The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-09
General Orders. No. IO5.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
HrL.aL..al.f..u. LII 1000

WAX DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, april Is, 1868. }
NNiE organization of an Invalid Corps is hereby
Il authorized
shall hereafter be thought best, of Batralions.
The Companies shall be made up from the follow.
ing sources, viz:
~ .aslns .aoss aetaa Pes
cd in action disease contracted in the line of duty
unit for field service, but still capable of eff
fecve garrison duty such other light duty may
be required of an Invalid Corps. Regimcntal Com
manders shall at once make out, from information
received from their Medical and Company Officers,
and from their own knowledge, rolls (according to
the Form farnshed,oi the names Of ali the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fLlfll
the following conditions viz:
l. That they unfit for active field service
count of wounds disease contracted in the line of
duty this fact being certified by Medical Officer in
the service. after personal examination.
g. That they fit for garrison duty; this fact be-
ing likewise certified by the Medical Officer as above,
after personal examination.
3. That they are in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and transmit
ted, through the regular channels of military cor
respondence to the Provost Marshal General of the
United States.
umn of remarks, opposite each officers name the
roll statement As to the general character of the
officer for intelligence industry, sobrety, and atten-
ton to duty; and all intermediate Commanders shall
endorse thereon such facts as they may possess in
the if they have they shall state how
far they willing to endorse the opinion of the of.
ficer or officers making the Recommendation. Simi.
lar rolls shall be forwarded from time TO time, when
ever the number of men fulfilling the conditions
enumerated or the exigencies of the service may
Second By taking those officers and enlisted men
siili IN service and borne on the rolls, but who are
absent from duty in Hospitals or Convalescent Camps,
or are otherwise under the control of Medical Off,
GERS. In these cases the Medical Officer in attend
ance shall prepare the rolls according to Form, en-
terlug the names of officers and from the
Regiment on roll by themselves, and send them,
with the certificate of the Surgeon, duly signed, to
the proper Regimental Commander. who will forward
them, as heretofore specified, subject to the
conditions and requirements. If, in any case, the
Regimental Commander shall think officer unfit
In point of character To continue in the service of
the Invalid Corps, though disabled and certified by
the Surgeon, he will state his objection In the coll
of remarks. and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate. IL any officer enlisted man
in the service but absent and beyond the reach
of Medical Officer in charge of Hospital Con-
valescent Camp, desires TO enter this Corps he will
take the course indicated below for those who have
been honorabiy discharged the service
who have been honoraby discharged on account
of wounds disease contracted in the line of duty
and who desire to re.enter the service. In the case
made to the Provost Marshal General of the United
States through the officer detailed Acting Assist
ant Provost Marshal General of the State. No app
cation of this kind will be considered unless the fol-
lowing conditions are completely fulfilled
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of the
Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment for the District
in which he resides that he is unfit for active field
duty account of wounds disease. and is not
liable to draft. but is fit for garrison duty.
g That he furnish evidence of honorable discharge
on account of wounds or disability contracted in the
line of duty.
g. That ne produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders un.
der whom he formerly served, that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable of returning ad
equate service to the Government. In it shall
be mpracticable to get this last evidence, he may
having established the first two points above, satisfy
ha Rn1F Fd nf I'm llfpnn hat ha tc
present its certificate of the fact This evidence must
all be obtained by the applicant, and must be tram
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for
warded through the Adjutant General of the State.
who is desired to endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant as he may know, or
are afforded by his records, and forward the same
the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Enlisted men, honorably discharged on account of
disability desiring to reenlist in this Corps will pre-
sent 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 if the
applicant is found to fulfill the conditions specified
below, the Board shall give him a certificate to that
effect, viz:
/. That he is unfit for service in the field
2 That he is fit for garrison duty.
3. That he is meritorious and deserving.
4. That he was honorably discharged from the SER
vice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
10 Actlng Assistant GrOYOst Marshal Gen-
eral of the State who shall procure such evidence of
service and character the records cf the Company
to which he belonged, file at the Headquarters of
the State, may show, and if satisfied that il is mer-
torions case and that the man is deserving, he will
enlist him in accordance with such special rules as
the Provost Marshal General may establish.
Medicar1nspectors, Surgeons in charge of Hospi-
tails, Military Commanders, ard all others having
authority to discharge under existing laws and reg
ulatons are forbidden to grant discharges to any
men ander their control who may be fit for service in
the Invalid Corps
The Provost Marshal General is charged with the
execution of this order, and the troops organized
under it will be under the control of his Bureau
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
L. ID. TOWNSEND,
myl4 lmd&w4S Assistdnt Adjutant General.