Daily national Republican., 1863-05-09
OFFICIAL.
war DEPARTMENT, D
ADJUTANT GEEERAL'a OFFIcE,
WAsHtEoToR, April %, 1850,


WAsHiEoToR, April %, 1888.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. l06.-The Organization df
an Invalid Corps lie hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II IL
shall hereafter be thought best, OF battallons.
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 absent who, ON wounds
received In action or disease contracted In the line
Of duty unfit for field Service but are still ca
pable OF effective garrison duty such other IiRht
duty as may be required OF an 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 msn 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
officer In the service, after personal examination
2. That they are ht for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical onicer, as
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, In the opinion Of their Com
manding Officers, meritorIous and deserving
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and RegimentRl Commander and trans
mitted, through the regular channels Of military
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal 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, sobrety
and attention to duty and all interim etiaie Com.
manders shall indOTse thereon such facts Aa they
may possess in the case or II they have none they
shall state how far they are willing to Indorse the
opinion OF the officer officers making the recon-
mendAtion. similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time 10 time, whenever the number of men fulfill
Ing the conditions enumerated or the exigeneieB
of the service may render 1t expedient.
Second. BY taking those oflcers and enlisted men
still In service and borne ths rolls, but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or cOnyAlescsnt
camps or are otherwise under the control OF medl-
cal officers. In these oNses the medical officer In
attendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form, entering the names of officers and men from
the same regiment on n roll by themselves, and
send them with the certificate OF the surgeon duly
signed, to the proper regmental commander, who
will forward them, heretofore specified, subject
to the same conditions and requirements. II, In
any case, the regimental commander shall think
officer unfit, in point Of character, to cOutinue
in the service Of the Invalid Corps, though Disabled
and certified by the surgeon, he will AtAte his OBJ
lection in the column Of remarks, and note the
ceptOn before signing the certificate. II any OFF,
Ger enlisted man now In the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer In charge
of hospital or cOnyalescent 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 officers and enlisted
men who have been hOnOrably discharged on ae-
count of wounds disease contracted in the line
OF duty, and who desire TO reenteF the service In
the Of an officer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General OF
the United States through the oificer detailed aG
| ActIn AaaI ,F tha
State. No application OF this kind will be oonsid.
cred unless the following conditions completely
fulfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the certificate OF
the Surgeon OF the Board of Enrolment for the Dis
tnet in which he resides, that he Ia unfit for active
field duty on account Of wounds or disease, and IL
| not liable 10 draft, but 10 At for garrison duty.
| ?. 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
| Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he "a worthy
of being thus provided for and capable Of returning
adequate service to the Government. In case It
shall be impraeticable to get this last evidences he
may, having established the first two points above,
satisfy the Board Of Enrolment that he 10 deSery-
Ing and present ita certificate Of the fact. This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant, and
must be transmitted with his application for ap-
pOntment. ,
| II there he no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the state, the application may be for
warded through the AdjutaGt General of the State,
who is desired to indoFse thereon such facts in the
military history Of the applicant aS he may know,
or 40 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 Te-enlist In
this corpB, 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 fuHl the conditions spe-
cited below, the Board shall give him certificate
TO that effect, viz
l. That he 10 UNFIT for service In the Held,
?. That he 10 IL for garrison duty.
g. That he 10 meFltOFiOus and deserving,
4 That he was honOrably discharged from the
eFvice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
BOARD to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General OF the state, who shall procure such evil
dsnos of service and character ~ the records OF
the company to which he belonged, on hls at the
uartsrS Of the state, may show, and II SAtR-