Daily national Republican., 1863-05-12
OFFICIAL.
.. Wan DEPARTMENT, !
ADJUTAHT GENERALLY OFFIcH,
WARRINGTON, April %, 1861,

AuJUTANT OrrICE.
WAsHINoroN, April %, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, No. IO6.-Ihe organization Of
an Invalid Corps IL hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist OF companies, and II A
shall hereafter be thought best, Of battalIona,
The companies shall be made up from the follow
ing sources, viz:
First. ny taking those officers and enlisted men
Of commands now In the field whether actually
present or temporarily abSent) who, nom wound,
received In action disease contracted in the line
Of duty, are unit for field service but are ptiu "a.
pable Of effective garrison duty, such other haht
duty may be required Of an Invalid Corps. RSri.
mental Commanders shall at once make out, from
information received from their Medical and Com
pAny otncerS, and from their own knowledge, rolls
(Aeeording to the form furniShed) Of the names Of
all the officers and enlisted men under their com.
mGndS who fulhll the following conditions, viz:
I. 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
ofhcer in the service, after personal examination
2. That they are at for garrison duty this fact
being likewise certified by the Medical oficer, AZ
above, after personal examination.
.. That they are, In the opinion Of their Com
manding ofpoerS, meritoTious and deserving
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Regimental Commander and tranS-
mitted, through the regular channels Of military
correspondence, to the Provost MaFahal Generalof
the United States.
The ReglmentAl Commander shall enter into the
column of remarks, opposite each officers name
on the roll, statement to the general character
Of tAs officer for intelligence, industry, sobrety
and attention to duty and all intermediate Com
manders shall indorse thereon such facts a. they
may possess in the case, II they have nome 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 fulnll-
| ing the conditions enumerated or the exiEeneiea
Of the service may render II expedlent
Second. by taking those officers and enlisted men
stl in service and borne on the rolls but who are
absent from duty, in hospitals or conyAlsseent
camps or are otherwise under the control of medI-
cal officers. In these the medical ofioer 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
an ofcer 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-
ception before signing the certificate. If any off,
Ger enlisted man now in the service, but absent
and beyond the reach OF medical officer in charge
Of hospital or convAlescent camp, deaires 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 Ae-
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 to the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States through the officsr detailed ~
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General OF the
State. No application Of this kind will be eonsid.
cred unless the following conditions are completely
fulfilled:
1. That the applicant produce the certificate Of
the Surgeon Of the Board of Enrolment for the Dis
trot in which he resides that he ID unit for active
field duty account OF wounds or disease, and 10
not liable to draft, but Is ut for garrison duty.
Q. That he furnish evidence Of honorable dis.
charge on account Of wounds or disability con-
traeted in the line of duty.
.. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
being thus provided for and capable OF returning
adequate service to the Government. In case 1t
shall be impraetcable to get this last evidence he
may, having established the first two points above,
satisfy the Board OF Enrolment that he is deseFv-
Ing, and present its certificate Of the fact. This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant, and
pointment.
Ifthere be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for
waTded through the kdjutaEt GENERAL OF the State,
who Is desired to indose thereon such facts In the
military history of the applicant ~ he may know,
or are afforded by hrs records, and forward the
Q same to the Provost Marshal General Of the Uni
ted States. Enlisted men, honorably discharged
on account Of disability, desiring to ne-enliht In
this eOrpa, 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 II
the applicant Is found to fuh the conditions Bpe-
oined below, the Board shall give him certificate
to that effect, viz:
l. That he is unfit for service In the field.
= 2. That he is ht for garrison duty.
8. That he 10 meFltoriouH and deserving.
J, 4. That he was honorably discharged from the
eFVioe.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall then
Il send the application, with this certificate Of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General Of the State, who shall procure such evI'
dSnCe Of service and character as the records Of
the company to which he belonged, on hls at the
headquarters of the State, may show, and II salts.
fed that II 10 mertoFiOus case, and that the
is deserving he will enlist him In accordance with
such special rules the Provost Marshal General
,, may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge Of hos.
J. ptals, 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,
., vise 10 the Invalid Corps.
The PTeYOTt NSFSASI GeRSrSl II shRTTsd with