Daily national Republican., 1863-05-30
WAR DEPARTMENT, D
ADJUTAHT GEEERAL'a OFFICE,
WARRINGTON. Anril d. Inga

WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTAHT GEEERAL'a OFFICE,
WARRINGTON, April %, 1883.
GENERAL Orders, No. IO6.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist OF companies, and II 1t
shall hereafter be thought best, of battalIona.
The companies shAll be made up from the follow.
ing sources, viz:
FirR BY taking those officers and enlisted men
Of commands now In the field whether actually
present or temporarily absent) who, nom wounds
received in action disease contracted In the line
Of duty, are unit for field service, but are still ca
pabe Of effective garrison duty, or 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 Ofieers and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form furnished) of the names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mRnds 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
oHlcer in the Service after personal examination.
q That they are at for garrison duty; this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical ofieer, as
above, after personal examination.
| .. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
mAnding ofhesra, 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, to the Provost Marshal Generalo Of
the United States.
The RegimentNl Commander shall enter into the
column of remarks, opposite each oiheer's name
the roll, statement As to the general character
OF the oficer for intelligence, industry, sobriety
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
mAnders shall lndorSe thereon such facts a. they
may possess 10 the case, II they have none, they
shall state how far they willing to indorse the
opinion OF the oiicer or officers making the recon-
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number OF men fulhll-
Ing the conditions enumerated or the exigencIes
OF the service may render It expedient,
Second. BY taking those Officers and enlisted men
Btll In service and borne the rolls, but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or oonvaleseent
camps otherwise under the control Of medi-
cal officers. In these cases the medical onioer in
attendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form, entering the names Of oficern and men from
the same regiment on q roll by themselves, and
end them, with the certificate Of the surgeon, duly
igned, to the proper regimental commander, who
III forward them, as heretofore specified, subject
the same conditions and requirements. IT, in
any case, the regimental commander Ihall 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 on
Ger enlisted man now in the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer In Charge
of hospital or convalescent camp, desires to en-
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
below for those who have been honorAbly dis
charged the service.
Third. by accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorAbly discharged on 40
count OF wounds or disease contracted in the line
Of duty, and who desire to reenter the service In
the case OF Ofioer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General of
the United States through the officer detailed AZ
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
state. No application of this kind will be consid.
cred unless the following conditions completely
fulhllsdi
l. That the applicant produce the certificate OF
the surgeon OF the Board OF Enrolment for the Dis
rct in which he resides, that he 10 unfit for active
field duty on acoount Of wounds or disease, and IL
not liable to draft, but is ht for garrison duty.
.. That he furnish evidence Of honorable dis
| charge account Of wounds or disability con-
trActed in the line Of duty.
3. 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 Il
shall be impracticAble to get this last evidence he
may, having established the first 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
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for.
wArded through the AdiutaRt General of the State
who is desired TO indOrse thereon such facts In the
, military history OF the applicant As he may know
or 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
q Al
Of Enrolment for the District In which they reside
for examination by the Surgeon thereof, who shall
a examine them and report the result TO the BoArt
!. of Enrollmeht.
d The Board shall then consider each case, and
the applicant is found to fulfil the conditions spe
oihed below, the Board shall give him a certiheat,
t to that effect, viz;
= That he iG unfit for service in the field.
y y 2, That he is 1T for garrison duty.
i .. That he 10 meritoFious and deserving.
e Z. That he was honorAbly discharged from tn,
ervice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall theI
send the application, with this oertih cate Of tn
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
70 General of the state, who shall procure such evi
dence of service and character aR the records o
the company to which he belonged, on file at tn
n heAda OF the State may show, and II salts
Il fed that It IL msritorious case and that the maj
s deserving, he will enlist him in accordance witt
l. such special rules the Provost Marshal Genera
II may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge Of hos
II pitfalls, Military Commanders and all others hAVn
authority to discharge, under existing laws AM
"a regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges h
any men under their control who may be ut for sci
N vice In the Invalid COTpH.
h The Provost Marshal General iB charged witt
the execution Of this ORDER and the tToOps organ
. lied under 1t wi be under the control OF his Bu
roAu,
! BY order Of the Secretary Of wari
e. D, TOWNBEND,
' pRY e-dlp Assistant AdjutAnt General,