Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-05-28
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
w ADJUTANf GENERALS O.

from wounds
received in action or disease contracted in the
line of duty. unfit for field Service but are still
capable of effective garrison daty, or such other
light duty % may be required Of an Invalid Corps
Regimental Commanders shall at once make out,
from Information received from their Medical and
Company Officers, and from their own knowledge,
rolls according to the fern furnished) OF the
names OF all the officers and enlisted men vnder
their commands who fulfill the following eondi.
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
Oficer in the service, after personal examination
2. That they are fit for garrison duty; this fact
being likewise certified By the Medical Officer, Is
above, after personal examination.
5. That they are, In the opinion of their Com
mandins Officers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls skall be certified BY the Examining
Surge ON and Rssinental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels Of military
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal General of
the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter into the
column of remarks opposite each officers name on
the roll, statement to the general character of
the on Ger for intelligence, industry sobriety, and
attention to duty; and all intermediate Com
manders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possesA in the case, if they have none they
shall state how far they are willing to indorse the
opinion of the oficer or eficers making the recon-
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, wherever the number Of men fulfll-
ing the conditions enumerated or the exisencies of
the service may render it expedient.
Seeoad By taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or cow alescent
camp are otherwise under the control of Medical
Officers. In these cases the Medical Officer in at
tendance shall PREF pare the rolls according to
form entering tie names Of officers nd men from
fhn uip 1onfO rc1lh Nv
send them, with the certificate of the Surgeon,
duly signed, to the proper Regimental Commander
who will forward them, as heretofore specified sub
ject to the same conditions and require ments If
in any case. the Reeimental Commander shall think
an officer unfit in point of character to continue in
the service of tbs Invalid Corps, though disabled
and certified by the Surgeon, he will state his oh
lection in the column of remarks, and note the ex-
ception before signing the certificate. II any
officer or enlisted man now in the service but
absent and beyond the reach of q Medical Officer
in charge of hospital convslescent camp,
desires to enter this corps he will take the course
indicated below for those who have been houorably
discharged the service.
Third. By accepting thoEe officers and enlisted
men who have been hoaorably discharged on ac-
count ofwcunds or disease contracted in the line
of duty, andswho desire to re-en ter the seryica
In the case OF an eficer, application for appoint.
ment must be made to the Provost Marshal
General Of the United States throB gh the officer
detailed as Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen
erai OF the State. No application of this kind viii
be considered unless the following conditions are
completely fulfilled:
j. That the applicant produce the certificate of
the Surgeon of the Board OF Enrolment for tho
District in which he resides that he ia unfit Tor
active field duty on account of wounds or disease
and is not liable to draft but is fit for garrison
duty.
., That he furnish evidence of honor able dis.
charge account Of wounds or disability con
tracted in the line of duty.
8. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade, and Division. Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he lie worthy
of being thus provided for and apable ofreturning
adequate service to the Government, In case it
shall be mpractcable to get this last evidence he
may, having establishd the first 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.
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State. the application NAV be for
wardsd 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 as 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, desirng to enlist in this
cerps will present themselves to the Board Of En-
rolment 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 ful8u the conditions spe
cited below, the Board shall give him q certif-
cate to that effect. viz:
l. That he is UNFIT for service in the field,
9. That he is fit for garrison duty.
8. That he is meritorious and deserving.
4. That he was honorably 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
Gene raj 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
quarters of the State may show, and if salts
fed that it is meritorious case and that the man
is deserving, he will enlist him in accordance with
such special rules rs the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical Inspectors Surgeons in charg re 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 it for
service in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with
the execution of this order, and the troops Orga-
nized under it will be under the control of his Blu
reau.
By order of the Secretary of War: -
=. d. TOWNSEND,
my ll-dlm Assistant Adjutant General.
WAR DIPARTMENT,
w WAsziaaFoH, January -. 1865.
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