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Show Military Severity Operates Regardless of the Armistice FRENCHMEN living In tho United States and of the age which re-nulres re-nulres registration for the September Sep-tember draft, have until January Janu-ary 7. 1910, inclusive, to decide whether they will roturn to Hrance to enter the armed service of that republic, or to get tltc proper representative of the French embassy to relieve them from military duty. Otherwise they will be subject to tho draft regulations of the lnlted States." This is the substance of a long telegram tele-gram going into technical details, which Captain Gordon Snow, Utah draft executive execu-tive is instructed to forward to local draft boards of Utah. The telegram tells of the exchange of ratifications of the convention between the United States and France November S, the net result of which is to place French citizens in the United States on about the same plane as British and Canadian subjects arc now and have been for some months. Exemptions Ex-emptions signed by the French ambassador ambassa-dor may be general or special, temporary or conditional; and may he renewed, modified, or -revoked at the discretion of the French government. There was a voluminous lot of other detail which Captain Snow read, and which will in due time be forwarded to the local draft boards. Otherwise Captain Snow was not highly interested. The telegram reached him after firing had ceased in France and Belgium. |