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AND, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 4,
GENERAL ORDER.
General orders-No. los.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

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! ADJUTANT GEsERAL's OFFICE,
| Washington, April q, 1868.
/ thOrized.
This COrps shall consist Of Companies and If it shall
hereafter be thought best. of Baitalions.
The Companies shall be made up rom the following
F1RsT. ~ ticking these officers and enlisted men Of
eommands nov in the field (whether actually present
or temporarily absent who from wou1ds received in
unnt or 9eld seryee bat are stu capab Of effective
garrison duty, such other light duty may be
" - ~ ~ ~ usalI VI ~, neslHentai NoHmshu
ers shs at once make out from ntormatien received
rom their Medical and Company Officers, and rom
their own knowledge, rolls laccordlng TO the Form
shed OF the names OF all the ocers and en- is-
ed men under their commands who fulnl the 70 low
ing conditions, viz:
l. That they are unit for active field service on ac-
count Of wounds or disease cOntrac ed in the line Of
duty; this fact being certified By Medical Officer in
the service, after personal examination
That they are a Tor garrison duty; this fact be-
ing likewise certified BY the Medical Ofc 7, abeve
aticr personal examination.
3. That they ere, in the opinion of their Command
ing Ofhc rs, meritorious and deserving.
rhese rolls shall be certified by he Examining Sur
geon and Regimental Commander, and Transmitted,
through the regular channels of military correspond
ence 10 the Provost Marshal General Of the United
The Regimental Commander shall enter 10 the col
unn OF remarks opposite each Odicer's name on the
roll statement 10 the general character OF the Of
hcer for intelligence industry. sobiety, and atten
tiOn to duty and all intermediste srs shall
endorse thereon such facts as they ay possess In the
case, or If they have none, they shall state how far
OF officers making the recommendation. Similar rolls
shall be forwarded from time to time, whenever the
number Of men ia filling the conditions enumeFated
or the e1geneies Of tbs service may render t exped.
ent.
SECOND. By taking those officers and enlisted men
sin in se: vice and borne the rolls, but who abb
sent from duty in Hos itals or Convaescent Camps,
or are Other wise under the control Medical Officers
prepare the rolls according to Form, entering the
names Of officers and men from the same Regiment
on Io BY themselves. and send them, wi the GER
ticate OF the Surgeon, duly signed, 10 the proper
Regimental Commander, whO will forward them,
heretofore specified, subject to the same Conditions
and requirements. L, in any casa, the Regimental
Commander shall think officer unfit, in point Of
character, 10 continue in the service OF the Invalid
Corps, though disabled and certified by the SurEeOn,
ne VIII state his objection in the column OF remarks
e1d note the exception before signing the certificate
any olneer or snilsted men now in the service but
absent and beyond the rsach Of Medical Officer in
charge OF Hospital or CODvaesCent Camp, desires to
enter this Corps, he will take the course indicated be-
low for those who have been hOnora5ly discharged
the service.
THIRD. By accepting those ofioers and enlisted
men who have been hOnOrabl7 discharged on account
OF wounds or disease contracted in the line OF duty,
an officer, application for appointment must be made
to the Provost Marshal General Of the United States
through the othcer detailed as Acting Assistant Pro-
yOst Marshal General Ofthe State No application Of
thus kind will be considered lees the following con-
ditions are completely fUlfilled:
l. That the applicant produce the certificate Of the
Surgeon Of the Board Of enrolment for the District
in Wh'ch he resides that he Il unfit for active field
duty on account OF wounds disease and is not La
bic TO- draft, bur Is Mt for garrison duty.
line Of duty. 80
g. That he produce recommendation from the
Reglmental, Brigade, and Division Commanders un-
der whom he formerly served that he il worthy Of be-
ing thus provided for and capable Of returning ade
quate service to the Government in 1t shall be
lmpracticsble 70 get this last evidence, he may
ng estabshed the Tst two points above, satisfy the
Board Of ENROLMENT that he Is deserving, end pre-
ent its certificate of the fact This eYidsnce mutt all
be OBJ aimed BY the applicant, and must be transmit
TED with his application Tor appointment
fIhere be no Ac ing assistant Provost Marshal
General i1T the Stse the application may be forward
ed through the AdIutent General OF the state, who
is desired to endorse thereon such facts in the militia
~ history Of the applicant as he may know, or
afforded by his records aud forward the same to the
Provost Marshal General Of the United States. En-
listed men, honOraby DISCHARGED on account Of dsa-
bity, desiring TO iat in this Corps will resent
themselves to the Board Of Enrolment Tor lhe Dis
trict in which they reside, for examination by the
Surgeon thereof, who shall examine them and report
the result to the Board Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each case and II the
applicant is found to fulfill the conditions specified
below, the Board shall give him certificate to that
eject viz:
l. That be is unfit for service in the field.
2. That be is fit for garrison duty.
g. = nat ne is meritOrions and deserving.
vice. -
The Pr,vcst Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Cen
era OF the STATE who shall procure such sYisnce OF
rTce and character as the records OF the Oompa
20 which he belonged, file ct the Headquarters Of
the State, show and it satisfied that At is
itorfons case, and that he is deserving, he will
enst him in accordance with such special rules as
the Provost Marshal General may establish.
Medical Irsi ectOrs, Surgeons in charge Of HOspi-
tails, Military Commanders, and all others having
authority to dtgcharga under existing laws and reg
ulatiOns, forbidden 10 grant discharges to sny
men under thstr control who may bs Mt for serSice
The Provost HIar-haI General is charged with the
execution gf this order asd the troops organized un
der It will be under the control Of his Bureau.
By order OF the Secretary ot War:
lOIEIcIAL;l Al Assistant AdJutans General