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WAR DEPARrmENT,)
! .' ADJUTANT GENERAL's OTTiCE,
WAsHINGToN, April %, 1853.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. IO6--The organization OF
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist of companies, and II n
shall hereafter be thought best, ofbattalions.
The companies shall be made up from the follow
| ing sources, viz: .-.,.
| First. By taking these officers and enlisted men
of commands now in the field (whether actually
present or temporarily Absent) who, fiom wounds
received In action disease contracted In the line
Of duty are unit for field service, but are stI ca
pAble OF effective garrison duty, such other light
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corpa. Regl.
mental Commanders shall at once make out from
information received from their Medical and Com
pany Offieers, and from their own knowledge rolls
according to the form furnlshed) Of the names Of
all the oficers and enlisted men under their COM
mands who fulall the following conditions, Wis
/. That they are unit for active field service on
account Of wounds disease contracted in the
line of duty this fact being certified by Medical
oficer In the service, after personal examination
2. That they are 1t for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical Ofiicer as
above, after personal examination.
,. That they are, In the opinion Of their Com
manding Officers, meritorlous and deserving.
! These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Reglmental COmmAndeT, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels Of military
ndence, to the Provost Marshal General Of
| the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column of remarks, opposite each officers name
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 indorHe thereon such facts az they
may possess in the case, II they have none, they
shall state how far they willing TO indorse the
opinion Of the officer oihcerS making the recon-
mcDdatIon. similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time Whenever the number OF m en- ftIlnIi-
! ing the conditions enumerated or the exigencIes
OF the service may render It expedleht. ST u aa
Second. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent rom duty, in hospitals or convaleseent
camps or are otherwise under the control OF medi-
cal officers. In these cases the medical ofioer In
/ Attendance shall prepare the rolls according TO
form, entering the names OF officers and men from
the same regiment on roll by themselves, and
end them, with the certificate OF the surgeon duly
igned, to the proper regmentAl comma Ander, who
III forward them, as heretofore specified, subject
the same conditions and requirements. IT. In
any case, the ,regimentAl commander HhAn think
an officer unfit, In point Of character, to continue
In the service Of the Invalid Corps though dlsHbled
and certified by the surgeon, he will state his OBJ
lection In the column of remarks, and note the eXs
oeption before signing the certificate. II any ON.
Ger or enlisted man now in the service but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer In charge
OF a hospital or convaescent camp, desires to en-.
ter this corps, he will take the courHe indicated
below for those who have been honOraOly dis
charged the service.
THIRD. By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on 40
count Of wounds or disease contracted In tho line
Of duty, and who desire to Te-enter 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 A,
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
State No application Of this kind Will be consid.
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 Ds-
tnCt IN which he resides that he is unit for active
Held duty onaooount oi wounds or disease, and 10
not liable to draft, but iH ut for garrison duty
2. That he furnish evidence Of honorable dis
charge account of wounds or disability con.
trAeted In the line Of duty.
| Q. That he produce Recommendation from the
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he 10 worthy
Of being thus provided for and capable Of returning
adequate service to the Government. In cSSs 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 IA deserv.
Ing, and present Its certificate Of the fact Tbis
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
must be transmitted with his application for ap-
pOintment
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Niarshal
General for the State the application may be for
warded through the AdjutaLt General of the state
who Is desired to ndOrse thereon such facts in the
military history OF the applicant as he may know.
or Hs are afforded BY his records, and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General of the Uni.
ted States. Enlisted men, honoTably discharged
on account Of disability, desiring to re-enligt 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 A
the applicant is found to fulnl the condtiona ane
eiaed below, the Board shall give him a certificate
| to that effect, viz
! That he Is unit for service In the field,
2. That he 10 ft for garrison duty.
| .. That he 10 meTitOriOuH and deseryIaR
4. That he was honorably discharged from the
ervice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application with this ceFti1 cate of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General Of the state, who shall procure such svl.
denoe Of service and character AZ the records nj
the company to which he belonged, on file AT the
headquarters OF the State, may show, and II salts
fed that It is meFitOFiOus case and that the man
Is deserving he will enlist him Ia accordance with
such special rules rs the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge of hos
pitAls, Military Commanders and all othera having
| authority 10 discharge, under existinE laws and
regulations, arc forbidden tO grant discharges 10
any men under their control who may he nj for ser
Vice ia the Invalid Corps.
Tie Provost MArnhal General ID charged with
the execution Of this order, and the troopa organ
iIsd under It vi he under the control ii hiI Bu-
FeAu.
by order Of the Secretary Of War;
Il. ID, TOWNSEND,
may 0-dlm Assistant AdiutAnt General,