Show E DRAFT measures for raising of military erces forces asagra as agreed ed upon byCo by congress Agress AGE LIMIT 21 TO 30 YEARS mate male citizens ind and those who have declared their intention to io be come citizens of that age liable to draft classes that are excused washington the selective draft drafton under A er which the new united bistes army will be raised will be bb applied under y alie following provIs provisions lons of the army T bill Y aliat that the Ralli enlisted ted men reay required I 1 alred to raise lais ennd and maintain the organizations of the refuter army and to coni complete pike and malam lit the organizations embodying V the members ot of the Nat national tonal guard dratted drafted into the service seF service vice of the united states at the thet maximum legal strength as by this act a provided shall be raised by voluntary enlistment or it if and whenever the president decides that A they cannot effectually be so raised or A f maintained then by selective draft and all other forces hereby authorized shall berul be raised sed and maintained by A selective i draft elc exclusively luit but this provision vs ion shall hikoe pie prevent vent the transfer to any force of training cadres from other forces vl kl I 1 age ge LI limits mits are arb fled fixed such draft ns as herein provided shall be based upon upon liability to military service of all male citizens or male persons nat not alien alien enemies who have 1 declared I 1 intention to become become citizens between the ages of twenty an one b and thirty years both inclusive and shall take place and be maintained under such regulations as the president may prescribe not inconsistent with the terms of this act quoted the several states stafi is herrl territories abathe and the district of columbia or subdivisions thereof shall be determined I 1 in a proportion tb the population thereof and credit wall shall be given to any state territory district or sub division thereof for the number of inen who olo were in tile the military service r of the untim united states as members of 1 th the e national Nat national lonal guard on 1917 or who hive have since said bald date entered the military service of tle the united states from fram any such state territory district or subdivision either as members of it tho regular regald army or the national 1 1 l guard i Pr provides ovidea for military law all p persons dersons drafted lii into tiie thea berv service odthe of the united states and all officers herein provided for shall from the date of said draft ar acceptance be subject to the ae laws and regulations I 1 governing the regular army except as to promotions so tar far as such laws and regulations nie are applicable to persons whose permanent retention in the military service on the active or retired list lik Is not contemplated by existing law and those drafted shall be required quiren to serve tor for the period of the existing emergency unless sooner discharged provided that Ahat the president Is authorized to raise and maintain by voluntary enlistment or draft as herein provided special and technical i troops as he may deem necessary a and nd to employ them into organizations and to officer them as provided in the third paragraph of section 1 and section 1 0 K of this let act 0 O organizations rg of the force herein provided tor for except the regular army rhall ahall as tar far as the interests of the service permit be composed of men iho come and of officers who are appointed from the same state or locality 1 no person liable to military service will b be I 1 arn permitted to escape by furnishing a substitute or the payment of money and the an pigment ment bf bounties for recruits Is prohibited men who are exempt the persons who will be bd exempted from military service are thus designated by bk this tile the bill that tile the vice tice president of ahw the united states the officers legislative executive and judicial of bf the united sta states tes and of the several states terri tortes and the district of columbia regular regaIn For or duly ordained ministers of religion students who atthe at alie time of the approval of thI this act are preparing fae fo the mint ministry itry in recognized theological or divinity schools and all persons in the naval service of th the united states shall be exempt from froin the selective draft herein prescribed K nothing in this act contained shall be construed to require or compel another person to serve in any of the forces herein provided for who ls Is found 0 to o be a member of any well fell recognized religious pea sect or organization at present organized and existing and whose existing creed or principles forbid its members to participate in war war in any form and whose religious convictions ar are e against war or participation there in in accordance with the he creed or or principles of sald said religious organization bat no person so exempted shall b be e exempted froni from service tn in any capacity that the president shall ahall declare to be noncombatant Cert certain lain classes to bea excuse j tile the president Is hereby authorized to exclude or dik discharge haige from said selective draft and from the draft under the second paragraph of section 1 hereof or to draft for partial military service only fron 01 2 ila liable to io draft a as s inthis in this act provided persons person slot ot ill the fol tolda classes anty county and mu municipal officers customhouse clerks persons employed by the united states in the transmission of the malls artificers artifice rs and workmen employed tn in the ar armories armorlee arsenals and navy yards of the united stated and such other persons employed employ i ed in the service of the united states as is the president may designate pilots mariners marinero ma actually employed in the sea service of auy citizen or merchant within the united states persons engaged in industries including agriculture found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effective tive op operation odthe of the military forces or the maintenance of national latr interest during the eberg emergency enc those in a tatus status with respect to persons defend ent upon them for support which renders their or discharge advisable and those found to be physically physical ly or morally deficient no exemption or exclusion shall continue when a cause no longer exists provided that notwithstanding the exemptions enumerated herein each state territory and the district of columbia shall be required to supply its quota in the proportion that its population latton bears to tb the total population of the united states how exemptions are determined the machinery created for determining of exemptions Is thus described by the bill 11 the president Is hereby authorized in his discretion to create and aish throughout the several states and subdivisions thereof and in the terri tortes find and the district of columbia local b and where in lils his discretion practicable and desirable there shall be created and established one suell such board in each county or similar subdivision in each state and one for foe approximately each of population in each city of population or over accord according ln to the last census taken or estimates furnished by the bureau of census of the department of commerce such boards blaids shall be ap appointed by the pres dont ent and shall consist of