Daily national Republican., 1863-05-15
OFFICIAL.
Wan DEPARTMENT, !
ADJUTAFT GENERAL's OFFICE,
WARRINGTON, April %, 1861.

ADJUTAFr GENERALLY OFFfCE
WARRINGTON, April %, 1850.
GENERAL Orders, No. lO6.-The Organizations n,
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized
This corps shall consist Of companies and n IL
shall hereafter be thought best, OF battallona.
The companies shall be made up from the follow.
ing sources, viz:
First By taking those officers and enlisted men
of commands now in the field whether aetusIIv
present or temporarily absent) who, from wounS.
received in action or disease contracted in the no
Of duty are UNFIT for field service but are stiIl "a.
pAble of effective garrison duty or such other Ibt
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corps. Re~I-
mental Commanders shall at once make out from
information received from their Medical and Com.
pAny oficerS, and from their own knowledge. roll.
according to the form furnished) of the name .,
all the officers and enlisted men under their eom-
mAnds who fulhll the following conditions, viz.
1. That they are unfit for active field aervIc. oD
account OF wounds or disease contracted in the
line Of duty this fact being certified by MedIc.I
Officer in the service, after personal examInAtIoD
2. That they are at for garrison duty thI, faet
being likewise certified by the Medical oe1oer a.
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, in the opinion of their Cor0-
mAnding officers, merltorious and deserving.
These rolls shall be certified by the ExSmInIn.
Surgeon and Regimental Commander, and tranS,
mitted, through the regular channels Of mIlitarv
correspondence, to the Provost Marshal Gener.Io,
the United States.
The Regimental Commander shall enter into tho
column Of remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll statement as to the general character
of the officer Tor intelligence, industry, sobrietv
and attention 20 duty and all intermediate Com,
mnnders shall indorse thereon such facts as tbev
may possess 10 the case, II they have mona tbey
shall state how far they willing to indor,e The
opinion OF the officer officers making the recon-.
mendation. Similar rolls shall be forwarded f,on
20 he h..
ing the conditions enumerated or the exiEencIes
OF the service may render It expedient
Second. ny taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls but who are
absent from duty, In hospitals or conyaleseent
camps or are otherwise under the control of medI
cal officers In these cases the medical officer in
attendance shall prepare the rolls according 10
form, entering the names Of officers and men rom
the same regiment on roll by Themselves. and
send them, with the certificate Of the surgeon duI,
signed, to the proper regimental commander. who
will forward them, as heretofore specified subject
TO the same conditions and requirements Ic In
any case, the regimentAl commander Rhall tbink
an officer UNFIT In point OF character to continue
in the service of the Invalid Corps though dsabIad
and certified by the surgeon, he will state bia oh
lection in the column Of remarks, and note the az.
ceptlOn before signing the certificate. II Apv ON.
Ger or enlisted man now in the service but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer I'm obarge
of hospital or convAlescent camp, desIrea IN 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 enIiated
men who have been hOnOrAbly discharged on "a
count OF wounds or disease contracted in the linz
OF duty, and who desire to re-cnter the seryee In
the case OF an officer, application for appointment
must be made to the Provost Marshal General of
the United States through the officer detailed a,
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the
state. No application Of this kind will be conaid.
cred unless the following conditions completely
fulfilled
l. That the applicant produce the certificate of
the Surgeon of the Board Of Enrolment for the Dis.
trct in which he resides that he s unfit for active
field duty on account Of wounds or disease and ia
not liable to draft, but is 1T for garrison duty.
@ That he furnish evidence Of honorable dIs-
charge on account OF wounds or disability con-
tFaeted In the line of duty.
D. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he In worthy
Of being thus provided for and capable of returning
adequate service to the Government. In case n
shall be impractcabe to get this last evidence he
may, having established the first two points above
satisfy the Board Of Enrolment that he is deserv-
ing, 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 may be for
warded through the Adjutant General of the State
who is desired to indOrse thereon such facts In the
military history OF the applicant as he may know,
or MS are afforded by his records, and forward the
same to the Provost Marshal General of the Uni
ted States. Enlisted men, honorably discharged
on account of disability, desiring to re-enist 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 to the Board
Of Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each case and n
the applicant Is found to fulfil the conditions spe-
ciaed below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect viz
/. That he is unfit for service In the field.
2. That he is ht for garrison duty.
3. That he 10 meFitOFiOuB and deserving
4. That he was honoraby discharged from the
eFvice
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board, TO the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General 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
headquarters OF the State, may show, and II aAts-
lied that It isa meritOrOus case, and that the man
Is deserving, he will enlist him In accordance with
such special rules as the Provost Marshal General
may establish
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In charge OF hos.
pltals, 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 1T for ser.
vice in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with
the execution Of this order and the troops organ.