Daily national Republican., 1863-05-16
OFFICIAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT, !

ADJUTAHT GENERALLY OTTICE,
WASHINGTON, April %, 1888.
GENERAL oRDERs, No. lo6.-The Organization OF
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized. ..... -..-
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II IL
shall hereafter be thought best, OF battalIonS.
The companies shall be made up nom the follow
ing sources, viz;
Fira. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
OF commands now in the field (Whether actually
present or temporarily abSent) who, fIom wounds
received in action or disease contracted in the line
of duty, unht for field service, but are ntIn ca
pRbe OF effective garrison duty, or such other Rbt
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corps ReRi-
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
information received from their Medical and Com
pany ofhcers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form furnlGhed) Of the namea of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mAnds who fulhll 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
OficeT In the service, after personal examInAtIon
2. That they are it for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical ofieer, as
above, after personal examination.
3. That they are, in the opinion OF their Com
mnnding 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
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States.
The RegimentAl Comm Ander shall enter into the
column of remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll, statement to the general character
of the officer lOT Intelligence, industry, sobrIety
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
manders shall indOrse thereon such factk as they
may possess In the case, or II they have none, they
shall state how far they willing to indorse the
opinion OF the ofcer officers making the recon-
al H. IL -N..UNa a
time to time, whenever the number of men fulall-
ing the conditions enumerated or the exiEeneiea
Of the service may render It eXpedIent.. 49,.
Second BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or eonvalesoent
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 fron
the same regiment on a roll by themselves, and
send them, with the certificate Of the SURGEON duly
signed, to the proper regimental commander, who
will forward them, as heretofore specified subject
to the same conditions and requirements. IL 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 dlBabed
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 OFF,
and beyond the reach Of medical ofnoer in charge
Of a hospital or eonvAleseent camp, desires 10 en-
ter this corps, he will take the course Indicated
below for those who have been honOrAbIy dis
charged the service.
Third. BY accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorAbly diBehArRed on Ae-
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
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the United States through the officer detailed a.
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
State. No application of this kind will be eonsid.
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
trct in which he resides that be 10 unit for active
field duty on account of wounds or disease, and is
not liable to draft, but is 1T 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
RegimentRl, 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 it
shall be impractlcahe 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. The
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
must be transmitted with his application for Ap-
pOintment 49,
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for
wArded through the AdjutaEt 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-enliBt 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 Ia found to fulhl the conditions spe-
claed below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect, viz:
l. That he is unfit for service In the field.
2 That he is 1T for garrison duty.
.. That he ID meritOriOu and deserving.
T. That he WAS honOrably discharged from the
ervioe.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate Of the
Board, to the Acting Assigtant 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 BAtis-
lied that 1t lisa meIitoiOus case, and that the man
is deserving, he will enlist him iu accordance with
such special rules as the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge Of hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others having
authority to discharge, under existing laws and
regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges to
any men under their control who may be tit for ser
vice In the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General Ia charged with
the execution Of this order, and the troops organ