Show f. f OPERATIONS UNDER SELECTIVE SELECT SElECTIVE DRAFT Measures for Raking Raising of Military Forces as Agreed Upon by Congress 4 AGE LIMIT 21 TO 30 YEARS 4 M Male ale Citizens and Those Who Have p 7 r Declared Their Intention to Become Be Be- t. r M come Citizens of That Age yr o Liable to Draft Draft Classes Classes Excused r f That Are a Washington The The he selective draft under under un un- P tf der which the new United 1 I States army a will he be will be applied un under J the following provisions of ot the array army r- r hill That the thc enlisted men required to raise und and maintain the organizations of the army and to complete and maintain the organizations embodying I C the thc members of ot the National Guard t drafted Into the service of the United 1 States Stutt it nt the maximum legal strength as by hy this act provided shall be raised b by voluntary enlistment or If and andr r whenever the president decides that they cannot effectual effectually be so raised or maintained then by selective draft ii and nil all other forces hereby authorized f shall be raised and maintained by ser ser se- se r draft exclusively but this provision pro- pro I t i vision shall not prevent the transfer f 11 to any force of training ca cadres res from t other forces iv Limits Are Fixed Age Such draft as ns herein provided shall r ii be based base upon liability to military service sere sery ice of nil fill male citizens or male mole persons v not alien enemies who have declared t their intention to become citizens between between be be- t tween the ages of twenty one and thirty years ears hoth both Inclusive and shall take place and be maintained under S such regulations as the president may J j.- j. prescribe not inconsistent with the fi terms of this act k Quotas for the sever several l states territories terri tern tories and the District of Columbia or ort t subdivisions thereof shall be determined determined deter leter- mined In proportion to the time population C thereof and credit shall be he given to tonny any state t territory district or subdivision sub dl division ion thereof for the number of m noon men n who were In the military service of the United States as ns members of the National Guard on April 1 1917 1317 or who have five since said date entered the military lary service of the thc United States f from any such state territory district j y 7 or subdivision either as members of W the regular army or th the National Guard 1 Provides for Military LawAll LawAll Law All persons drafted ratted Into the cervIce servIce service cerv- cerv Ice of the United States an and all oil om cers herein provided for shall from r i if the date of ot said draft or acceptance L be he subject to the laws and regulations i governing the regular army except as asT asto T to promotions so far as ns such laws and t. t regulations are applicable to persons whose permanent retention In the mm- mm mini mini- tary tarp service on the time active or retired y J. t list Is not contemplated by existing I law and those drafted shall be required re- re to serve for the period of the ther r 1 existing emergency unless unless' sooner discharged discharged dis dis- charged provided that the president is authorized to raise and maintain by voluntary enlistment or draft as ns hereIn here here- 1 In provided special and technical troops as he may deem necessary and to employ them Into organizations and to officer them as provided In the third paragraph aph of ot section 1 and section 9 D of bt this act Organizations of ot the force torce herein provided for except the time regular army array shall as ns far tar as the Interests of the service permit be composed of ot men who vho ho come and antI of officers who are appointed ap ap- pointed from the same state or local local- r ity Uy V No Nt person liable to military service will be permitted to escape r a by furnishing a n substitute or the pa pay pay- lUent of ot money and the payment of or i. i bounties bounties for recruits Is prohibited f r Men Who Are Exempt The persons who will be exempted from rom military service are thus designated by hy this provision of the bill That the vice president of ot th the United States the officers legislative executive and ju judicial of ot the United States and of ot the several states territories terri tern tories tortes nn and the District of ot Columbia regular or duly ordained ministers of religion students who at the time of the approval of ot this act are preparing tOt tot tor the ministry In recognized theological cal calor or divinity schools and all persons In the naval service of ot the United States shall be exempt from the K t selective draft herein prescribed Nothing In this act contained shall be construed to require or compel another another an an- other person to serve in any of ot the forces herein provided for tor who Is found to lo be n a member of ot any well-recognized well religious sect or organization at present pres ent ant organized and existing and antI whose existing creed or principles forbid Its J members to participate in war In lu any f- f form tonn and whose religious convictions t a pre ore against war or participation thereIn there- there r In In accordance with the creed or orr tit r r principles of ot said fald religious