made in duplicate, nor any certificate given in lieu of a discharge. 166. The cause of discharge will be stated in the body of the discharge, and the space at foot for character cut off, unless a recommendation is given. 167. Whenever a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall be unfit for the military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, his captain shall forward to the commander of the Department, or of the army in the field, through the commander of the regiment or post, a statement of his case, with a certificate of his disability signed by the senior surgeon of the hospital, regiment, or post, according to the form prescribed in the medical regulations. 168. If the recommendation for the discharge of the invalid be approved, the authority therefor will be indorsed on the "certificate of disability," which will be sent back, to be completed and signed by the commanding officer, who will then send the same to the adjutant-general's office. 169. Insane soldiers will not be discharged, but sent, under proper protection, by the Department commander to Washington for the order of the War Department for their admission into the Government asylum. The history of the cases, with the men's descriptive list, and accounts of pay and clothing, will be sent with them. 170. The date, place, and cause of discharge of a soldier absent from his company will be reported by the commander of the post to his company commander. 171. Company commanders are required to keep the blank discharges and all certificates relating to discharges in their own custody. 172. No volunteer will be discharged upon surgeon's certificate of disability until the certificate shall have been submitted to the Medical Department director, and shall have been approved and countersigned by him. ART. XXI. LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO OFFICERS. 175. In no case will leave of absence be granted, so that a company be left without one of its commissioned officers, or that a garrisoned post be left without two commissioned officers and competent medical attendance; nor shall leave of absence be granted to an officer during the season of active operations, except on urgent necessity. 176. When not otherwise specified, leaves of absence will be considered as commencing on the day that the officer is relieved from duty at his post. He will report, monthly, his address for the next thirty days, to the commander of his post, and of his regiment or corps, and to the adjutant-general, together with every change of address; and in his first report state the day when his leave of absence commenced. The expiration of his leave must find him at his station. 177. In time of peace, commanding officers may grant leaves of absence as follows; the commander of a post not to exceed seven days at one time, or in the same month. Applications for leaves of absence for more than four months, or to officers of engineers, ordnance, or of the general's staff, or serving on it, (aides-de-camp excepted,) for more than thirty days, must be referred to the adjutant-general for the decision of the Secretary of War. In giving a permission to apply for the extension of a leave of absence, the term of the extension should be stated. The term of the extension approved by the Department commander will be regulated by the season and the usual opportunities for reaching the officer's station, so that he may not be absent during the time for active operations. 178. The War Department will not grant leaves to officers on applications made out of the proper military channel; nor longer extensions of leave than are recommended by the competent authority. 179. The immediate commander of the officer applying for leave of absence, and all intermediate commanders, will indorse their opinion on the application before forwarding it. 180. The commander of a post may take leave of absence not to exceed seven days at one time, or in the same month, reporting the fact to his next superior. 181. Three months' leave of absence will be allowed to graduates, from the time of quitting (as cadet) the Military Academy. 182. No leave of absence exceeding seven days, except on extraordinary occasions, when the circumstances must be particularly stated (and except as provided in the preceding paragraph), shall be granted to any officer until he has joined his regiment or corps, and served therewith at least two years. 183. Officers will not leave the United States, to go beyond sea, without permission from the War Department. 184. All leaves of absence to chaplains and schoolmasters employed at military posts will be granted by the commanding officer, on the recommendation of the post council of administration, not to exceed four months. 185. An application for leave of absence on account of sickness must be accompanied by a certificate of the senior medical officer present, in the following form: regiment of of the having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer, and find that-[Here the nature of the disease, wound, or disability is to be fully stated, and the period during which the officer has suffered under its effects.] And that, in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than-[Here state candidly and explicitly the opinion as to the period which will probably elapse before the officer will be able to re sume his duties. When there is no reason to expect a recovery, or when the prospect of recovery is distant and uncertain, or when a change of climate is recommended, it must be so stated]. Dated at this day of Signature of the Medical Officer. 186. Leaves of absence on account of sickness will not be granted to officers to go beyond the limits of the Military Department within which they are stationed, unless the certificate of the medical officer shall explicitly state that a greater change is necessary to save life, or prevent permanent disability. Nor will sick leaves to go beyond the Department limits be given in any case, except in immediate urgency, without the previous sanction of the War Department. 187. On the expiration of a leave of absence given on account of sickness, if the officer be able to travel, he will forthwith proceed to his post, although his disability may not have been removed. Exceptions to this general rule must be made in each case by the War Department on full and explicit medical certificates, setting forth the reasons for delay, and the length of time delay is considered necessary. 188. When an officer is prevented by sickness from joining his station, he will transmit certificates in the above form monthly to the commanding officer of his post and regiment or corps, and to the adjutant-general; and when he cannot procure the certificate of a medical officer of the army, he will substitute his own certificate on honor to his condition, and a full statement of his case. If the officer's certificate is not satisfactory, and whenever an officer has been absent on account of sickness for one year, he shall be examined by a medical board, and the case specially reported to the President. 189. In all reports of absence, or applications for leave of absence on account of sickness, the officer shall state how long he has been absent already on that account, and by whose permission. ART. XXII. FURLOUGHS TO ENLISTED MEN. 190. Furloughs will be granted only by the commanding officer of the post, or the commanding officer of the regiment actually quartered with it. Furloughs may be prohibited at the discretion of the officer in command, and are not to be granted to soldiers about to be discharged. 191. Soldiers on furlough shall not take with them their arms or accoutrements. 192. Form of furlough. To all whom it may concern. The bearer hereof, or private, as the case may be), of Captain -, a sergeant, (corporal, be considered a deserter. 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