The Portland daily press., 1863-05-27

MISCELLANEOUS.
General Orders, No. IO5.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJuTANT GENERALS OFFICE,

WAX DEIARIMENI, !
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington. 4prH 2S, 1858 J
F1NHE organization OF an Invalid Corps is hereby
This Corps shall consist of Companies, and If it
shall hereafter be thought best, of Batralions.
The Companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz:
First. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
ofcommands now in the field whether actually pres
ent or temporarily absent) who from wounds receiy
ed in action disease contracted in the line of duty
unfit for field service, but still capable of eff
ective garrison duty such other light duty may
be required of an Invalid Corps. Regimental Com
manders shall at once make out, from information
received from their Medical and Company Officers,
and from their own knowledge, rolls according to
the Form furnshed) of the of all the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fLlfll
the following conditions, viz:
1. That they unfit for active field service on ac
count of wounds or disease contracted in the line of
duty this fact being certified by Medical Officer in
the service. after personal examination.
q Thatthey are ft for garrison duty; this fact be-
ing likewise certified by the Medical Officer above
after personal examination.
g. That they are, in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers meritorous and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Rcgimental Commander and transmit.
ted, through the regular channels of military cor
respondence, to the Provost Marshal General of the
The Regimental Commander shall enter in the col
umn OF remarks, opposite each officers name the
roll statement as to the general character of the
ofcer for intelligence industry, sobriety and aten
ton to duty and all intermediate Comma ndcrs shall
endorse thereon such facts as they may possess in
the case, if they have none, they shall state how
far they willing endorse the opinion of the Of
icer or officers making the recommendation. Smi-
lar rolls shall be forwarded from time to time. when
ever the number of men fulfilling the conditions
enumerated or the exgcncies of the service may
render it expedient.
Second BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who
absent from duty in Hospitals Conv alescent Camps
or are otherwise under the control of Medical Off
GERS. In these the Medical Officer In attend
ance shall prepare the rolls according TO Form, en-
tering the names of officers and from the same
Regiment on a roll by themselves, and send them,
with the certificate of the Surgeon. duly signed to
the proper Regimental Commander, who will forward
them, as heretofore specified. subject to 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 objection in the col
umn of remarks and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate. If any officer enlisted man
in the service but absent and beyond the reach
of a Medical Oicer in charge of a Hospital or Con-
vaicsccnt Camp desires TO enter this Corps, he will
take the course indicated below for those who have
been honorably discharged the service.
Third. BY accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on account
of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty,
and who desire re-enter the service In the case
of an officer. application for appointment must be
made to the Provost Marshal General of the United
States through the officer detailed as Acting Assist
ant Provost Marshal General of the State. No app-
cation of this Kind will be considered unless the fol-
lowing conditions are completely fulfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of the
Surgeon of the Board OF Enrolment for the District
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 lit for garrison duty.
2. That he furnish evidence of honorable discharge
on account of wounds or disability contracted in the
line of duty.
8. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental. Brigade and Division Commanders un-
der whom he formerly served, that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable cf returning ad
equate service to the Government In case it Shall
be impractieable TO gt this last evidence, he may
having established the first two points above, satisfy
the Board of Enrolment that he is deserving. and
present its certificate OF the fact This evidence
all be obtained by the applicant and must be tran
mitted with his application for appointment.
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the 81 ate, the application may be for
warded through the Adjutanf General of the State
who is desired TO endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant as he may know.
as are afforded by his records and forward the same
TO the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Enlisted men, honorably discharged on account of
disability, desiring to reenlis in this Corps, will pre-
sent themselves to the Boar of Enrolment for the
District in which they reside, for examination by the
Surgeon thereof who shah examine them and report
the result to the Board of Enrolment
The Board shall then consider each and il the
applicant is found to fulfill the conditions specified
below the Board shall give him certificate to that
effect viz:
/. That he is unfit for service in the field.
2 That he is fit for garrison duty.
g. That he is meritorious and deserving.
4 That he was honorably discharged from the SER
vice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
eral of the State, who shall procure such evidence
service and character the records c the Company
to which he belonged on file at the Headquarters of
the State may show, and if satisfied that it is
itorous case. and that the is deserving. he will
enlist him in accordance with such special rules as
the Provost Marshal General may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge of Hospi-
tals, Military Commanders, a all others having
authority TO discharge under existing laws and reg
ulations, forbidden to grant discharges to any
men ander their control who may be fit for service in
the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with the
execution of this order and the troops organized
under it will be under the control of his Bureau.
By ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
E. ID. TOWNSEND,
myl4 lmd&w4S Assistant Adjatdnt General.