organization tion tion hot bat no person so exempted shall be exempted from service In any ca- ca ti pacito that the president ent shall declare 3 1 i to be noncombatant Certain Classes to Be Excused The president Is hereby authorized L v Pi to exclude or discharge from said so- so Elective draft laft and from the draft under the second paragraph of ot section 1 hereof hereof hereof here here- of or to draft rn t for partial military servIce service serve ice only from those liable to draft as os asIn asin osIn In this act net provided persons of ot the fol fol- g classes County and municipal J officers customhouse clerks persons employed by hy the United States in the transmission of ot the mails artificers and workmen employed In the armories arsenals und and nav navy yards of the United States and such other persons per per- persons sons employed ed In the service of the United States as ns the president may designate pilots mariners actually employed In the sea sen service of ot auy citizen or merchant within the United States persons engaged In Industries Including agriculture found to be necessary necessary essary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effee effective tive operation of the military forces or the time maintenance of ot national Interest Interest interest Inter Inter- est during the emergency those in a status with respect to persons legend legend- ent eat upon them for support which renders renders ren ren- ders dels their or discharge advisable advisable advisable advis advis- able and those found to be physically or morally deficient No exemption or exclusion exclusion shall continue when a cause th no longer exists Provided that notwithstanding notwithstanding standing the exemptions enumerated herein each state territory and the District of ot Columbia shall be required to supply Its quota In the proportion that its population bears hears to the total population of the United States How Exemptions Are Determined The machinery created for determining ing of exemptions Is thus described bythe bythe by hy hythe the bill The Tine president Is hereby authorized in his ils discretion to create and throughout the several states and subdivisions thereof and in the territories terri tern tories and the District of ot Columbia lo local al hoards boards and ond where In his discretion discretion tion practicable and desirable there shall be created create and und established one such board In each ench county or similar subdivision In each state and und one for lor approximately each ench of ot population population tion Uon in each city of ot population or over o according to the last census taken en or estimates furnished by the bureau of ot census of ot the department of commerce Such boards shall shull be appointed appointed appointed ap ap- pointed by lIy the time president and shall consist consist con con- of ot three or more members none of whom shall be connected with the military establishment to be chosen from among the local authorities of such subdivisions or from oU oilier r citizens citi zens resl residing In the subdivision or are area area In which the respective boards will have jurisdiction under the rules and und regulations prescribed by the dent lent Powers of Exempting Boards Such boards shall hn have ve power within with in their respective jurls Jurisdictions to hear and determine subject to review review- as hereinafter provided all nil questions of or exemption under this act an and all nIl questions of ot or claims for including or discharging In Individuals or classes of or individuals from the time selective draft which shall shull b be made under rules and regulations prescribed by the president dent lent except any and antI every question or claim for Including or excluding or discharging persons or classes of persons per sons ons from the time selective draft un under cr the ther r provisions of ot this act authorizing the president to exclude utIe or discharge from the thc selective draft persons engaged In industries Including agriculture found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the thc effective effective ef et ef- ef operation of ot the military forces or the maintenance of ot national Interest during the emergency Additional Boards Provided The Tho president ent Is hereby authorized to establish additional boards one In In- each federal Judicial district of the United States consisting of ot such number num ber bel of ot citizens not connected with the i y 1 military tar t establishment ns as I lie he president I- I II Ilent dent mil may determine who shall shull be lie appointed appointed ap III pointed h by the president Such Suh district boards shall shull review review- I on appeal and amid affirm modify or 01 reverse reverse re re- verse nn nay any decision of nn any local board 1 having Jurisdiction Jurisdiction-In In the area In which any such district board has hns Jurisdiction Ju jn- un under er the rules lules and regula regulations ions prescribed h by time the president Such district boards hoards shall have c exclusive original Jurisdiction within their re rc respective areas to hear henr an and determine all questions or claims for including or excluding or discharging persons or classes or persons from the selective draft under the provisions of