The Portland daily press., 1863-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
General Orders. No. IOJ.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL
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Washington, AprH IS, 1868. J
FHNHE organization Of an Invalid Corps is heret


Washington, 1pra IS, 1868.
FFHE organization of an Invalid Corps is hereby
This Corps shall consist of Companies and if it
shall hereafter be thought best, of 3attaons
The Companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz;
OF commands now in the field whether actually pres
ent or temporarily absent) whofrom wounds receiv-
ed in action disease contracted in the line of duty
are unit for field service but still capable OF ef
fecive garrison duty such other light duty
be required of an Invalid Corps. Regimental Com
manders shall at once make out, from information
received from their Medical and Company Officers
and from their own knowledge, rolls according to
the Form furnshedl OF the names of all the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fulfill
the following conditions, viz
/. That they unfit for active field service on ac-
count 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 tit for garrison duty this fact be-
ing likewise certified by the Medical Officer above
after personal examination.
8. That they are in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers. meritorous and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and transmit
ted, through the regular channels of military cor
respondence, to the Provost Marshal General of the
United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter in the col
ufnn OF remarks, opposite each officers name on the
roll statement to the general character of the
ofhcer for intelligence industry, sobriety, and atten-
ton to duty; and all intermediate Commanders shall
endorse thereon such facts as they may possess in
lar they are willing to endorse the opinion of the of
fcer or officers making the Recommendation. SINH
lar rolls shall be forwarded from time to time when-
ever the number of men fulfilling the conditions
enumerated or the exigencies of the service may
render ii pedient
Second. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls, but who are
absent from duty in Hospitals Cow alescent amps
are otherwise under the control of Medical Off.
GERS. In these cases the Medical Officer in attend
ance shall prepare the rolls according to Form, en-
tering the names of officers and men from the same
Regiment on a roll by themselves, and send them
WIN the certificate OF the Surgeon, duly signed to
the proper Regimenta Com nander who will ward
conditions and requirements. If, in any case the
Regimental Commander shall think 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 objection in the col
umn of remarks. and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate If any officer or enlisted man
now i'll the service but absent and beyond the reach
of Medical Officer in charge of a Hospital or Con-
yalescent 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 honorably dschar ged on account
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 Acting Assist
ant Provost Marshal General of the State No appli-
cation of this kind will be considered unless the fol-
lowing conditions are completely fulfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of the
Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment for the District
in which he resides, that he is unfit for active field
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 honorable discharge
on account of wounds disability contracted in the
line of duty.
8. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental. Brigade and Division Commanders un-
der whom he formerly served, that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable of returning ad
e9uaie service to the Government In case il shall
be impracticable 10 q. this last evidence he NAV
having established the first two points above, satisfy
fha I'd nf nj iiYnar hot hs.
present its certificate OF the fact This evidence must
all be obtained by the applicant, and must be trans
mitted with his application for appointment
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may. be for
warded through the Adjutant General of the State,
who desired to endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant as he may know, or
S afforded by his records and forward the same
TO the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Enlisted men, honorably discharged account of
disability desiring to re-enist in this Corps will pre-
sent 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 fulfill the conditions specified
below, the Board shall give him a certificate TO that
effect, viz:
!. That he is unfit for service in the field
2. That he is fit for garrison duty.
3. That he is meritorious and deserving.
T. That he was honorably discharged from the
vice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board TO the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gem
eral of the State who shall procure such evidence of
service and character the records CT the Company
TO which he belonged, file the Headquarters Of
the State. show, and il satisfied that il is mer-
torious case and that the man Is deserving he will
enlist him in accordance with such special rules as
the Provost Marshal General may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge of Hospi-
tails, Military Commanders, AID all others having
authority TO discharge under existing laws and reg
ulations, forbidden to grant discharges TO any
men ander their control who may be fit for service in
the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with the
execution of this order and the troops organized
under il will be under the control of his Bureau
By ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
L. ID. TOWNSEND,
myl4 lmd&w48 Assistant 4djutdnt General.