The Portland daily press., 1863-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
General Orders. No. IO5,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICl

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, \
Washington, Apra IS, 1868.
TINE organization of an Invalid Corps is hereby
i authorized.
This Corps shall consist of Companies, and if it
shall hereafter be thought best, of Bat,alions.
The Companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz
First. By taking those officers and enlisted men
of commands nowin the field whether actually pres
ent or temporarily absen) who, from wounds receiv-
ed in action disease contracted in the line of duty
unfit for field service but still capable of eff
fective garrison duty or such other light duty as NAV
be required of an Invalid Corps. Regimenal 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 fnrnished)o the names of all the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fulfill
the following conditions, viz:
l. That they unfit for active field service on &C.
count of wounds disease contracted in the line of
duty; this fact being certified by Medical Officer in
the service after personal examination.
That they are fit for garrison duty this fact be-
ing likewise certified by the Medical Officer, las above
after personal examination.
g. That they are, in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regmental Commander, and transmit
ted, through the regular channels of military cor
respondence, to the Provost Marshal General of the
United States.
The Regimentai Commander shall enter in the col
umn OF remarks, opposite each officers name on the
roll a statement as TO the general character of the
officer for intelligence industry, sobriety and atten
ton to duty; and all intermediate Conman ders shall
endorse thereon such facts as they may possess in
the if they have none, they shall state how
far they are willing to endorse the opinion of the of
hcer 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 NAV
render il expedient
Second By taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls, but who are
absent from duty in Hospitals Conv alescent Camps
or are otherwise under the control of Medical OH
GERS. In these the Medical Officer in attend
ance shall prepare the rolls according to Form, en-
ffRR nj nd frnxtk
Regiment on roll by themselves, and send them
with the certificate of the Surgeon, duly signed to
the proper Regimental Commander who will for ward
them, as heretofore specified, subject to the same
conditions and requirements. If, in 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 objection in the coli
umn of remarks and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate. If any officer or enlisted man
now in the service but absent and beyond the reach
of Medical Officer in charge of a Hospital Con.
yaesccn 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 discharged on account
of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty
and who desire to re-ener 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 as 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 tit for garrison duty.
2. That he furnish evidence of honorable discharge
on account of wounds or disability contracted in the
line of duty.
3. That he produce recommendations from the
Regmental. Brigade and Division Commanders un-
der whom he formerly served that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable of returning ad-
equatc service to the Government. In case it shall
be impractieabe to get this last evidence he may,
ha HIM
the Board of Enrolment that he is deserving, and
present its certificate OF the fact This evidence must
all be obtained by the applicant, and must be tram
mitted with his application for appointment
III there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may, be for
warded through the Adjufant General of the State.
who Is desired to endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant he may know
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 reenst 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
l. That he is unfit for service in the field
q That he is fit for garrison duty.
3. That he is meritorious and deserving.
A. That he was honorably discharged from the SER
vice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
eral OF the State, who shall procure such evidence of
service and character the records the Company
to which he belonged file at the Headquarters of
the State may show and If satisfied that il is mer-
itorio1s case, and that the 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, A. all others having
authority TO discharge under existing laws and reg
ulatioDs, are forbidden TO grant discharges 10 any
maj laiF nfrntx la
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:
4. ID. TOWNSEND,
myl4 lmd&w4S Assistant Adjstdnt General.