GENERAL ORDERS, No. 123. } WAR DEPARTMENT, The Acting Chief Signal Officers of Departments or Armies are authorized, the consent of the Generals Commanding being first obtained, to appear before the Examining Board now in session at Washington, D. C. These officers will, at the discretion of the Commanding Generals, be temporarily relieved from duty and ordered to Washington for this purpose, and each will return to his station as soon as his examination is completed. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 130. In executing the provisions of General Orders, No. 105, from this Department, in regard to the selection of men for the Invalid Corps, Medical Inspectors, Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, Camps, Regiments, or of Boards of Enrolment, Military Commanders, and all others required to make the physical examination of men for the Invalid Corps, will be governed in their decisions by the following list of qualifications and disqualifications for admission into this Corps: Physical infirmities that do not disqualify enlisted men for service in the "Invalid Corps." 1. Paralysis, if confined to the left upper extremity, and the man's previous occupation fit him for the duty of clerk, orderly, &c. 2. Simple hypertrophy of the heart unaccompanied by valvular lesion; functional derangement of the stomach, (dyspepsia;) mild chronic diarrhoea; simple enlargement of the liver or spleen; a temporary ailment of the kidneys or bladder. 3. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested by positive change of structure, wasting of the affected limb or puffiness or distortion of the joints. 4. Pain, unless accompanied with manifest derangement of the general health, wasting of a limb, or other positive sign of disease. 5. Myopia, unless very decided or depending upon structural change of the eye. 6. Stammering, unless excessive and confirmed. 7. Loss of teeth or unsound teeth. 8. Porticollis. 9. Reducible hernia. 10. Hemorrhoids. 11. Stricture of the urethra. 12. Incontinence of urine. 13. Loss or complete atrophy of both testicles from any cause; per 14. Varicocele and cirsocele. 15. Loss of left arm, left forearm or left hand, if the man be qualified for duty of clerk or orderly. 16. Loss of leg or foot, provided the man have the inclination and aptitude for service in a general hospital, and is recommended for that duty by a medical officer, or if qualified for the duty of clerk or orderly. 17. Old and irreducible dislocation of shoulder and elbow in which the bones have accommodated themselves to their new relations. 18. Muscular and cutaneous contraction of left arm, provided the man may be employed as clerk, orderly, or messenger. 19. Loss of left thumb; partial loss of either thumb. 20. Loss of first and second phalanges of all the fingers of the left hand. 21. Total loss of any two fingers of the same hand. 22. Total loss of index finger of right hand. 23. Permanent extension of any finger of the right hand; permanent extension or contraction of any finger of the left hand. 24. Adherent or united fingers 25. Loss of any toe or toes except the great toe; all the toes joined together. 26. Deformities of the toes, if not sufficient to prevent walking. 27. Large, flat, ill-shaped feet that do not come within the designation of talipes valgus. 28. Varicose veins not accompanied with ulcerations. 29. Gunshot wounds or injuries not involving loss of function. 30. None of the foregoing informities disqualify officers for service in the Invalid Corps. In all cases where the physical infirmities of officers or enlisted men come within the provisions of the above list, they will be recommended for transfer to, or enlistment in, the Invalid Corps; but no one will be admitted into this Corps, whose previous record does not show that he is meritorious and deserving, and that he has complied with the provisions of General Orders, No. 105, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, 1863, authorizing an Invalid Corps. |