Revised United States Army regulations of 1861, with an appendix containing the changed and laws affecting Army regulations and Articles of war to June 25, 1863:

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Medioal D)epartmeat.
1313. If the charge is against a deceased officer or enlisted man, the
physician will make the affidavit, before required, to the account, and
that he has been paid no part of it.
1314. No charges for consultation fees will be paid by the medical
bureau, nor will any account for miedical attendance or medicines be paid,
if the officer or enlisted man be not on service.
1315. A board of not less than three medical officers will be appointed
from time to time by the Secretary of War, to examine applicants for
appointment of assistant surgeons, and assistant surgeons for promotion.
And no one shall be so appointed or promoted until so examined and
found qualified.
1316. The board will scrutinize rigidly the moral habits, professional
acquirements, and physical qualifications of the candidates, and report
favorably, either for appointment or promotion, in no case admitting of
a reasonable doubt.
1317. The Secretary of War will designate the applicants to be examined
for appointment of assistant surgeon. They must be between 21 and 28
years of age. The board will report their respective merits in the several
branches of the examination, and their relative merit from the whole;
agreeably whereto, if vacancies happen within two years thereafter, they
will receive appointments and take rank in the medical corps.
1318. When an assistant surgeon has served five years, he is subject
to be examined for promotion. If he decline the examination, or be
found not qualified by moral habits or professional acquirements, he ceases
to be a medical officer of the army.
1319. An applicant for appointment failing at one examination, may be
allowed a second, after two years; but never a third.
1320. Medical Cadets will be selected, from among the applicants who
have been examined and approved by a Medical Board, by the Surgeon General, who will assign them to duty at such places and in such num bers as the service may require. These candidates will be enlisted for
the full term, by the Surgeon-General, or by a medical officer of the army
authorized by him, who will at once cause to be administered to the Cadet
the following oath:
I, - —, appointed a in the army of the United States, do
solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will bear true allegiance to the United
States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully
against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever; and observe and obey
the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the
officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles for the
government of the armies of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at-, this -day of -,186
-- Justice of the Peace