three or more ili members ernberg none of whom shall be connected with the military establishment to be chosen from among the local docil authorities of uch such subdivisions or from other citizens residing 1 in n the subdivision or area in which the respective boards will have jurisdiction under the rules anti and regulations prescribed by the president dent powers of exempting boards such boards shall have power within flidr respective jurisdictions to hear and determine subject to review as as hereinafter provided all questions of exemption under this act and all questions of or claims for including 0 o or r discharging individuals or classes of individuals from the selective draft which shall be made under rules and and regulations prescribed by the president except any nad and every question or claim for including or excluding or discharging persons persona or classes of per sons front the selective draft under the provisions of ehla act aci authorizing the president to exclude or discharge from the selective draft persons engaged in industries including agriculture found to be necessary to the maintenance e of the ahe military establishment or the ef operation of the military forces or the maintenance of riat national ional I 1 interest during the emergency I 1 I 1 additional Addition fil boards provided ohp president bilt Is hereby authorized to lo additional boards one in each federal judicial district of the io united states consisting of s lich buch number of citizens not connected with the military ry establishment as the dent deni inny determine who shall be appointed by the president ent stich yu ch district hoards boards shall on appeal and aff affirm irin modify ar or reverse ver 5 any decision of any local I 1 board ll 11 having aag jurisdiction in the area ini in which any such district list board lins lias ju under the th e rules and regulations prescribed by the president denti such stich district boards shall liall fc have exclusive original itral jurisdiction within thedr respective spec lve tive areas to fo hear and determine deter rolna all questions or claims for including or or discharging persons or classes or persons from th the sele selective i chivi draft under tho the provisions of this act not included within the original jurls jurisdiction of local boards the decisions oi of such district boards shall be final eicele except tiia that 1 alii in ac dor dorrance cb dance with such rules and regulations hs as the president may aay prescribe pi lie he may affirm modify or r reverse everse any such decision all all persons subject lo 10 to registration m mus have attained their twenty first budnot but not the their thirty first birthday 1 r taddy and such persons person as fall to register will be subject to io imprisonment for lotmore not more than one year persons persona temporarily absent from their legal residence may register py by mall under presidential I 1 regulations provisions for Vol volunteers the provisions governing voluntary enlistment in the regular army and national guard follow that the qualifications and conditions tor for voluntary enlistment as here 1 in provided shall be the iame same as those prescribed by existing law for or enlist 1 ments in the regular army except that recruits mastbe must be between the ages of elgh eighteen teea and forty both inclusive at t the time ilme of their enlistment and such I 1 enlistment and such enlistments shall bedfor be for the period of the emergency unless sooner discharged plan grouping by states provided that all perses persons enlisted or drafted under any of the provisions of this act shall as aa tar far as practicable be grouped Into units by states and the political subdivisions of the same provided further that all persons who have enlisted since april 1 1917 either in the regular army or in the national guard and all persons parsons who have enlisted in the national guard since june 3 1910 upon their application shall be discharged upon the termination of the existing emergency the president may provide tor for the discharge of any or all enlisted men whose status with respect to dependents renders such discharge advisable a and ad he be may also authorize the employment on any active duty of retired enlisted men of the regular army either with their rank on the retired list or in higher enlisted grades and such retired enlisted men shall receive the full pay and allowances of the grades in which they are actively employed provision for increased pay the army pay increases are set forth in the following provisions that all officers and enlisted men of the forces herein provided tor for other than the regular army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay allowances and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades and length of service in the regular army rind and commencing june 1 1917 and continuing until the termination of the emergency all enlisted men of the army of the united states in active service whose base pay does not exceed 24 per month shall receive an increase of 10 per month those whose base pay Is 24 an increase of 18 8 per month those whose base pay Is 30 1 0 36 an increase of 6 per month and those whose base pay Is 45 or more an increase of at 5 per ind month lith provided that the increases of pay piny herein authorized shall not enter into the compilation of continuous service pay presidents powers broadened an entirely new provision of the bill as as dratted drafted Is that the president Is authorized to increase or di decrease crease the num berof organizations prescribed for the typical brigades divisions or army corps of the regular army and to prescribe such new and different organizations and personnel for army corps divisions brigades regiments battalions squadrons cop companies antes troops and batter les besas as the efficiency of the service may require provided further that the number of organizations in a regiment shall not be increased nor shall tile the number of regiments be decreased the president will officer the regular army and national guard under ex CX ising law and for the conscript force he Is empowered 0 to provide the 06 necessary officers line and nd staff for said twee force and for organizations tf the other forces here by authorized orby combining organizations izat ions of said other forces by ordering members of the officers reserve corps to temporary dutwin accordance with the of section 38 of the national defense act approved june 3 1910 1016 by appointment from the re regular army the officers reserve corps from those duly dulk qualified arid reg registered 1 pursuant to sect section iob 23 of the act of congress approved january 21 1003 thirty second statutes it at large page ft fiem om the members embers in of the national guard drafted into leeor the United States been graduated from educational institutions 1 at which military instruction Is compulsory or from those who have had honorable service in tho the regular army the 06 national guard or the yol vol luntzer forces or from th tho cou country at larger large liy by assigning retired officers leers off of tile hie regular army to active duty with such force with their raulf rank on the retired list and the full pay and allowances of their grade or by the appoints t ment of retired officers and en enlisted men active or retired odthe regular r inny as commissioned officers cern in such forces |