Daily national Republican., 1863-05-19
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
Off CIAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT, }
ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, April %, 1863.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'B OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, April %, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. lO6.-The organization oi
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II II
shall hereafter be thought best, of bAttallons.
The companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz;
First. BY taking those officers and enlisted men |
of commands now in the field twhethcr actually
present or temporarily Rbsent) who, fIom wounds
received in action disease contracted in the line
of duty, are unfit for field service but are still ca
pAble of effective garrison duty such other light
duty may be required Of m Invalid Corps Regi-
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
Information received from their Medical and Com
pany Offlcers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form furnshed) OF the names OF
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mAnds who fulfill 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
Oiccr in the service, after personal examination.
2. That they are ut for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical Ofncer, as
above, after personal examination.
g. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
mAndng Officers, meritoFOus and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels OF military
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General oI
the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column Of remarks, opposite each Oflcer'B name
on the roll statement as to the general character
of the officer iOr intelligence industry sobriety,
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com.
manders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess IN the case, If they have none they
shall state how far they willing to indorse the
opinion of the officer 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 cxigencies
Of the service may render 1t oxpedlent.
Second. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls, but who
absent from duty, in hospitals or cOnvaleSocnt
camps or are otherwise under the control of medi-
cal officers. In these 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
send them, with the certificate Of the surgeon, duly
signed, to the proper rcgimentHl commander, who
will forward them, as heretofore specified, subject
to the same conditions and requirements II, in
any case, the Tegimental commander shall think
an officer unit, 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 OH.
Ger or enlisted now In the service, but absent
/ anu DeyOnu tne lCh0l VI uGulChl OllCtI CnhfBe
of hospital or convalescent camp, desires to en-.
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
| below for those who have been honOTably dis.
| charged the service.
| Third. by accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on ao-
| count of wounds or disease contracted In the line
OF duty, and who dOsre to re-enter the service. In
the case of an officer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General OF
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Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
State No application of this kind will be oonsid.
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled:
/. That the applicant produce the certificate OF
the Surgeon OF the Board OF Enrolment for the Dis.
trct 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 ht for garrison duty.
2. That he furnish evidence Of honorable dis
charge on account of wounds or disability con.
tracted in the line of duty.
| .. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
OF being thus provided for and capable Of returning
adequate service to the Government. In case II
shall be impTaotcabe to get this last evidence he
may, having established the first two points above,
satisfy the Board of Enrolment that he is deserv.
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.
II There be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for.
warded through the AdjutaEt General Of the state
who is desired to indoTse 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-enlst in
this CORPS, will 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
Tho Board shall then consider each case and II
the applicant Is found to fulfil the conditions Bpe-
ciaed below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect, viz:
l. That he is unit for service In the field.
.. That he is tit for garrison duty.
g. That he 10 meritOriouB and deserving.
l. That he was honorNbly discharged from the
ervioe.
The Provost Marshal for tho District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
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 file at the
headqu of the state, may show, and II salts
fed that It is meritOrous case, and that the man
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 hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others having
authority to discharge, under existing laws and
regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges to
any men under their control who may be ht for ser
vice in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General la charged with
the execution Of this order, and the troops organ
iIed under it wi llhe under the control oi his Bu
TeAu.
By order OF the Secretary Of War:
+. D. TOWNSEND,