The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
General Orders. No. los.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFIt

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, !
Washington, AprH %, 1868.
YINHE organization of an Invalid Corps is hereby
Il authorized.
This Corps shall consist of Commands and If II
shan 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
ofcommands now in the field whether actua ly pres
ent or temporarily absent) who, from wounds recev
cd in action disease contracted in the line of duty
are unit for field service, but are still capable of eff
fective garrison duty such other light duty
be required of an Invalid Corps. Regmenta 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 furnished) the names of all the officers
and enlisted men under their commands who fulfill
the following conditions, viz:
l. That they unfit for active field service on &C.
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 are fit for garrison duty this fact be-
ing likewise certified by the Medical Officer, las above
after personal examination
g. That they are, in the opinion of their Command
ing Officers, meritorious and deservings
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.
The Regimental Commander shall enter in the col.
umn of remarks, opposite each officers the
roll, statement to the general character of the
officer for intelligence, industry. sobriey and atten-
ton to duty and all intermediate Commanders shall
endorse thereon such facts as they may possess in
the case, or If they have none they shall state how
far they willing to endorse the opinion of the of
fcer or officers making the recommendation. SINH
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
render il 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 Convaescent Camps
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
tering 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. 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 col
nmn of remarks and note the exception before sign
ing the certificate. If any officer enlisted man
now in the service but absent and beyond the reach
of Medical Officer in charge of a Hospital or Con-
vacscent Camp desires to enter this Corps, he will
take the indicated below for those who have
been honorably discharged the service.
Third, By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been honorably discharged on account
of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty,
and who desire to re-ener the service. In the
of an officer, application for appointment must be
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 on account of wounds or disease, and is not
liable TO draft. but is fit for garrison duty.
q That he furnish evidence of honorable discharge
on account of wounds or disability contracted in the
line of duty.
g. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders I'M
der whom he formerly served, that he is worthy of
being thus provided for and capable of returning adj
cquaic service TO the Government. In case it shall
be mpracticable to g,t this last evidence he NAV
In nh ghRdf first turn. aala
the Board of Enrolment that he is deserving, and
present its certificate of the fact This evidence must
all be obtained by the applicant and must be tran
mitted with his application for appointment.
IL there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application mayI be for
warded throughth Adjutant General of the State.
who is desired TO endorse thereon such facts in the
military history of the applicant as he may know
afforded by his reco d. and forward the same
TO the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Enlisted men, honorably discharged on account of
disability desiring TO reenst in this Corps will pre-
sent themselves 10 the Boar 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 certificate to that
effect, viz:
!. That he Is unfit for service in the field
2. That he is fit for garrison duty.
3. Tbatfhe is meritorious and deserving.
4. That lie was honorably discharged from the SER
vice.
i.e io'os' .iaisbai iot hc Dishlc. shall tneh
send the application, with this certificate of the
Board to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
eral OF the State who shall procure such evidence of
service and character the records Of the Company
TO which he belonged, on file al the Headquarters of
the State may show, and if satisfied that il is
itorous case and that the 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 Hospi-
tails, Military Commanders, all others having
authority to discharge under existing laws and reg
ulstions. 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 1md&w4S Assistant .4djufdnf General,