Daily national Republican., 1863-05-28
WAR DEPARTMENT,
MAaHINaTON. Anrll %. 1851.
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ADJUTAET GENERALLY OFFIcE,
WAsHIESToS, April %, 1859.
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 battalions.
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 Nbsent) who, from wounds
received In action disease contracted in the line
Of duty, are unHt for field service, but are still ca
pAble OF effective garrison duty, such other light
duty as may be required of Invalid Corps. Regi.
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
mAnds who fulfill the following conditions, Wis
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
oncer in the service, after personal examination.
2. That they are At for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical Onlcer, a
above, after personal examination.
3. That they are, in the opinion OF their Com
manding Officers, meritorious and deserving
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels OF military
the United States.
The ReRimental 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 to duty and all intermediate Com.
mAnders shall indoTse thereon such facts they
may possess in the case or If they have none they
shall state how far they 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 men fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated or the eXigencIes
of the service may render It eNpedient
Second. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or cOnvalescent
camps or are otherwise under the control Of medi-
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
end them, with the certificate Of the surgeon duly
igned, TO the proper reglmental commander, who
Ill forward them, as heretofore specified, subject
the same conditions and requirements. IT, 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 or enlisted now In the service, but absent
and beyond the reach of a medical officer in charge
OF hospital or convalescent camp, desires to en-.
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
below for those who have been honorably dis.
charged the service.
Third. By accepting those ofIlcerB and enlisted
men who have been honorAbly discharged on &C.
count of wounds or disease contracted in the line
Of duty, and who desire to re-entsr the service In
the OF an officer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General OF
the United States through the officer detailed ~
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
State. No application OF this kind will be cOnsld.
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled
l. That the applicant produce the certificate OF
the Surgeon OF the Board of Enrolment for the Dis
trIct In which he resides that he is unfit for active
field duty on account of wounds or disease and il
not liable to draft, hui is at for garrison duty
2. That he furnish evidence OF honorable dis
charge on account Of wounds or disability con.
trAoted 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
adequate service to the Government. In case Il
shall be impractlcable 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 he transmitted with his application for ap-
pOintment
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for
wardcd through the Adjutart General Of the State,
who is desired to ndorse thereon such facts in the
military history Of the applicant as he may know,
or are afforded by his 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 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 II
the applicant Is found to fulfil the conditions spe-
Giaed below, the Board shall give him a certificate
to that effect, viz
l. That he iB unfit for service in the held.
2. That he is ht for garrison duty.
.. That he 10 meritOrious and deserving.
I. That he was honorably discharged from the
ervice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certh cate of the
Board to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General Of the state, who shall procure such evil
dcnce Of service and character as the recOrds OF
the company to which he belonged, on Glc At the
heAdq uArters Of the State may show and II salts.
fed that It IL meritOrOus case and that the NJ an
ia deserving he will enlist him in accordance with
such special Fules ne the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge Of hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others haYi ng
authority TO discharge, under existing laws and
regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges to
any men under their control who may be ut for ser
vice In the Invalid COFpB.
The Provost Marshal General Is charged with
the execution of this order and the troops organ
lied under 1t wi be under the control OF his Bu-
TeAu.
BY order Of the Secretary of War;
=, d. TOWNSEND,
may b-dlm Assistant AdjutAAt 0eaOFkl
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