The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-23
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~ ENERAL ORDERS No. 1O5.
WAR DEPA RTMENT


Washington, april D, 1868.
me organization Of an Invalid Corps is hereby
This Corps shall consist of Companies and if
1t shall hereafter be thought best, of Battalions.
me companies shall be made up from the fol-
lowing sources, viz:
FT,a; By taking those officers and enlisted
men OF commands now in the field whether
actually present or temporarily absenD who.
from wounds received in action or disease con,
tracted in the line of duty are unfit for field SER
vice but are still capable, of effective garrison
duty, or such other light duty as may be reouir-
ed ofan Invalid Corps. Regimental Comman-
ders shall at once make out, from Information
received from their Medical and Company Off
GERS, and from their own knowledge, rolls lac
| cording to the Form flrnished) of the names of
all the officers and enlisted men under their
commands who fulfill the following conditions,
viz:
l, 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 Medi-
cal Officer in the service, after personal examin
2 That they are fit for garrison duty: this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical officer,
as above, after personal examination.
| g. That they are, in the opinion of their Com
andlng Officers, meritoriOuS and deserving
These rolls shallbe certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
| mitted, through the regular channels of mill
tary correspondence to the Provost Marshal
General of the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter in the
column OF remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll, a statement as to the general char
acter of the officer for intelligence industry So
DrleCy, ana attentlOn 10 DUTY and all lntermedi-
ate Commanders shall endorse thereon such
| facts as they may possess in the case or if they
| have none, they shall state how far they are
willing to endorse the opinion Of the officer or
officers making the Recommendation. Similar
| rolls shall be forwarded from time to time
whenever the number Of men fulfilling the con-
ditions enumerated or the eXigencies of the SER
vice may render 1t expedient.
Second. By taking those officers and enlisted
who are absent from duty, in Hospitals or CON
Valescent Camps orare otherwise under the con-
troll of Medical Officers. In these cases the Med
| according to Form, entering the names of Off
GERS and men from the same Regiment roll
by themselve, and send them, with the certifi-
cate of the Surgeon, duly signed, to the proper
Regimental Commander, who will forward
them, as heretofore specified, subject to the same
the Regimental Commander shall think an v offi'
Ger unfit, in point of character, to continue in
the service Of the Inyalid Corps Though disabled
lection in the column OF remarks, and note the
exception before signing the certificate. II any
absent and beyond the reach of a Medical Officer
in charge of a Hospital or Convalescent Camp,
desires to enter this Corps he win take the
hOnorebly discharged the service
THIRD. By accepting those officers and enlisted
account of wounds or disease contracted in the
line of duty, and who desire to re-enter the SER
vice. In the case Of an officer, application for
shall General of the United State through the
officer detailed as Acting Assistant Provost Mar
kind W be Unless OF TINS
ditions are completely fulfilled:
!. That the applicant produce the certificate of
District in which he resides, that he is unfit for
active field duty account of wounds or dis
ease, and is not liable to draft but is fit for gar
2. That ne furnish evidence of honorable dis
charge on account of wounds or disability con-
tracted in the line of duty. -r
g.. produce recommendations tba
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he is wor-
thy of being thus provided for and capable of
returning adequate service to the Government
In it shall be impracticable to get this last
evidence ne may, having established the first
ment that he deserving, and present its certi-
ficate ofthe fact. This evidence must all be OBJ
tanned by the applicant, and must be transmit
ted with his application disappointment.
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost Mar
shal General for the STATE the application may
the State, who is desired to endorse thereon such
facts in the military history of the applicant as
he may know, or as are afforded by his records
General of the United States Enlisted men
honorably discharged on account of disabiiity'
desiring to re-enlist 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.
The Board shall then consider each case and
if the applicant found to fulfill the conditions
spSchieu LsioN, the board snail give him GER
titicate to that effect Wig -,~. =
]. The he is unfit for service in the field,
2 That he is fit for garrison duty.
J. That he ismertitorious and deserving.
4. That he was eonorably discharged nom SER
vice. |Il.s
the Provost Marshall for the District shall then
SEND tne application with this certificate OF the
Board, 10 the Acting Assistant Provost Marshall
General OF the state, who shall procure such evil
dence OF service and character as the records OF
the Company to which he belonged, on nie AZ TIE
headquarters of the State may snow, ana ii sat
lsfed that 1t is meritorious case, and that the
man is deserving he will enlist him in accor-
dance with such special rules as the provost Mar
shall General may establish.
MEDICAL Inspectors, surgeons IN cm en- OIL hos
ing authority to discharge under existing laws
and regulations are forbidden to grant dischar-
ges to any men under 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 Or
eanized under it will be under the control of his
Bureau.
By order fthe Secretary of War
l.. ID. TOW NSEND,
OFFICIAL: assistant Adyutam General.
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