The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-05-26
Division Under Command Of Major
General Pershing.
REGULARS FIRST TO FRANCE
Executive Sets June as the Date of
Registration for All Men Btween
the Ages of II and 31--Rejects
Roosevelt Volunteer Army
Declares II Would Interfere
With Present Plans.

which would permit Colonel Roose
welt to organize volunteer divisions
President Wilson signed the con
scription bill.
The president signed the army bill
just after dinner at p. IN. on Fri.
day. without formality, and set June
s as the date OF registration for ali
men between the ages OF twenty-one
and thirty-one for military service.
President Issues Proclamation.
putting into effect the selective draft
provision of the war army bill.
signed last night, follows in part:
Whereas. Congress has enacted
and the president has on the 18th
day of May, one thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen. approved a law
which contains the following provis-
ions:
Section 5. That all male persons
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty, both inclusive. shall be sub
ject to registration in accordance
with regulations to be prescribed by
the president; and upon proclamation
by the president or other public not
ice given by him or by his direction,
stating the time and place of such
registration, It shall be the duty of
all persons of the designated ages,
except officers and enlisted men OF
the regular army, the navy and the
national guard and naval militia
while in the service Of the United
States, to present themselves for AMI
submit to registration under the pro-
visions OF this act, and every such
person shall be deemed to have
notice of the requirements of this act
upon the publication of said pro-
clamation or other notice as afore-
said given by the president or by his
direction; and any, person who shall
willfully fail or refuse to present
himself for registration or to sub
NIT thereto as herein provided. shall
be guilty OF misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction in the district court
of the United States having juris-
diction thereof, be punished by inn
prisonment for not more than one
year, and shall thereupon be duly
registered; provided, that in the call
of the docket precedence shall be
given. in courts trying the same, to
the trial of criminal proceedings
under this act: Provided. further,
that persons shall be subject to reg
istration as herein provided who shall
have attained their twenty-first birth
day and who shall not have attained
their thirty-first birthday on or be-
fore the day set for registration, and
all persons so registered shall be and
remain subject to draft into the
forces hereby authorized, unless ex'
empted or excused therefrom as in
this act provided.
Registration on June 3.
Now, therefore. Woodrow VIII
son, president OF the United States,
do call upon the governor OF each
of the several 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 Column
bia and OF the counties and munich
palities therein to perform certain
duties in the execution OF the fore
going law, which duties will be COM
municated to them directly in regu-
lations OF even date herewith.
And l do further proclaim and
give notice to all persons subject to
registration in the several states and
in the District of Columbia in ac-
cordance with the above law that the
time and place OF such registration
snail be between I q. m. ana y p NJ
on the 5th day of June, 1917, at the
registration places in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have at
tanned their twenty-first birthday and
who shall not have attained their
thirty-first birthday on or before the
day here named are required to reg
lister, excepting only officers and en-
listed men of the regular army. the
navy the marine corps and the ma
tional guard and naval militia while
in the service OF the United States.
and officers in the officers reserve
corps and enlisted men in the en-