The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-24

deavor that will best serve the COM
mon good. Thus, though sharp
shooter pleases to operate a tripham.
mer for the forging of great guns, and
an expert machinist desires to march
with the flag, the nation is being
served only when the sharpshooter
marches and the machinist RENAME
at his levers.
Draft Bill Not ConseriptIon.
The whole nation must be a team
in which each man shall play the part
for which he is best fitted To this
end Congress has provided that the
nation shall be organized for war by
selection and that each man shall be
classified for service in the place to
which it shall best serve the general
good to call him.
The Significance of this cannot be
overstated. 1t Is a new thing to our
history and q landmark in our prog
ress. 1t is new manner of accepting
and vitalizing our duty to give our
selves with thoughtful devotion to the
common purpose of US all.
Section g. That the President is
hereby authorized to utilize the serv-
ice of any or all departments, and
any or all officers or agents of the
United States and of the several
states, territories, and the District of
Columbia, and subdivisions thereof, in
the execution of this act, and all Off
GERS and agents of the United States
and of the several states. territories
and subdivisions thereof, and of the
District of Columbia, and all persons,
designated or appointed under regula-
tions prescribed by the President,
whether such appointments are made
by the President himself or by the
governor or any other officer of any
state or territory to perform any duty
in the execution of this act, are mere
by required to perform such duty as
the President shall order or direct,
and all such officers and agents and
persons so designated or appointed
shall hereby have full authority for all
acts done by them in the execution OF
this act by the direction of the Presi-
dent
Correspondence in the execution of
this act may be carried in penalty en-
velopes bearing the frank of the War
Department. Any persons charged as
herein provided with the duty of car
rying into effect any of the provisions
of this act or regulations made or di-
rections given hereunder who shall
fail or neglect to perform such duty;
duty or having and exercising any
authority under said act, regulations
or directions, who shall knowingly
make or be party to the making OF
any false or incorrect registration.
physical examination, exemption, en-
listment, enrolment or muster; and
any person who shall make or be
party to the making of any false
statement or certificate as to the fit
ness or liability of himself or any
other person for service under the
provisions of this act or regulations
made by the President hereunder. or
| otherwise evades or aids another to
evade the requirements of this act or
of said regulations. or who, in any
manner. shall fail or neglect fully to
perform any duty required of him in
| the execution OF this act shall, IL not
subject to military law, be guilty. OF
a misdemeanor. and upon conviction
in the District Court of the United
/ States having Jurisdiction thereof be
punished by Imprisonment for not
more than one year. or, If subject to
military law, shall be tried by court
/ martial and suffer such punishment
as a court martial may direct.
State Officials to Aid in Registration.
Now, Therefore, |, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States. do call
| upon the governor of each of the Sow
| eral states and territories, the board
| of commissioners of the District of
Columbia, and all officers and agents
| of the several states and territories,
| of the District of Columbia and of the
counties and municipalities therein to
/ perform certain duties in the execu-
| tion of the foregoing law, which duties
will be communicated to them directly
| in regulations of even date herewith.
1t Is in no sense conscription of
] the unwilling; it is, rather, selection
/ from a nation which has volunteered
in mass. 1t is no more choosing OF
those who shall march with the colors
| than 1t Is a selection of those who
shall serve an equally necessary and
devoted purpose in the industries that
lie behind the battle line.
The day mere named is the time up
on which all shall present themselves
| for assignment to their tasks. Ii is
\ for that reason destined to be remem-
! bered as one of the most conspicuous
moments in our history.
Should Be No Gaps in Ranks.
1t is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the country
shall step forward in one solid rank
in defense of the ideals to which this
nation is consecrated. 1t is import
ant to those ideals no less than to the
pride of this generation in manifest
ing its devotion to them that there be
no gaps in the ranks.
1t is essential that the day be ap-
preached in thoughtful apprehension
OF its significance and that we ac-
cord to it the honor and the meaning
that 1t deserves. Our industrial need
prescribes that it be not made
technical holiday, but the stern sacri-
flee that is before us urges that it be
carried in all our hearts as great
day of patriotic devotion and obliga-