Daily national Republican., 1863-05-29
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
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WARRINGTON, April %, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. IO6.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist of companies, and II It
shall hereafter be thought best, of battalions.
The companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz: a.
Fira. 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 or disease contracted In tho line
Of duty, unit for field service, but are stll ca
pAble of effective garrison duty, such other light
duty as may be required of an Invalid Corps. Reg-
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 names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mAnds who fulhll the following conditions, via;
l. That they are mht for active field service on
account OF wounds or disease contracted in the
line of duty this fact being certified by Medical
ofcer in the service, after personal examination.
2. That they are At for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical oficer, as
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
mandlng OfAcerS, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels of military
spondence, to the Provost Marshal GeuerAlo 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 70 duty and all intermediate Com
manders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess In the case, II they have none they
shall state how far they are willing to indOrse the
opinion Of the officer officers making the recon-
| mendAtion. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
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| ing the conditions enumerated or the exigenoieS
Of the service may render IL eXpedient
Seoond. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or eonyAleSeent
camps or are otherwise under the control of medi-
cal oficers. In these cases the medical officer in
attendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form, entering the names Of officers 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
i'll forward them, as heretofore specified, subject
the same conditions and requirements II, in
any case, the Tegimental commander shall think
an officer unfit, in point Of character, to continue
in the service Of the Invalid Corps though
and certified by the surgeon, he will state his OBJ
lection in the column Of remarks, and note the
ception before signing the certificate. II any off,
Ger OF enlisted man now in the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer in charge
of hospital or convRlsBoept camp, desires to en-
ter this corps, he will take the eourss indicated
below for. those who have been honorabiy dis
charged the service.
Third. By accepting those officers and enliBted
meR who have been honorably discharged on ac
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
| must be made to the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States through the officer detailed a.
| Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General Of the
State No application of this kind will be consId.
cred unless the following conditions ara completely
| fulfilled:
! l. That the applicant produce the certificate Of
the Surgeon Of the Board of Enrolment for the Dis
trct in which he resides that he L. 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.
| 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
Adeauats service to the Government. In case II
shall be impraotlcabe 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
wardcd through the AdjutaHt General OF the State,
who Is desired to indorse thereon such facts in the
military history OF the applicant as he may know,
| or as are afforded by hts 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 Te-enlist in
this corps, will present themselves to the Board
Of Enrolment for the District In which thoy reside,
for examination by the Surgeon thereof who shall
ex anime them and report the result to the Board
OF Enrollmeht.
The Board shall then consider each case, and II
the applicant is found to fulfil the conditions Bpe-
eined below, the Board shall give him certificate
| to that effect, viz
l. That he is unfit for service in the field
.. That he is lit for garrison duty.
| .. That he 10 meritoTious and deserving.
4. That he was hoRorsbly discharged from the
erviee.
The Provost Marshal for the 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 evil
dence of service and character as the records Of
the company to which he belonged, on file at the
HEADQUARTERS Of the State, may show and II satiS-
fed that It is mertorious case, and that the man
ia deserving he will enlist him in accordance with
such special rules a. the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
| Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge OF hos
DitAls Military Commanders, and al others having
authority to discharge, under existing laws and
regulations, are forbidden TO grant discharges to
any men under their control who may be ut for sGr'
Vice In the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General Ia charged with
the execution OF this order, and the troops organ
lied under 1t wi be under the control oi his Bu'
reAu.
by order Of the Secretary Of War -
| Z, D. TOWNSEND,
may s-dlm Assistant AdjutAnt General,