| Show president wilsons Wil Wils sons onys proclamation makes selective draft provision effective on fifth D day ay of june wa washington hington may IS 18 president wilsons 8 proclamation putting into effect affect the selective tive draft provision of the war army bill signed tonight to night nigh t Is 11 a aa follows fellow A proclamation by the president of the united state whereas congress has enacted and the president has on the day of may one thousand nine nina hun bull died and seventeen epter approved d a law c contains t m the following provi son see sec 5 that alt all male persons persona between the ages of 21 and 30 both inclusive shall be subject to regis regas brution in accordance with still regale tiona to be prescribed by the th press dent and upon by the president or other public brotice gi yen ven by him or by his direction at sta ting the time and place of such reg it shat shall be the duty of all al persons persona of the designated ages ex ei capt pt officers and enlisted men of the regular army the navy and the na dional guard and naval militia while ahle in the service of the united states state to present thern themselves athes for and sub mit but to registration under the provi siona of this act and every such per son eon she shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this act up on the publication of said pro clama tion or other notice be as aforesaid gi ven by the president or by his di and any person who be shall uil il fully fail or refuse to present himself tor for registration rum ration or to submit thereto as herein provided shall be guilty of a ma misdemeanor demeanor and shall upon conviction in the district court of the united states state having juris diction thereof be punished by im for not more than one year and shall thereupon be duly registered provided that in the call cal of the docket precedence shall be III gi yen ven in aurta y arrs trying the same in co the trial inal of criminal proceedings under this act provided further that per sobs shall be subject to registration as herein provided who he shall have attained their twenty first feet birthday and who shall not have attained the their thirty first birth birthday davon onor or before the day set for the registration and all alf persons so an registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the for far ces a hereby authorized unless exema ted or excused be as in this act provided provided further that in the case of temporary absence from actual place of legal residence resi derce of any person liable to registration as provided herein such auch regi rega straten may be made by mail under regulations to be prescribed by the prose dint ant METHOD OF see sec 6 that the president 1 ie hereby authorized to utilize the service of any or all departments and any or all officers or amenta agents of the united states state and of the several states territories and the district of columbia and subdivisions thereof fn an the execution of till thia act and all officers and agents of the united states state and of the several states territories t arri tories and subdivisions thereof a and 0 d of the district of C co lumbia and all persons persona designated or appointed under regulations pre s ascribed scribed bed by the president whether such appointments are made by the president himself or by the govern or nr or other officer of any state or territory to perform any duty in a I 1 the execution of this act are here by required to perform such duty as the president shall order or direct and all such officers and agents and persons persona so designated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all sets acts done by them in the execution of this act ac by the direction ol of the president correspondence in the of this act may mav be carried in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the war department any persons persona charged as herein pro vided aided with the duty of carrying into effect any of the to pi amens of this act or the regulations made or directions given who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty and any person charged with such duty or having and exercising any authority under said act regu lation aaion or directions who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false fala or incorrect registration physical examination exemption enlistment enrollment ir r muster and any person who shall nake or be a party to the making if any fatse false statement or certificate is as to the fitness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this act or regulations made by the president or otherwise evades or aid aids another to evade the requirements of this act or of said regulations or who in any manner shall fail or neglect to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this act shall hall if not net subject to military law be guilty of a or and upon conviction in the dis triet court of the united states having jurisdiction thereof be punished a had by imprisonment for not more than one year or if subject to militar mil gitary law shall be tried by court martial and suffer such punishment as a court mut martial 1 may direct registration DAY now therefore I 1 woodrow wll wit sell aoh president of the un united cited states do call upon the governor of each of the several states and territories the be board of commissioners of the district of columbia and all offices ceis and agents of the several states and territories of the district of colum his bia and of the th counties and mum therein to perform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing law which d duties lutcs wl wil be corn com ted to them directly in regu latties lattins of even date herewith he and I 1 do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to reg registration itra it on in the several states and in the district of co columbia lumbia in accordance with the above law that the time and place of such regia ration shall be between am and 9 rpm p m on the fifth da day Y of f june 1917 at the registration place ni in the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes those who shall hae bae attained their twenty first birth day and who shall not have attained their thirty first birthday on or be fore the day here named are re quiren to register excepting dinh officers and enlisted men of the re gula r army the navy the marine corps and the national guard and naval militia while in the service of the united states and officers in alu officers reserve corps and enlist ed men in the enlisted reserve corps while in active service in the territories of alaska hawaii and porto rico a day for registration willbe will be named ma in a later pro clama von ton and ido I 1 do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present pre seTi themselves thema elves for registration that they apply on or before the day of regis regia to the county clerk or the county where they may be for in st ruction a as to how t they hey may b be e be registered by agent those who expect to be absent on the day nam mum ed from the counties I 1 in ta which they have their permanent homes may re register ier by mail but their mailed reg registration ration cards must teach reach the places in which they have their per manent homes by the day herein named they should apply as soon as practicable it to 0 the county clerk of th the county count aher wherein elit they may be for instructions tru as to how they may accomplished eom complis Dished hed their registration by me mail 1 in cue case such persons as through sickness or absence may be unable to present themselves personally i ily for far registration shall be so jo in cities of over thirty five thousand population they shill ap pl ply to t the he city clerk of the city wherein they maybe may be sojo sojourning rather than to the clerk of the county the clerks of counties and of cities of over thirty thou thousand gand population in which numerous applications from the sick and from non residents are expected are authorized to lish hall such agencies and t ta employ and deputize such c clerical force as a may be necessary to accommodate these applications 6 1 e in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto set bet my hand and caused the great seat seal of the united states to be affixed done at the cita of washington this lath day of may in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the inde purulence pen dence of the united states of america the one hundred and forty first by the president robert langing secretary of state |
