Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-23

Belt enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Labor is hereby
directed and empowered to organize an
industrial army of the unemployed
within the United States, and he shall
recruit such army from all of the States
of the Union and the District of Colum-
bia, prorating the number of enlist
ments among the several States accord.
ing to population as nearly as may be
practicable, and the President of the
United States is hereby made comman-
der in chief of such industrial army.
Sec. 2. That any able bodied person
of the age Of sixteen years or over may
become member of such army by APP
plying to the Secretary of Labor. or
any other officer authorized by law to
recruit for such army, after suhscrib-
ing to the following oath: 81 do sol
emnly swear that am citizen of the
United States, or have declared my in
tention to become such that my age is
-. years and that have no sufficient
means of support except that derived
from manual labor; that | am without
regular employment and wish to enlist
in the industrial army OF the unemplov-
ed for a term of one year: that will,
if accepted as member of said army,
obey all orders of my superiors in said
army in the line of my duty, and that
will render honest and true service by
laboring in all pursuits wherever order
ed to go by my superiors. | will be
loyal to the Government OF the United
States; | will obey its laws, honor it's
flag, and participate in no lawlessness
or violence against citizens OF the
United States of their property
That the Secretary of Labor is here
by authorized and directed TO appoint
or cause to he appointed, suitable
person in each congressional district in
the United States to act as recruiting
oHlcef Tor SAID army.
Sec. 3. That the Government of the
United States shah furnish transporta-
ton for the members of such Army to
such places as such members may be
ordered or assigned for work, the cost
thereof to be advanced by the United
States and to be deducted from the first
wages earned by such members; that
no fees or expenses shall be required in
advance from such members or recruits:
that said members shall be transported
to such places as may be designated by
the Secretary of Labor in accordance
with above provision, but where said
members are assigned for work for any
State, county, city, or municipality,
such State, county, city, or municipal-
ity shall be required, at the discretion
of the Secretary of Labor, to advance
the cost of such transportation, which
shall be by such employer of the labor
of such members deducted from the
first wages earned by such members;
or it the advance of such transporta-
ton charges shall not be required by
the said Secretary of Labor in his dis
erection. then all such expenses shall be
deducted by such employer from the
first wages earned and refunded to the
United States. That the duty of the
recruiting officers provided for herein
shall be similar to like officers in the
Regular Army of the United States,
subject to such notifications and chan
ges as the Secretary of Labor may in
his discretion, direct to be made The
salaries of all such recruiting officers
shall not be greater than the compensa-
tion paid re crulting officers of the Army
of the United States.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Labor
shall have full authority as to methods
and means to carry out the purpose and
intent of sections /, 3, and 8 of this
Act, as may in his judgment be neces,
sary, and conforming as nearly as pos
sible to the usages, laws, and methods
in force in the War Department in re
cruiting the Regular Army, in trans
porting said recruits from the place of
enlistment to their command, and in the
payment of the wages CT such recruits,
subject to such notifications and re.
strictions as may be ordered by the
President of the United States
Sec. 5. That the duties of such In
dustrial Army shall be to follow peace
full pursuits in time of peace and to de.
fend the United States in case of in
vasion by foreign foe. if required to
do so by the President of the United
States. The ordinary labors of the mem
bers OF 81 th Army shall be expended
on harbors, forts, Government build.
ings and grounds. in digging canals, ir-
rigating deserts, building ard improv-