Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
PRESIDENT SIGNS
DRAFT lElsuRE
IRQ0PSDfR0NI
Under Command Of
Major General Pershino.
REGULARS FIRST TO FRANCE
Executive SETS June 5 40 the Date Of
Registration for Al Men Between
the Ages Of q and Sire.
jeets Roosevelt Volunteer
Army Declares Il
Would interfere
With Present
Plans,

H. Wv S0s'ss I
Plans.
Washington, May 2l.-Flatly reject
ing that section Of the measure which
would permit Colonel Roosevelt to or
ganixe volunteer divisions, President
Wilson signed the CONSUMPTION bill.
The president signed the army bill
just after dinner at 8 p. III. on Friday,
without Formally. and set June 5 as
the date Of registration for all men be-
tween the ages Of twenty-one and
thirty-one for military service.
President Issues Proclamation.
President Wilson's proclamation, put
ting into effect the selective draft pro-
vision Of the war army bill, signed last
night, follows In part:
"A proclamation by the president Of
the United States:
whereas, Congress has enacted and
the president has on the 18th day OF
May, one thousand ninA hundred and
seventeen, approved a law which con-
tains the following provisions:
Section 5. That all male persons be-
tween the ages Of twenty-one and
thirty, both inclusive. shall be subject
to registration in accordance with reg
ulations to be prescribed by the prest-
dent; 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
designated ages, except officers and en-
listed 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 and submit to registration under
the provisions Of this net, and every
such person shall be deemed to have
notice Of the requirements Of this act
upon the publication Of said proclama-
ton or other notice as aforesaid given
by the president or by his direction !;
and any person who shall willfully full
or refuse to present himself for regis
tration or to submit thereto as herein
provided, shall be guilty Of q INSIDE
meanor and shall, upon conviction In
the district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be pun
! ished by Imprisonment for not more
than one year, and shall %thereupon be
dug 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 per
sons shall be subject to registration as
herein provided who shall have at
tanned their t%wenty-frst birthday and
who shall not have attained their thirty
first birthday on or before the day set
for registration, and all persons so reg
isteredl shall be and remain subject tc
draft into the forces hereby authorized
|. unless exempted or excused .therefrom
rs in this net provided.
Registration . N June 5.
! "Now. therefore, l Woodrow Wilson
president Of the United States. do cal
. upon the governor Of each OF the sew
eral states and territories, the boart
i. Of commissioners Of the District o.
: Columbia and NIL officers and agents
of the several states and territories
of the District Of Columbia and o
: the counties and municipalities there
In to perform certain duties In TIL
> execution Of the foregoing Inv. whicl
duties will be communicated to then
directly In regulations OF even dat
herewith.
"And ! do further proclaim and Civ
notice to all persons subject to regis
= tratiOn in the several states and !
the District Of Columbia In accord
ance with the above law that the tim
and place Of such registration shall b
: between Z o.. m. aud 93p. m. on til
eth day Of June, 1911. ut the regis
q tration place In the precinct wherei
- they have their permanent homes
Those who shall have attained thei
>, t%wcnty.first birthday and who sha
d. not have attained their thirty-frs
birthday on or before the day her
"a. named are required TO register. q!
:, cepting only officers and enlisted me
10 Of the regular army, the navy. III
N marine corps md the National Guar
-. and naval militia while In the seryiS
Of the United Stntes. ind officers
"a the officers reserve corps aud enlistt
men In the enlisted reserve corr
while in active service. In the teri
tories OF Alaska. Hawaii and por'
Il. Rico n dry for registration will |
@. named in u Inter proclamation.
II. Az Must Cooperate.
1.-THE power against which we al
arrnyed hns sought to Impose Its VI
,. upon the world by force. To this u
II nas increased armament until
~: has changed the face Of war. In Il
VI sense In which we have been wont
" think Of armies there are no Mrmi,
" In this struggle. There ore entire n
~ lions armed. Thus. the men who +
VI main to III the soil and mn the III