Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

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pursuant to section 25 of the act OF
Congress approved january 21, 1903
| (Thirty-second Statutes at Large,
4 page 775), from the members of the
National Guard drafted into. the
service of the United States, from
those who have been graduated from
educational institutions at which
| military instruction is compulsory,
or from those who have had honor
able service in the regular army, the
National Guard, or in the volunteer
forces, or from the country at large;
by assigning retired officers of the
regular army to active duty with
such force with their rank on the re-
tired list and the full pay and allow
ances of their grade; or by the ap-
pointment of retired officers and en-
listed men, active or retired, of the
regular army as commissioned Off
GERS in such forces: Provided, That
the organization of said force shall
be the same as that of the cores
ponding organizations of the regular
army: Provided further, That the
President is authorized to increase or
decrease the number OF organizations
prescribed for the typical brigades,
divisions or army corps of the regu-
lar army. and to prescribe such new
and different organizations and per-
sonnel for army corps, divisions,
b ri d e s, regiments, battalions,
squadrons, companies, troops and
batteries as the efficiency of the SER
vice may require: Provided further,
That the number of organizations in
a regiment shall not be increased nor
shall the number of regiments be de-
creased: Provided, further. That the
President in his discretion may or
ganize, officer and equip for each in
fantry and cavalry brigade three ma
chine-gun companies and for each
infantry and cavalry division four
machine-gun companies, all in addi-
ton to the machine-gun companies
comprised in organizations included
in such brigades and divisions. Pro-
vided further, That the President in
his discretion may organize for each
division one armored motorcar-ma-
chine-gun company. The machine
gun company organized under this
section shall consist of such COM
missioned and enlisted personnel and
be equipped in such manner as the
President may prescribe: Provided
further, That officers with rank not
above that of colonel shall be ap-
pointed by the President alone, and
officers above that grade by the
President by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate: Provided
further, That the President may in
his discretion recommIssion in the
coast guard persons who have here
tofore held commissions in the
Revenue Cutter Service or the coast
guard and have left the service hon.
orably, after ascertaining that they
are qualified for service physically,
morally, and as to age and military
fitness.
Fourth. The President is further
authorized, in his discretion and at
such time as he may determine, to
raise and begin the training of an
additional force of 100000 men or
ganized, officered and equipped, as
provided for the force first mention
ed in the preceding paragraph of this
section.
Fifth. To raise by draft, organize,
equip and officer, as provided in the
third paragraph of this Section, in
addition to and for each of the above
forces, such recruit training units as
he may deem necessary for the main
tenance of such forces at the
maximum strength.
Sixth. To raise, organize. officer
and maintain during the emergency
such number of ammunition bat
and battalions and such artillery
parks, with such numbers and grades
of personnel as he may deem neces-
sary. Such organizations shall be
officered in the manner provided in
the third paragraph of this section,
and enlisted men may be assigned to
said organizations from any of the
forces herein provided for or raised
by selective draft as by this act pro-
vided.
Sec. 2. That the enlisted men re-
quired to raise and maintain the
organizations of the regular army
and to complete and maintain the
organizations embodying the MEM
bers of the National Guard drafted
into the service of the United States,
at the maximum legal strength as. by
this act provided, shall be raised by
voluntary enlistment, or If and when
ever the President decides that they
cannot effectually be so raised or
maintained, then by selective draft;
and all other forces hereby author
lied, shall be raised and maintained
by selective draft exclusively, but
this provision shall not prevent the
transfer to any force of training
cadres from other forces. Such
draft as herein shall be based upon
liability to military service of all
male citizens, or male persons not
alien enemies who. have declared
their intention to become citizens,
between the ages of twenty-one 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. Quotas for the
several States, Territories, and the
District of Columbia or subdivisions
thereof, shall be determined in pro-
portion to the population thereof
and credit shall be given to any
State, Territory, District or subdi-
vision thereof, for the number OF
men who were in the military serv-
! ice OF the United States under the
| provisions of this act from any such
! State, Territory, District or subdi-