Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-05-30

vice. and If found to be st. the Provost Marshal Of
the istrict shall give them transportation tickets
to the gene raj rendezvous at the headquarters OF
the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of
the State. As soon they present themselves ct
this general rendezvous they shall be duly mus
tered By . mastering asd disburnng officer, and
paid by him the bounty allowed By law.
JAMES B. FRY,
my 3-lm Provost Marshal General.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
w ADJUrAxT GERzRAL's OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, April q, 1858.
General Orders No. 10S.-The organisation Of an
Invalid Corps is hereby authorized.
This corps shall consist of companies. and il 1t
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 ahsent) who, from wounds
received in action or disease contracted in the
line of duty. unfit for field SERVICE but are still
capable of effective Carr ison duty, or such other
light duty as may be required of an Invalid Corps.
Regimental Commanders shall at once make ont,
from information received from their Medical and
Company Officers, and from their own knowledge,
rolls according to the form furnished) Of the
nsmes of all the officers and enlisted men under
their commands who fulfill the following condi-
tions,
l. That they are unfit for active field service on
account Of wounds disease contracted in the
line Of duty this fact being certified by a Medical
Omcer in the service, after personal examination.
2. That they fit for garrison duty; this fast
being likewise certified BY the Medical Officer, as
above, after personal examination.
3. That they are, In the opinion Of their Com
handing Officers, meritorious and deserving
These rolls shall be certified by the Examining
Surgeon and Resimehtal 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 ocer for intelligence, industry. sobriety and
attention to duty; ard all intermediate Com
tnanders shall indorse thereon such facts as they
may possess in the case or il they have nome they
shall state how far they willing to indorse the
opinion of the officer or officers making the recon-.
mendaton. similar rells shall be forwarded from
time to time, whenever the number of men fulfill
ing the conditions enumerated the exisencies of
the service may render it e1pedient.
Second. By taking those officers and enlisted men
stin in service and borne the rolls but Who are
absent from duty. in hospitals or cow alescent
camp are otherwise under the control of Medical
OfGcers. In these cases the Medical Officer in at
tendance shall prepare the rolls according to
form entering the names Of officers nd 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 Comm nder
who viii forward them as heretofore specified sub
jsct to the same conditions and require N ents IT.
in any case, the Regimental Commander all think
IN 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-
ception before signing the certificate. If any
officer enlisted man now in the service. but
absent and beyond the reach of Medical Cfiicsr
in charge of hospital or convslescent CAMP
desires to enter this corps he win take the
indicated below for those who have been hoHcrably
discharged the service.
Third. By accepting those officers and enlisted
men who have been hoRorably discharged on ac-
count of woun DIS disease ontracted in the limo
of DUTY, and Who desire to re-enter the service
In the case Of officer, application for appoint.
meat must be made to the Provost Marshal
General of the United States thro1 Oh the officer
detailed as Acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Of the State. No application of this kind will
be considered unless the following conditions are
completely fulfilled:
j. That the applicant produce the certificate O,
the Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment for the
District in which he resides that he is unfit fo,
active field duty on account of wounds or disease
and is not liable to draft, but is fit for garrison
duty.
2, That he furnish evidence Of honor able dis
charge on account of wounds or disability con
tractsd in the line of duty.
8. That he produce recommendations from the
Regimental Brigade, and Division Commanders
under whom he formerly served, that he is worthy
of being thus provided for and BILE ofreturuins
adequate service 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 tn at he is deser-
wing, and present its certificate of the fact This
evidence must all be obtained by the applicant. and
l.
pointment.
If there be no Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the State, the application may be for
wsrdsd through the Adjutant General of the State
who desired to endorse 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 United
States. Enlisted men, honorably discharged on
account of disability, desiring to enlist in this
cerps will present themselves to the Board Of En-.
rolment for the District in which they reside for
examination of the Surgeon thereof. who shall
examine them and report the result to the Board
of Enrolment.
the applicant is found to fulfill the conditions spe
cited below, the Board shall give him a certi6
cate to that effect, viz:
/. That he is unfit for service in the field.
2. That he is fit for garrison duty
8. That he is meritorious and deserving.
service.
The Provost Marshal for the District shall Their
send the application, with this certificate Of the
Board, to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
Gene raj of the State, who shall procure such evi
denee 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 if salts
fed that it is mertorious case, and that the mar
is deserving he will enlist him in accordance with
such special rules as the Provost Marshal Genera
may establish.
Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in char &c of hospi
tails Military Commanders, and all others havins
authority to discharge, under existing laws and
regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges ts
any men under their control who may be tit 70,
service in the Invalid Corps.
The Provost Marshal General is charged with
the execution of this order, and the troops orga
nized under it will be under the control of his Blu
reau.
BY order of the Secretary Of War:
e. D. TOWNSEND,
my ll-dlm Assistant Adjutant General,
WAR S1PARTM!Nr,