Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-03
Important to Discharged Soldiers.
The following order will be of interest
to soldiers discharged for disability:
GENERAL ORDERSD WAR

hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist of Companies,
and if it shall hereafter be thought best.
by Battalions.
FIRST. By taking those officers and en-
listed men of commands now in the field
whether actually present or temporarily
absent) who, from wounds received in ac-
ton or disease contracted in the line of
duty, are unfit for field service, but are
still capable of effective garrison duty, or
such other light duty as may be required
of an Invalid Corps. Regimental Com
manders shall at once make out, from in
T formation received from their medical
company officers, and from their own
knowledge, rolls according to the form
furnishedl 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 medical officer in the
service, after personal examination.
2. That they are fit for garrison duty ;
this fact being likewise certified by the
medical officer, as above, after personal
examination.
3. That they are, in the opinion of their
commanding officers, m%eritorious and de
serving.
These rolls shall be certified by the ex-
amining Surgeon and regimental com
mander, and transmitted, through the
regular channels of military correspon-
dence, to the Provost Marshall General of
the United States.
The regimental commander shall enter
in the column of remorks, opposite each
officers name IN the roll, a statement as
to the general character of the officer for
intelligence, industry, sobriety, and at
~tention to duty; and all intermedi-
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 willing to endorse the opinion of
the officer or officers making the recon-
mendation. Similar rolls shall be for
warded from time to time, whenever the
number of men fulfilling the conditions
enumerated or the exigencies of the SER
vice may render it expedient.
Second. By taking those officers and en-
listed men still in service and borne on
the rolls, but who are absent from duty,
in hospitals or conYalescent camps, or are
otherwise under the control of medical
officers. In these cases the medical Of
fcer 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 send them,
with the certificate of the Surgeon, duly
signed to the proper regimental COM
mander, who Will forward them, as here
tofore specified, subject to the same con-
ditions and requirements. If, in any
case, the regimental commander shall
think an officer unfit, in point of charac-
ter, to continue in the service of the Inva-
lid Corps, though disabled and certified
By the Surgeon, he will state his object
ion in the column of remarks, and note
the exception before signing the certif-
cate. If any officer or enlisted man now
in the service, but absent and beyond the
reach of a medical officer in charge of q
hospital or convalescent camp, desires to
enter this corps, he will take the course
indicated below for those who have been
honorably discharged the service.
Third. By accepting those officers and
enlisted men who have been h~onorably
discharged on account of wounds or dis
ease contracted in the line of duty, and
who desire to re-enter the service. In.
the case of an officer, application for APP
pointment must be made to the Provost
Marshal General of the United States
through the officer detailed as Acting As
sistant Provost Marshal of the State. No
application of this kind will be consider
ed unless the following conditions are
completely fulfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the GER
tifcate of the Surgeon of the Board of
Enrolment for the District in which he
resides, that he is unfit for active duty on
account of wounds or disease, and is not
liable to draft, but is fit for garrison
duty.
2. That he furnish evidence of honora-
bic discharge on account of wounds or
disability contracted in the line of duty.
3. That he produce recommendations
from the regimental, brigade, and divis-
ion commanders under whom he former
ly served, that he is worthy of being thus
provided for and capable of returning adj
eouate service to the Government. In case
it shall be impraoticable 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 ap-
p~licant, end must be transmitted with
his application for appointment.
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost
Marshal General for the State, the appli-
cation may be forwarded through the Adj
iutant General of the State, who is desir- |
ed to endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant as he may
know, or as are afforded by his records,
and forward the same to the Provost
Marshal General of the United States.
Enlisted men. honorably discharged on
account of disability, 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 is found to full
fill the conditions specified below, the
Board shall give him a certificate to that
effect viz
l. That he is unfit for service in the
field.
2. That he is fit for garrison duty.
8. That he is meritorious and deserving.
4. That he was honorably discharged
from the service.
The Provost Marshal of the District
shall her send the application, with this
of the Board, to the Acting As
Provost Marshal General of the
State, who shall procure such evidence
Of service and character as the records of
the company to which he belonged, on
lie at the Headquarters of the State, may
show, and if satisfied thatit is a meritori
BUS case, and that the man is deserving,
le will enlist him in accordance with such
rules as the Provost Marshal Gen
.ral may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge
# hospitals, military commanders, and all
'thers having authority to discharge, I'M
ler existing laws and regulations, are for
hidden to grant discharges to any men
Inder their control who may be fit for ser
ice in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charg-