Daily national Republican., 1863-05-23
WAR DEPARTMENT,

WARRINGTON, April %, 1853.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. lo6.-The organization OF
an Invalid Corps is hereby authorized
This corps shall consist Of companies, and II II
shall hereafter be thought best, of battalIonS.
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 actually
present or temporarily absent) who, nom wounds
received in action or disease contracted in the line
of duty, unfit for field service, but still
pable of effective garrison duty, such other light
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corps. Regi-
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
information received from their Medical and Com
pany Officers, and from their own knowledge, rolls
according to the form furnished) of the names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their COM
mAnds who fulfill the following conditions, viz!
/. That they are unfit for active field service on
account Of wounds or disease contracted in the
line Of duty this fact being certified by Medical
OfRcer in the service after personal examination.
2. That they are fit for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical Ofleer as
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, in the opinion Of their Com
manding oficerS, meritorious and deserving.
These rolls shall he certified by the ExAmi ming
Surgeon and Regimental 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
on the roll statement as to the general character
Of the officer for Intelligence, industry, sobriety,
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
manderB shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess 10 the case, II they have none they
shall state how far they willing TO indorse the
opinion OF the officer officers making the recon-.
mendAtion. Similar rolls shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number of men fulhll.
ing the conditions enumerated or the exigeneieI
OF the service may render II expedient.
Second. BY taking those officers and enlisted men
still in service and borne on the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or convaleseent
camps or are otherwise under the control Of medl.
cal officers. In these cases the medical officer in
attendance Shall prepare the rolls according to
form, entering the names Of officers and men from
the same regiment on a 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 same conditions and requirements. IT, 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 OBJ
lection In the column of remarks, and note the ex-
eeption before signing the certificate. II any Off.
Ger or enlisted man now In the service, but absent
and beyond the reach Of medical officer in charge
of hospital or convAlescent 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 re-enter the service In
the case Of an sicer, application for Appointment
must be made to 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 mpletey
| fulfilled:
/. That the applicant produce tho certificate Of
the Surgeon OF the Board Of Enrolment for the Dis
trlct in which he resides that he IL unfit for active
field duty on account of wounds or disease and 1,
not liable to draft, but Is lt for garrison duty.
| ?. That he furnish evidence of honorable diE
charge on account OF wounds or disability con,
traCted In the line OF duty.
3. That he produce recommendations from thu
Regmental Brigade, and Division Commander,
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
Of being thus provided for and capable of returnInI
adequate service IN the Government. In case n
shall be mpracicable to get this last evidence h,
may, having established the first two ponta above
satisfy the Board Of Enrolment that he ia deserv
ing, and present its certificate of the fact. Tbi,
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant, Ant
must be transmitted with his application for ap
pointment.
II there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
General for the State, the application may be for
warded through the AdjutaEt General of the State
who is desired to indorse thereon such facts in tn,
military history OF the applicant as he NAV know
or as are afforded by his records and forward tb,
same TO the Provost Marshal General of the Uni
ted States Enlisted men, honorably discharge
on account of disability desiring to re-enlIst ir
this corps, will present Themselves to the Boar,
OF Enrolment Tor the District In which they reside
for examination by the Surgeon thereof. who shaI
examine them and report the result to the Boar
of Enrolment.
The Board shall then consider each casr. and
the applicant Is found TO fulfil the conditions spe
cihed below, the Board shall give him eertiaost,
to that effect viz:
!. That ne Is unit for service in the field
2. That he is fit for garrison duty.
3. That he ts meritOFiOus and deservIng
J. Ihat ne was honorably discharged from tn,
crvice.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall ther
send the application, with this certia cate Of IN,
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Msrsba
General Of the State, who shall procure such evI
dence Of service and character as the recorda n
the company TO which he belonged, on file at tn
headquarters Of the state. may show and A. ssti.
he1 lhat ~ Is = heT'orlous case, and that the MAJ
Is deserving, he Will enlist him in accordance witt
such special rules AS the Provost MaFshai Genprs
may establish. ~
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons In cbaFPe oi bos
pitals Military Commanders, and ali others havinI
authority TO discharge, under existing laws AM
regulations, are forbidden to grant dischargeS I,
any under their control who NAV he III ~ ssS
vice in the Invalid COrps. " " ''' '''
The Provost Marshal General is charged will
the execution Of this order, and the tFoobs orgsn
lied under 1t wi lbe under the control Of his Bu
reAu.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L, d. TOWNSEND,
may R-dlm Assistant AdjutRht General