this act oct not Included e within the original Jurisdiction Juris juris- diction of such local boards The decisions of such district hoards hoard shall he be final except that In accordance accordance ac nc- ac- ac with such rules un and regulations regula as the president may prescribe he may affirm mo modify or reverse any my such Nuch decision All persons subject to registration must have attained their twenty first but not their thirty first birthday and such persons as fail fall to io register will be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year Persons temporarily absent from flom their legal residence nUl may register by mull mall un under er presidential regulations Provisions for Volunteers The provisions governing go voluntary enlistment In the regular army anny and National Guard Guald follow That the qualifications and conditions condi condi- conditions lions for fOI voluntary enlistment as ns herein here here- in provided shall hall be he the same as those prescribed b by existing law for enlistments enlistments enlist enlist- ments In the regular army except that recruits must roust b lid ht between the ages of ot eighteen and forty both inclusive at nt atthe atthe the thc time of their enlistment and such enlistment and such enlistments shall be for the tho period of the emergency Unless un un- less sooner discharged Plan Grouping by States Provided That all persons enlisted I or drafted un under er an any of the provisions of ot this act shall as far as ns practicable be grouped Into units b by states an and the political subdivisions of the same provided provided pro plO vided further that all persons who have enlisted since April 1 1917 1017 either in the tho regular army or In the National Guard and und all ull persons who have enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed In the tine National Guard since June 3 1016 upon their application shall be discharged upon the termination of the existing emergency The president may provide for the discharge of any uny or all enlisted men whose status with respect to dependents dependents depend depend- renders such discharge a advisable and he may lUny also authorize the employment employment employ employ- ment on any ony active fictive duty of ot retired enlisted enlisted en en- listed ted men inch of the time regular arm army either with their rank on the time retired list or orIn orin orin in higher enlisted grades nn and such retired re rev tired enlisted men shall receive the time full pay an and allowances of ot the gm grades es esIn In witch which they are actively employed tr Provision for Increased Pay Time The army urmy pay Increases are ale set forth In the following provisions That all officers and enlisted men of time the forces herein provided ed for other than the regular array army shall be In all respects on the same footing as to pay allowances and pensions as officers and enlisted men of ot corresponding grades and length of service e In lu the regular regular regular reg reg- ular army an and commencing June 1 1917 and continuing until the time termination termination nation of ot the tho emergency all ull enlisted men of ot the army of ot the United States In active service whose base hase pay does not exceed 24 per month shall receive an as Increase of 10 per month those whose base pay is 24 24 1 an on Increase of 8 3 8 per lieI month those whose base pa pay is 30 O 36 30 or 40 an Increase of 6 G per month an und and those whose base pay Is 45 or more an nn Increase of 5 3 per month provided that the Increases of ot pay herein authorized shall not enter Into the time compilation of continuous us service pay pay Presidents President's Powers Broadened An entirely new provision of the bill billas billas as drafted Is That the time president is authorized to increase or decrease the number of ot or 01 organizations prescribed for the t typical brigades divisions or army corps of ot the regular army and to prescribe such new nn and different organizations and ond personnel for army corps divisions brigades regiments battalions squadrons squadrons squad squad- rons companies troops and batterIes batteries batter batter- ies les as the efficiency of ot the service may require provided further that the mu number of organizations in a D regiment I shall hall not be increased nor shall the number of ot regiments be decreased The president will officer the regular regu regno tar lar army and amI National Guard under ex ex- law and for the time conscript force he Is empowered To lo provide the time necessary officers line An nd mud 1 staff for said force und and for organizations of ot the other forces hereby hereby here here- by hy authorized or by hy combining organizations organizations organ organ- of ot said other forces by or orderIng order order- Ing lag members of ot the officers' officers reserve corps to temporary duty in accordance with the provisions of ot section 38 33 of the national defense act approve approved June Tune 3 1016 1910 by appointment from the regular reg reb ular army the officers officers' reserve corps from those duly qualified and registered registered regis regis- pursuant to section 23 21 of the tho act of congress approved January 21 1 1903 1003 thirty second statutes at nt large page 71 from the members |