Daily national Republican., 1863-05-20
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
n F F I Q I A L
WAN DEpAnTmHHT,
hDJUTANT GENERALLY OFFTCF,
WAsHIH0TON, AbFil "a. 1861.

wAsHIEOToS, April %, iss1.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. lO6.-The Organization OF
an Invalid Corps Is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist OF companies, and II II
shall hereafter be thought best, of battallons.
| 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 abaent) who, ffom wounds
received In action disease contracted In the line
Of duty, unat for field Service but are sti oa-
pable OF effective garrison duty such other light
duty as may be required Of an Invalid Corps Rsgi-
mental Commanders shall At once make out, ffom
information received from their Medical and Com
pany o1lcers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form fnrnished) Of the names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their com.
mAnds who fulall the following conditions, viz,
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
OHcer in the service, after personal examination.
2. That they are AZ for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical oiieer, a.
above, after personal examination.
Q. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
mAnding ohieers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mltted, through the regular channels Of military
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States.
| The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column Of remarks, opposite each ofncer's name
the roll, statement as to the general character
Of the officer for intelligence, industry, aobrIety,
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
mAnders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess lu the case, II they have none they
shall state how far they are willing to indorse the
opinion Of the officer or officers making the recon-
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number Of m en- fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated or the exigencies
of the service may render 1t expedient.
Second. By taking those officers and enlisted men
sti in service and borne on the rolls but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or convAlesoent
camps or are otherwise under the control OF medl-
cal officers. 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 roll by themselves, and
send them, with the certificate Of the surgeon duly
| signed, to the proper regimental ommander, who
will forward them as heretofore specified, subject
to the same conditions and requirements. II, in
any case, the regimental 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 OBJ
lection in the column of remarks, and note the ex-
ception before signing the certificate II any OIL
Ger enlisted man now In the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer in charge
Oi nobplthl or COnNhlehCeut camp, desires to
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
below for those who have been honorably dlS-
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 re-enter the service In
the case Of an sfiiccr application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States through the officer detailed AZ
| ActI AasI nj hal
State. No application Of this kind will be consid.
cred unless the following conditions completely
fulfilled:
!. That the applicant produce the certificate Of
the Surgeon Of the Board OF Enrolment for the Dis
rct in which he resides, that he is unfit for active
field duty on account OF wounds or disease, and Ia
not liable to draft, but Is nt 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.
.. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, brigade, and Division Commander
Under whom he formerly served, that he Is worthy
OF being thus provided for and capable OF returning
adequate service to the Government. In case II
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 descrv.
ing, and present its certificate of the fact This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
E must he transmitted with his application for ap.
pointment.
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for.
wArded through the Adjutart 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 RitoSded by hts records, and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General of the Uni.
ted States. Enlisted men, hOnOFably discharged
on account of disability desiring to Te-enliBt in
this cOFps, will present themselves to the Board
nFE atF in hirh
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 ii
the applicant Is found to fulfil the conditions spe.
cded below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect, viz:
l. That he is unfit for service In the field.
@ That he ia at for garrison duty.
= Q. That he 10 meritOriOus and deserving.
I. That he was hOnOrabIy discharged from the
eTvice.
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
8 General of the State, who shall procure such ev
L dence OF service and character AB the records o
the company to which he belonged, on die at the
heAdq Of the State, may show, and II satiB
hed that II IL meFltOriOus case, and that the man
s deserving he will enlist him In accordance with
such special rules as the Provost Marshal Genera
T may establish.
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others having
= authority to discharge, under existing laws ant
. regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges Il
any men under their control who may be ut for ser
J. vice In the lnValid Corps.
8 The Provost Marshal General Is charged with
the execution of this order, and the troops organ
lied under II wi llbe under the control oil his Bu
reAu
t BY order OF the Secretary Of War; ,,,,,,,
y. ID. TOWNSEND,
may s-dlm Assistant Adjutant General.
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