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this general rendezvous they shall be duly mus
tered By . mastering and Disturbing officer. and
| paid by him the bounty allowed BY law.
JAMES B. FRY.
my 2s-lm Provost Marshal General
WAR DssAsTM.Nr. , o
=" AD'UrAs1 G.s..AL's o,S IcI,,. 700.
General Orders No. 1oS.-The organisation of an
Invalid Corps Is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist Of companies. and II Il
| shah hereafter be thought best, OF battslions.
The companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz:
FIRST. By taking hose officers and enlisted men
OF commands now in the field whether actually
present or temporarily sbsent) who, from wounds
received in action or disease contracted in the
line of duty. unit for field Service but are still
capable OF effective garrison duty, or sueh other
light duty ~ may be required Of an Invalid Corps.
Rssimsntal Commanders shall at once make out,
from information received from their Medical and
Company Officers, and from their own knowledge,
rolls according to the form furnished) Of the
names Of all the officers and enlisted men under
their commands who fulfill the following oondi-
tions,
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
Ofacer in the service, after personal examination
2. That they are fit for garrison duty; this fact
being likewise certified By the Medical Officer, ~
ABOVE, A1tef personal EXAMINATION.
8. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
handing Officers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surg on and Resimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels of military
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General OF
the United States.
The Resimental Commander shall enter into the
column Of remarks opposite each of6cer' 3 name
tie roll, statement to the general character OF
the officer for intelligence, industry. sobriety and
attention to duty; and all intermediate Com
manders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
possess in the case, if they have none, they
shall state how far they willing to ndorse the
opinion of the officer officers making the recon-,
mendation. Similar rsls shall he forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number of men fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated the exigencias of
the service may render 1t expedient.
Second By taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or cow alsscent
camp or are otherwise under the control of Medical
OMcers. In these cases the Medical OH ser in at
tendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form entering the names of officers nd men from
the same regiment on q roll BY thems slves and
send them, with the certificate Of the Surgeon
duly signed, to the proper Regimen tai Commander
who will forward them, as heretofore specified sub
feet to the same conditions and require ents If.
in any case, the Regime Conan ander shall think
An officer unfit in point of character, to continue in
the service of the Invalid Corps, though disabled
and certified by the Surge he will state his OBJ
lection in the column OF remarks and note the ex.
ception before signing the certificate If any
officer or enlisted man now in the service but
absent and beyond the reach of Medical officer
in charge of . hospital convalescent camp,
desires to enter this CORPS, he will take the
indicated below for those who have been honora blv
discharged the service.
Third. By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on &C.
count OF wounds or disease contracted in the line
of duty, and who desire to re- en- ter the Service
In the case of an officer, application for appoint
ment must be made to the Provost Marshal
General of the United States through the oficar
detailed as Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Of the State No application of this kind win
be considered VI less the following conditions are
completely fulfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of
the Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment for the
District in which ne resides that he is untit 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 honor able dis.
charge on account of wounds or disability con
tracted in the line Of duty.
g. That he produce recommendations from the
Kegimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
Of being thus provided for and capable ofreturning
adequate service to the Government. In case it
shall be impracticabe to get this last evidence he
may, having established the frst two points above
satisfy the Board Of Enrolment tn at he is deser
wing, and present its certificate of the fact This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
must be transmitted with his application for an
pointment.
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application NAV be for
wsrdsd through the Adtutant General of the State,
WHO'S desired to endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the appiica ha NOV bn.-
or as are afforded by his records, and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General Of the United
States. Enlisted men, honorably discharged on
account of disability, desiring to enlist in this
corps, will present themselves to the Board Of En-
rollment for the District in which they reside for
examination of 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 spe
cited below, the Board shall give him a certia
cate to that effect, viz:
]. That he Is unfit for service in the field
2. That ne is fit for garrison duty.
3. That he is meritorious and deserving.
4. That he was honorsbly discharged from the
service.
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
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 salts
ned that it is meritoxious case and that the man
deserving, he will enlist him in accordance with
such special rules as the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical inspectors, Surgeons in char &c Of hospi-
tails, 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 1t for
service in the Invalid Corps eI.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with
the execution Of this order, and the troops orea-
mixed under it win DO underthe control Of his Bu-,
reau. 81
By order Of the Secretary Of War:
D. D. TOWNSEND,
my n-dlm Assistant Adjutant General.
WAR D1PARTMINT.
w WAsHIxaRos. January y, 1858.
In consequence Of the pressure Of business 1t the
War Department. passes for eitissns 20 visit the
Army Of t-J Potomac win b. given at the o6aoe Of