the surgeon, he will state his OBJ
lection In the column Of remarks, and note the ex-
ception before signing the certificate. II any Off
Ger or enlisted man now In the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of a medical officer In charge
of hospital or convalesceut camp, desires to en-
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
below for those who have been honorabIy dis
charged the service.
Third By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on Ac.
count Of wounds or disease contracted In the line
OF duty, and who desire to reenter the service In
the case Of an Oficer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General OF
the United States through the officer detailed ns
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
State. No application Of this kind will be consid.
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled;
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of
the Surgeon Of the Board Of Enrolment for the Dis
tict in which he resides that he is UNFIT for active
field duty on account Of wounds or disease, and is
not liable to draft, but Is ut for garrison duty,
| 2. That he furnish evidence of honorable dis
charge on account Of wounds or disability con-
trAoted In the line OF duty.
.. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, brigade, and Division Commander
under whom he formerly served, that he IL worthy
OF being thus provided for and capable of returning
adequate service to the Government. In case Il
shall be impraotioable to get this last evidence he
may, hevng established the hrst two points above,
satisfy the Board Of Enrolment that he is desery.
ing, and present Its certificate OF the fact This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
must be transmitted with his application for ap-
pointment.
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for.
warded through the Adjutant General Of the State
who Is desired to indorse thereon such facts IN the
military history OF the applicant as he may know,
or as are afforded by his records, and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General OF the Uni
ted states. Enlisted men, hOnorAbly discharged
on account of disability, desiring to re-enlist in
this corps, win present themselves to the Board
OF Enrolment for the District In which they reside
for examination by the Surgeon thereof, who shall
examine them and report the result TO the Board
Of Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each case, and II
the applicant IL found to fulhl the conditions spe-
Gifted below, the Board shall give him certificate
TO that effect, Wis
That he is unit for service in the field.
.. That he is At for garrison duty.
3. That he 10 meritOrious and deserving.
4. That he was honOrably discharged from the
ervice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certh cate Of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost MaFAhA
General Of the State, who shall procure such evi
dence Of service and character as the records Of
the company TO which he belonged, on hle at thu
headquarters OF the State, may show and II salts
fed that 1t lisa mertoriouS case, and that the mar
o Is deserving he will enlist him In accordance Will
such special rules as the Provost Marshal Genera
|. may establish.
Medical inspectors, Surgeons in charge of hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, aud all Others hAVinl
authority TO discharge, under existing laws AMI
regulations, are forbidden 10 grant discharges I,
any men under tmSiE control who may be ut for ser
!. The Provost Marshal General Ia charged will
the execution OF thls order and the troops organ
lied under 1t wi be under the control OF his Bu
+ By order Of the Secretary Of War,
NAV R-dim Assistant AdiutHnt GeneThl.