Show UNDER OFT measures for raising of military forces as agreed upon by congress AGE LIMIT 21 TO 30 YEARS male citizens and those who have declared their intention to become Cit citizens liens of that age liable to draft classes that are excused washington the selective draft under nilder which tile new no united states artely artily army will bu be raised will he be applied under tinder the following provisions of tile the army bill all that UK the enlisted men required irel to raise aind maintain the organizations of the regu Yr anny aminy and to complete and tile organizations embodying the invin bero of tile Notion ill juard guard drafted into info the service of the united states nt at ilio maximum legal strength ns no by till this net provided provide shall be raised mined by voluntary enlistment or it if rind whenever lite lie president decides that they cannot be 10 so go raised or binl n dined then by selective draft and till nil other forces hereby authorized shall eliell be raised and maintained by so se draft exclusively but bill tills hta provision shall not lint prevent tile transfer to any force firce of training ining cadres from other fiber forces age limits are fixed such draft cruft ns as herein provided shall ho be based upon liability to military scry sarv ice fee of all intile citizens or mole persons not lint dillun one enemies who have declared liola intention to become citizens between the ages of twenty ono one rind thirty years both inclusive and shall anko place and be under midi regulations ns its the president inny proscribe prescribe not inconsistent with tile alio terms of this ills net quotas for tho the several states territories find and tile ilio district of columbia or subdivisions thereof shall be determined to in proportion to the population thereof hereof arid credit bo be riven given to any state territory district or subdivision div islon thereof for the lie number of men anc n who were in ili tile military service of cf tile united states ns as members of the tha national lonill guard on oil april 1 1017 1917 or r abo linao lieve since said date ente entered r ed tile service of tho united states from any such territory district or subdivision either cither ns its members of 1 tho regular army or ahw national fluard provides for military low law all persons persona drafted into tile sery ice of tile tho united states and nil oll corn cera herein provided for from file lio date of sofa draft arntt or too to subject to ilia laws and regulations governing the regular hymy except ns as to promotions so far ns as such attys and regulations lire are to persons permanent retention in phd military service on oil the active or retired list Is not contemplated by existing law and those drafted mini bo be required to servo for tile period of tile the existing emergency ciner Rency unless sooner its charged provided that the president Is to killso and maintain by volun voluntary enlistment or draft us as heroin provided special find technical nI necessary rind 0 o employ them into organizations and till to officer thorn thomi its provided in fit tile third paragraph imra Kniph ot of section I 1 and section 0 rif ills act of tho the force herein provided for except lie ho regular tir army 42 hall ns as far na lie tho the interests of the ameco permit bo be composed of men who n lio come mid and pt who tire ap pointed from the sarno same state or locality itye 1 nu ati person to military service will be permitted to escape by furnishing n substitute or gr tho the payment ment of money and tile the payment of bount bounties les for recruits Is prohibited men who are exempt tile tho persons who will bo be exempted from service arn anro thus besig noted hy this hla provision of tile bill that the vice president of it taw united states theoff the officers leers legislative executive atilt judicial of the tl united states and of the several states herrl torlia borle and tile tho district of regal tir or duly ordained ministers of religion students who nt at the lite time of the approval of this net act anro preparing for to tho the ministry in recognized the or divinity schools and nil all persons persona ili li the naval service of lite united santes shall bo be exempt from tile the selective elective herein pre sc bribed 0 nothing in tilts ills net contained ae construed to require or compel nn nil other oilier person to servo serve in anny of fit the forces herein provided for who Is found to lo bo be a hie niber of tiny well recognized religious religions sect et or organization nt fit present organized and existing sting und and whose exist existing log creed or principles forbid its members to participate in ln any fort forro n gild and whose religious convictions are lignin st war or participation thero tn in in n accordance with tho the creed or principles 0 gold religious organization bot bat rio no person so exempted shall bo be exempted from service tl in ili any en caa that the iho pies president ident shall declare to be non comba certain classes to be excused tho the president Is hereby to ext exclude lude or discharge from said bald selective dratt drat ind from the draft under tho the of section I 1 hereof or 1 to oll draft aft for partial military nill tary berv ic conly from those to iq draft as instills In tills tIlds cir pi tided persona 3 of 0 tho thonol fol ow lt fisl 2 county ald ail 1 l r t 0 off officers leers customhouse clerks persons fier sons employed by the united billed states in lie of the ingils artificers artifice rs ond workmen employed in the arsenals and no navy yards of tile lie united states and lucli such other other per sons employed in the lite service of the united states as the president mily designate pilots mariners marinero ma actually employed in tho sen sea service of ay citizen or ili within the united santes persons engaged in industries including agriculture found to bo be necessary to tho the maintenance of tho the military establishment or tho the eften tivo operation of the military forces or tho the maintenance of national interest during the ho emergency those in ft a with respect to persons defend ent upon them for support kiich renders their or discharge advisable anil and those found to bo be physically or morally deficient no exemption or exclusion shall continue when a n cause no longer exists provided that notwithstanding tho the exemptions enumerated herein each state territory and the district of columbia shall bo be required to supply its quota in the proportion that its population bears to tho 3 total population of tho the united states fes how exemptions are determined the machinery created for deter determining nl of exemptions Is thus described by tho the bill the president Is hereby authorized in ills his discretion to create and elsh throughout the ho several states rind and subdivisions thereof and in tho the territories and the district of columbia local boards and where in ili ills his discretion practicable und and desirable there shall be created and established one such board in ili each county or similar subdivision in ench each state and one for approximately each of population in one eacle city of population or over according ng to ohp last census taken or estimates furnished by the lie bureau ot of census of the dep department of commerce com merco such stich boards shall be appointed by ho be president and consist of three 0 or more members none of 0 whom shall bo be connected with tile ho military establishment to be chosen from among lie he local authorities of midi subdivisions or from 11 ot other I 1 le r c citizens ili residing in tho the subdivision or area are a in which the respective boards will have jurisdiction under tinder the ilia rules and regulations proscribed prescribed by the prest lont lent powers of exempting boards such stich boards shall have power within I 1 n their respective jurisdictions to henr and determine subject tn review as hereinafter provided nil all questions of exemption under tinder tills this net nna and all questions of or claims for including luding or discharging individuals or classes of individuals from the he selective draft which shall bo be made under rules and regulations by the prest dent except any and every question or oil claim for including or excluding or discharging persons persona or classes ot it persons from the selective draft under tile the provisions of tills this act authorizing tile the president tAb to exclude or dl front from ilia he felegro legro se sole opo draft persons persona engaged in industries including agriculture found iq bo be necessary to the maintenance of tho the military establishment or t the 0 effective operation of the military forces or the of national interest during tile tho emergency 1 additional baarda provided r the president la Is hereby il t to establish additional boards one in ench federal judicial district of tile united states consisting 0 of f such number of citizens not cuneyt cune ct 4 l with alil t the h 0 |