The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-05-26

and upon conviction in the districs
court of the United States having
Jurisdiction thereof. be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one
year. or, II subject to military law.
shall be tried by court-martial and
suffer such punishment as a court
martial may direct.
Now. thereof, I. Woodrow Wilson,
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 ter
ritories. of the District of Columbia,
and of the counties and municipalities
therein to perform certain duties in
the execution of the foregoing law,
which duties will be communicated to
them directly in regulations of even
date herewith.
Registration Is Set for June ..
And 1 do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to reglst-
ration in the several states and in
the District of Columbia in accordance
with the above law that the time and
place of such registration shall be
between q. m. and p. M. on the
ffth day of June. 1917. at the regist-
ration place I'm 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-irst
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register, eX-
ceptng only officers and enlisted men
of the regular army, the navy, the
marine corps, and the national guard
and naval militia, while in the service
of the United States. and officers in
the officers reserve corps and enlist
ed men iu-the enlisted reserve corps
while in active service. In the ter
ritories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico n day for registration will be
named in a later proclamation.
And l do charge those who thru
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, instruc-
tions as to how they may be registered
by agent Those who expect TO be
absent on the day named from the
counties i'm 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
practicable to the county clerk of the
county wherein they may be for in
structions as to how they may ac-
complish their registration by mail.
In case such persons as. thru sick
ness or absences. may he unable to
present themselves personally for re-
gistration shall be sojourning in cities
Of 'over 10000 population they shall
apply to the city clerk wherein they
may be sojourning rather than to the
c-erk Of the county
Cities to Establish sub-Ageneies.
/ The clerks of counties and of cities
! of over 10000 population in which
numerous applications from the sick
| md from non-residents are expected
are authorized 10 establish such sub
! agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be necessa-
! ry- 70 accommodate these applications.
The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose it's Will
upon the world by Iorce. To this end
| IL has increased armaments until II
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 part OF the army that is to be
sent to France than the men beneath
the battle fags
It must be so with us. IL is not an
army we must shape and train for
war, It is nation. To this end our
people must draw close In one compact
front against common foe. But this
cannot be II each man pursues n pri-
yate purpose. All must pursue one
purpose.
The nation needs NIL men: but II
needs each man. not in the field that
viii most pleasure him, but In the en-
deavor that will best serve the com.
mon good. Thus. tho a sharpshooteI
pleases 20 operate triphammer foI
the forging OF great guns. and an ex-
pert machinist desires 20 march with
the nag. the nation is being served
only when the sharpshooter marcf
and the machinist remains at MI