Daily national Republican., 1863-06-01
WAN DEPARTMENT,
GrNERAIiR OFTICE,

wan DEPARTMENT
ADJUTANT GENERALiH OFFICE,
WARRINGTON, April %, 1868. }
GENERAL ORDERS, No. lO5.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps Ia hereby authorized
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II II
shall hereafter be thought best, of bRttalions.
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 whether actually
present or temporarily SbsenD who, fIom wounds
received in action or disease contracted In the line
of duty, unfit for Held service, but still
pabe of effective garrison duty such other light
duty as may be required Of an Invalid Corps. Rcgi-
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
information received from their Medical and Com
pany Officers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form furnished) of the nameB of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mands who fulhll the following conditions, Wis
l. That they are unit for active field service on
account of wounds or disease contracted in the
line of duty this fact being certified by Medical
Oticer In the service, after personal examination
| 2. That they are ht 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 Of1oerS, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General of
the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column OF remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll statement aS to the general character
of the officer for intelligence industry, sobriety,
and attention TO duty and all intermediate Com
mAnders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess 10 the case or If they have none they
shall state how far they willing to indoTse the
opinion of the officer or officers making the recon.
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number OF men ulhll.
ing the conditions enumerated or the exIgencies
OF the service may render II expedlent.
SscoRd. By taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or convalescent
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
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. II, in
any case, the FegimentAl commander shall think
an ofoer 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. If any OH
and beyond the reach OF medical officer in charge
Of a hospital or convAlesoent 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 Ao
count of wounds or disease contracted IN the line
of duty, and who desire to reenter the service In
the case of an officer, application for appointment
ha ms al IN hal
the United States through the officer detailed Al
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General Of the
State. No application of this kind will be conAld
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled:
1. That the applicant produce the certificate o.
the Surgeon OF the Board Of Enrolment for the Dis
trIct in which he resides that he Is unfit for Aotiv,
field duty on account OF wounds or disease, and II
not liable to draft, but is lit 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.
3. That he produce recommendations from tn,
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commander
under whom he formerly served, that he ia worthy
being thus provided for and capable OF returning
adequate service to the Government, In case 1
shall be impractioAble to get this last evidence h
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. Thi
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant ant
must be transmitted with his application for Ap
pointment
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
General for the State, the application may be for
warded through the AdjutARt General Of the State
who iH desired to indorse thereon such facts in thu
military history of the applicant as he may know
or as are afforded by hts records, and forward tn,
same to the Provost Marshal General Of the Uni
ted States. Enlisted men, honoTably discharge,
this corps, will present themselves to the Boar
Of Enrolment for the District In which they reside
for examination by the Surgeon thereof, who shal
examine them and report the result to the Boar
OF Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each cAae and
the applicant is found to fulfil the conditions spe
olned below, the Board shall give him a certincat
to that effect, viz;
l. That he is unht for service in the field.
2. That he iH it for garrison duty.
, D. That he iG meritorious and deserving.
! l. That he WAS honoFably discharged from tn
ervlce.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall the
send the application, with this oertih cate Of tn
; Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
General Of the State, who shall procure such eVi
dence of service and character as the records o
2 the company to which he belonged, on nle at tn
headquarters Of the State, may show, and II salts
hed that It Isl meTitOFiOus case, and that the m Al
Is deserving, he will enlist him In accordance witt
such special rules As the Provost Marshal Genera
i Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge of hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others hAy in
regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges T.
any men under their control who may he ~ for se
1 vice In the Invalid Corps.
= The Provost Marshal General Ii charged wit
the execution Of this order, and the troops organ
lied under 1t wi be under the control OF his Bu
i Nv order Of the Secretary Of War;