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WAR DEPARTMENT,

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANr GERERALs OFFICE,
WARRINGTON, April %, 1868.
GENERAL oRDERs, No. IO5.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps 10 hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II 1t
shall hereafter be thought best, of bAttalIons.
The companies shall he made up from the follow
ing sources, Wis
FiTa by taking those officers and enlisted men
OF commands now In the field whether actually
present or temporarily Absent) who, hom wounds
received In action disease contracted in the line
Of duty are unfit for field service but are still ca
pable of effective garrison duty, such other light
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corps. Regl-
mental Commanders shall at once make out from
information received from their Medical and Com
pany OHicers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according TO the form furnished) OF the nameG Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mands who fulhll the following conditions, viz:
l. That they are unit for active field service on
account Of wounds or disease contracted In the
line Of duty this fact being certified by Medical
Officer In the SERVICE after personal examination.
.. That they are At for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical ofnoer, a.
shove, after personal examination. ...r,'@
3. That they are, In the opinion Of their Com
manding Officers, meFitoriouB and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the ExAmI ming
Surgeon and RegimentM 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
the roll, statement as to the general character
Of the officer for intelligence, industry, sobrety
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
mAnderS shall indorSe thereon such facts az they
may possess 10 the cse, or II they have none, they
shall state how far they are willing to indorse the
opinion Of the officer OF olcers making the recon-
mendAtion. similar rolls ahall be fowArded from
time to time whenever the number of men fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated or the exIgenciss
Of the service mAy render IL 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 oonvAleseent
camps or are otherwise under the control Of medi-
cal officers. In these cases the medical officer n
attendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form, entering the names Of officers and men from
the skme regiment on a roll by themselves, and
end them with the certificate OF the surgeon, duly
igned, TO the proper regimental commander, who
IN forward them, as heretofore specified subject
the same conditions and requirements, IL in
any case, the regimental commander shall think
an officer unfit, In point Of character, to continue
in the service OF the Invalid Corps though dsAbled
and certified by the surgeon, he will state his OBJ
lection in the column Of remarks and note the ex.
ception before signing the certificate. II any offi.
Ger or enlisted man now in the SERVICE but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer in charge
Of hospital or eonvalescent camp, desires to en-
ter this corps, he will take the course indicated
below for those who have been honorably dis
charged the service.
Third. By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on ac-
count of wounds or disease contracted in the line
Of duty, and who desire TO reenter the service In
the case Of an officer, application for appointment
must be made 10 the Provost Marshal General Of
the United StAtes through the officer detailed AZ
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
state No application OF this kind will be consid.
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled:
/. That the applicant produce the certificate of
the Surgeon Of the Board OF Enrolment for the Dis
trct In which he resides that he is unfit for active
field duty on account OF wounds or disease, and IA
not liable to draft, but is 1T for garrison duty.
2. That he furnish evidence Of honorable dis
charge on account OF wounds or disability con.
tTActed In the line Of duty.
3. That he produce recommendations from the
Reglmental, brigade, and Divlsion Commander
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
Of being thus provided or and capable of
adequate BeFvioe TO the Government In case Il
shall be impracticAble TO get this last evidence he
may having established the first two points above,
satisfy the Board OF Enrolment that he s deseTv.
ing, and present its certificate OF the fact, This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant and
must be transmitted with hls application for ap-
pointment.
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State the application may be for.
warded through the AdjutaEt General of the State
who is desired to ndorse thereon such facts In the
military history Of the applicant as he may know,
or as are afforded by his records and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General Of the Uni
ted StAtes. Enlisted men, hOnOFably discharged
on account of disability desiring TO re-enlist In
this corps, will present 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 10 the BOARD
Of Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each eAae. and n
the applicant is found to fulfil the conditions ape
ciHed below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect, viz
l. That he is unfit for service In the field.
2. That he 10 ut for garrison duty.
.. That he 10 merltOrUus aud deserving
Z. That he was hOnOrAby discharged from the
ervice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certf cyve of the
Board, TO the Acting AuUistant Provost Marshal
General Of the state, who shall procure such evil
dsnoe 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
fed that 1t is meritorious case and that the man
Is deserving, he will enlist him in accordance with
such special rules Aa the Provost Marshal General
may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge Of hos
pitfalls, Military Commanders, and all others having
authority TO discharge, under existing laws and
Tegu atiOnA, are forbidden TO grant discharges 10
any men under their control who may be fit for SER
vice In the Invalid Corps
The Provost Marshal General 10 charged with.
the execution Of this order and the troops organ
ized under II wi be under the control Of his Bu-
FeAu. -. .
BY order OF the Secretary Of War;
Z. D. TOWNSEND,