Williams news., 1917-05-31
TEXT OF DRAFT CALL
WHOLE NATION MUST TRAIN FOR WAR DUTY, DECLARES PRESI-
 DENT WILSON.
Executive Proclamation Sets Tuesday, June Fifth, When Men of Nation Will Report for Duty in War
 Against Foreign Foe.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Washington. - President Wilson's proclamation putting into effect the selective draft provision of the war army bill, follows:
 A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESI-
 DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
 Whereas, Congress has enacted and the President has on the 18th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, approved a law which con tains the following provisions:
 Section 5. That all male persons between the ages of q and 30, both inclusive, shall be subject to registra- tion in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the President; and upon proclamation by the President or other public notice given by him or by his direction stating the time and place of such registration 1t shall be the duty of all persons of the des- ignated ages except officers and en- listed men of the regular army, the navy and the national guard and na- val militia while in the service Of the United States to present themselves for and be subject to registration un- der the provisions of this act and ev- cry such person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this act upon the publication of said proclamation or other notice as afore- said given by the President or by his direction; and any person who shall wilfully fail or refuse to present him. self for registration or submit there to as hereinto approved, shall be gull ty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year and shall thereupon be duly registered; provid ed, that in the call of the docket pro- cedure shall be given in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal pro- ceedings under this act; provided, further, that persons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have at tained their thirty-first birthday on or before the day set for the reglstra- tion and all persons so registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces hereby authorized, unless exempted or excused therefrom as in this act provided; provided, fur ther, that in the case of temporary absence from actual place of legal residence of any person liable to reg istration as provided herein such reg istration may be made by mail under regulations to be prescribed by the President.
 And I do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to regis tration in the several states and in the inf of hi ir do 1ao with the above law that the time and place of such registration shall be be- between a. m. and p. m. on the 5th day of June, 1917, at the registration place in the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes.
 Those who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or before the day here named are required to register, ex- cepting only officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy, the ma rine corps, and the national guard, and naval militia, while in the service of the United States and officers in the officers reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while in active service. In the terri tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico a day for registration will be named in a later proclamation.
 Persons III Register by Agent.
 And I do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present themselves for registration that they apply on or before the day of regis tration to the county clerk of the county where they may be, for instruc- tions as to how they may be regis tered by agent. Those who expect to be absent on the day named from the counties in which they have their per manent home may register by mail, but their mailed registration cards must reach the places in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein.
 They should apply as soon as prac- ticable to the county clerk of the coun- ty wherein they may be for instruc- tions as to how they may accomplish their registration by mail.
 In case such persons, as through sickness or absence, may be unable to present themselves personally for reg istration shall be sojourning in cities of over 3O,000 population, they shall apply to the city clerk wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the county.
 The clerks or counties ana or cities of over 30,000 population in which nu merous applications from the sick and from nonresidents are expected are au- thorized to establish such subagencies and to employ and deputize such cler- ical force as may be necessary to ac- commodate these applications.
 America Must Become Armed Nation
 The power against which we are ar rayed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force. To this end it has increased armament until 1t has changed the face of war. In the sense in which we have been wont to think of armies there are no armies in this struggle. There are entire nations armed. Thus, the men who remain to till the soil and man the factories are no less a part of the army that is France than the men beneath the bat