The Portland daily press., 1863-06-11
General Orders. No. los.
W4R nEIDA RrlIENT

AbJtIANI pFfiGE,
Washington, Apra %, 1868.
TINIIE organization of an Invalid Corps is hereby
Il authorized
This Corps shall consist of Companies, and If it
shall hereafter be thought best of Batalions
The Companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz:
OF commands nowin the field whether actually pres
ent or temporarily absent who, from wounds recev-
ed in action or disease contracted in the line of duty
are unit for field service but still capable of cf
fectye 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 furnishedlot the names of all the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fulfill
the following conditions, viz:
l. That they unfit for active field service ac-
count of wounds disease contracted in the line of
duty; this fact being certified by Medical Officer in
the service, after personal examination.
That they are MT for garrison d1iy this fact be-
after personal examination.
3. That they are in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers. meritorous and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander and transmit
ted, through the regular channels of military cor
respondence, TO the Provost Marshal General of the
United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter in the col
umn OF remarks, opposite each officers name on the
roll statement as TO the general character of the
officer for intelligence industry, sobriety and ater-
tonic duty; and all intermediate Commanders shall
endorse thereon such facts they may possess in
the case, if they have none, they shall state how
far they are willing to endorse the opinion of the Of
hcer or officers making the recommendation. SINH
lar rolls shall be forwarded from time TO time, when
ever the number of men fulfilling the conditions
enumerated or the exigencies of the service may
render il expedent.
Second BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls, but who are
absent from duty in Hospitals Conv aescent Camps
otherwise under the control of Medical OIL
GERS. In these the Medical Officer in attend
ance shall prepare the rolls according to Form en-
tering 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 Regimental Commander. who will forward
them, as heretofore specified, subject to the same
conditions and requirements. If in any case, the
Regimenta 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
unn of remarks and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate. II any officer enlisted
in the service but absent and beyond the reach
OF Medieai oiheer IN charge OF Hospital or Con,
valescent Camp, desires to enter this Corps, he will
take the course indicated below for those who have
been honoraby discharged the service.
THIRD. by accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on account
of wounds or disease contracted i'll the line of duty
and who desire TO reenter 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 Acting Assist
ant Provost Marshal General of the State. No appl-
cation of this kind will be considered unless the fol-
lowing conditions are completely fulfilled
1. 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, bnt is lit for garrison duty.
2. That he furnish evidence of honorable discharge
on account of wounds disability contracted in the
line of duty.
3. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders nu-
der whom he formerly served, that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable of returning adj
equate service to the Government. In it 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 deserving and
present its certificate of the fact This evidence must
all be obtained by the applicant and must be tram
mlfted with his application for appointment.
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State. the application mayl be
warded through the Adjutant General of the State,
who is desired TO endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant he know. or
are afforded by his records and forward the same
to the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Enlisted men, honoraby discharged account of
disability desiring to reenlist in this Corps will pre-
sent 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 if the
applicant is found TO fulfill the conditions specified
below, the Board shall give him certificate to that
effect. viz:
l. That he is unfit for service in the field
2 That he is fit for garrison duty.
B. That he is meritorious and deserving.
T. 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 Cen
era OF the state, who shall procure such evidence of
service ana character as the records OF the Company
TO which he belonged, file at the Headquarters of
the State, may show aud If satisfied that il il mer-
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-
tails, Military Commanders, asd all others having
authority to discharge under existing laws and reg
ulations are 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 il will be under the control of his Bureau.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY WAR:
l.. ID. TOWNSEND,
my14 1md&w4S Assistant AdjufaRt General.