Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-22
OFFICIAL.
PuRLIC-No. l25.1

p n All 10 provide. Tor the eXamlna
tion Of certain officers of the army
BE IL enacted Jp he Senate and Hons
of Representatives, Of The UnttM States o.
America az Congress assembled, Tha,
every quartermaster aud assistant
quartermaster, and every commissary
and assistant commissary Of subsis
tence, and every paymastcr and addi
tional paymaster shall, as soon as
practicable, be ordered to appear for
examination as to his qualifications
before board to be composed Of three
staff officers of the corps TO which he
belongs Of recognised merit and fit.
ness, of whom two at least shall be
officers of volunteers, which board
shall make careful examination as
to the qualifications of all officers who
may appear before themsin pursuance
Of this act, and shall also keep minu-
tes and make full and true record of
the examination in each case. And
! all members Of such boards of exam
ination shall, before proceeding to the
discharge of their duties as herein
! provided, swear or affirm that they
will conduct all examinations with i'm.
partiality, and with a sole view to the
qualifications of the person or persons
to be examined, and that they will
not divulge the vote of any member
>upon the examination of any officer
who may appear before them.
Sec. 2. dnd be u FURTHER enacted.
That such boards Of examination shall
bc convened under the direction of the
Secretary of War. by the Quartermas-
ter General, the Commissary General
Of Subsistence, and the Paymaster
General at convenient places and
general rules Of examination and
standard Of qualifications shall be
prescribed by said officers, subject to
the approval Of the Secretary Of War.
and shall he published in general or
ders.
Sec 3. And Be u further enacted.
That after such general orders shall
have been published for sixty days, if
any officer who shall then be ordered
before board Of examiners. under the
provisions Of this act, shall fail for
thirty days, after receiving such spe.
cial order, to report himself as direct
ed, all his pay and allowances shall
cease and be forfeited until he does
appear and report for examination !;
| aud if he shall still thereafter fail for
further period of thirty days SO to
appear lie shall thcreupon be dropped
from the rolls Of the army: Procided,
hOarerer. That if such failure to appear
and report shall have been occasioned
by wounds or sickness, or other phys
ical disability, then there shall be no
forfeiture of pay until thirty days af,
ter such disability has been removed !;
but if in sixty days after the disabili-
ty is removed the officer shall not re-
port himself he shall then be dropped
from the rolls as in other cases.
Sec. 4 Ind be Il fMther enacted,
That if the board of examination shall
report that any officer does not pos
scss the requisite business qualifica-
tions they shall forward the record Of
the examination of such officer to the
head Of the bureau to which he may
belong, and If the head Of such bureau
shall approve the finding and report
of the board he shall forward the same
through the Secretary of War to the
President of the United States, and if
the President shall confirm the same
the officer so failing in his examination
shall, if commissioned, be dismissed
from the service with one months
pay, and if not yet commissioned his
appointment shall be revoked. And
if the board shall report that any off.
Ger fails to pass a satisfactory exam
ination by reason of intemperance,
gambling, or other immortality, and if
the head Of the bureau shall approve
the finding and report of the board,
and the same being communicated, as
before provided, to the President and
confirmed by him, then such officer
shall be dismissed from the service
without pay, and shall not be permit
ted to re-cnter the service as an ofli-
Ger: Proriaed, That such dismissal
shall not relieve him from liability
under existing laws for any offence he
may have committed.
Sec. 5. And be u further enacted,
That the boards Of examination shall
forward all their records of examina-
tion to the heads of the bureaus to
which they appertain. and such rec.
ords shall be filed in the proper bn-
reaus with suitable index /; aud any
officer who may desire it shall be enti-
tied to receive a copy Of the record in
his own case upon paying the cost OF
copying the same.
Approved, June 25, 1864.