The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30
NENERAL ORDERS No. lo5.
FAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
Washington, April %, 1853.
The organizationo of an Invalid Corps is hereby
This Corps shall consist of Companies, and if
it shall hereafter be thought best, Of Battalions
The Companies shall be made up from the fol-
lowing sources, viz:
men Of commands now in the field whether
actually present or temporarily ABSENT who,
nom wounds received in action or disease con-
vice, but are still capable Of effective garrison
a9ty, or such other light duty as may be requir-
d 90 OF s an INVALID Corps. Regimental Comman-
ueIs snaL at once make out, from Information
aeceived from their Medical and Company OH
c ce, ana from their own knowledge, rolls (ac.
CUJfuQing 70 the Form furnishedO of the names OF
all the officers and enlisted men under their
Commands con. who fulfill the following conditions,
l, That they are unfit for active field service on
account acc, OF wounds or disease contracted in the
me 81 outy; this fact being certified by a Medi-
oao uncer IN the service, after personal examin-
2 That they are At for garrison duty; this fact
os LIKEWISE certified by. the Medical Officer,
as above, after personal examination.
g. That they are, in the opinion of their Com
ending Officers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shallb be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and trans
mitted, through the regular channels of mill
tary correspondence, to the Provost Marshal
General of the United States.
The Regmental Commander shall enter in the
column Of remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll, statement as to the general char
a.
briefly, and attention to duty; and all intermedi-
ate Commanders shall endorse thereon such
facts as they may possess in the case, or II they
have none, they shall state how far they are
willing to endorse the opinion Of the officer or
officers making the Recommendation. Similar
rolls shall be forwarded from time to time
ditions enumerated or the exigencies Of the SER
vice may render it expedient.
men still in service and borne on the rolls, but
who are absent from duty, in Hospitals or Con-
valescent Camps, or are otherwise Under the con-
troll Of Medical Officers. In these cases the Med
ical Officer in attendance shall prepare the rolls
according to Form, entering the names of OFF,
GERS and men from the same Regiment on roll
cate of the Surgeon, duly signed, to the proper
Reg1mental Commander, who will forward
them, as heretofore specified, subject to the same
| the Regimental Commander shall think an Off
Ger unfit, in point of character to continue in
the service Of the Inyalid Corps though disabled
Jectlon in the column of remarks, and note the
exception before signing the certificate If any
absent and beyond the reach of a Medical Officer
in charge of a Hospital or Convalescent Camp
desires to enter this Corps, he will take the
honoably discharged the service.
THIRD. By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged OF
account of wounds or disease contracted in The
line of duty, and who desire to re-enter the ser
vice IN the case OF an officer, application fo
shall General of the United State through tn,
officer detailed as Acting Assistant Provost Mar
shall General OF the State. No application of thi
kind WILL considered unless the following con
ditions are completely fulfilled:
80 Ihat the applicant produce the certificate o
the Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment for tn
District in which he resides, that he is unfit 70
active field duty on account of wounds or dis
ease, and is not liable to draft but is fit for gar
g 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 tn
Regmental, Brigade, and Division Commander
under whom he formerly served, that he is wor
thy of being thus provided for and capable 9
In case it shall be impracticable to get this las
evidence he may, having established the frs
two points above, satisfy the Board of Enroll
ment that he is deserving, and present its cert
fcate Ofthe fact This evidence must all be OF
tanned by the applicant, and must be transmit
Wen ms APP torappontmen
shall General for the State, the application ma
be forwarded through the Adiutant General {
facts in the military history of the applicant o
he may know, or as are afforded by his record
and forward the same to the Provost Marsh;
, General of the United States. Enlisted mel
honOrably discharged on account of disabilit,
desiring to re-enlist in this Corps, will preser
themselves to the Board of Enrolment for til
District in which they reside, for examinatio
by the Surgeon thereof, whoshall examine thel
and report the result to the Board of Enrollmen
if the applicant is found to fulfill the condition
specified below, the Board shall give him a ce
tifcate to that effect, viz:
| i. The he is unfit for service in the field,
2. That he is fit for garrison duty.
g. That he ismertitOrious and deserving.
4. That he was eonorably discharged from Sc
vice.
The Provost Marshall for the District shall the
send the application, with this certificate of I'll
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
General of the State, who shall procure such ev
dence ofservice and character as the records
J the Company to which he belonged on file at tt
Headquarters of the State, may show, and if sa
isfied that it is meritorious case, and that tt
man is deserving, he will enlist him in acco
dance with such special rules as the Provost Ma
shall General may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge of Ho
pitals Military Commanders, and all others ha'
ing authority to discharge, under existing Law
and regulations, are forbidden to grant dfscha
ges to any men under their control who may
fit for service in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged wit
J, the execution of this order, and the troops O
ganized under it will be under the control Of b
Bureau.
By order Of the Secretary of War;
E. D. TOWNSEND,
;. OFFICIAL: Assistant Ad,uta7n General,
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