The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-05-24

thousand nine hundred and seventeen, an
provisions:
"Section 5-That all male persons be-
tween the ages of 21 and 80, both inclusive.
shall be subject to registration in accord.
ance with regulations to be prescribed bv
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 it shall be
the duty of all persons of the designated
ages, except officers and enlisted men of
the regular army, the navy, and National
Guard and Naval Militia while. in the ser
vice OF the United States to present them
selves for and submit to registration un-
der the provisions of this act; and every
such person shall be deemed to have notice
of the requirements of this act upon the
publication of said proclamation or other
notice as aforesaid given by the President
or by his direction; and anyone who shall
wlllfu]ly fail or refuse to present himself
tor registration or to submit thereto, as
herein provided, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by Imprisonment for
not more than one year, and shall there
upon be duly registered; provided that in
the call of docket precedence shall be
gwen, IN courts trying the same, to the
trial of criminal proceedings under this
act; provided, further, that persons shall
be subject to registration as herein provid-
ed who shall have attained their 21st birth
day and who shall not have attained their
3lst birthday on the day set for the regis
tratlon, and all persons so registered shall
be and remain subject to draft into forces
hereby authorized, unless exempted or ex-
cuSed therefrom as in this act provided. .
Provided, further, that in the case of tenn
porary absence from actual place of legal
residence of any person liable to registra-
ton as provided herein, such registration
may be made by mail under regulations to
be prescribed by the President.
Enforcing Act.
'Section 6, That the President is here
by authorized to utilize the service of anv
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 officers
and agents of the United States and of
the several States, territories and sub
divisions thereof and of the District of
Columbia, and all persons designated or
appointed under regulations prescribed by
the President, whether such appointments
are made by the President himself or by
the governors or other officer of any State
or territory to perform any duty in the
execution of this act, are hereby required
to perform such duty as the President
shall order and direct and all such officers
and agents and persons SO designated or
appointed shall have full authority for all
acts done by them in the execution of
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Correspondence in the execution of this
act may be carried in penalty envelopes
bearing the frank of the war department.
Any person charged as herein provided
with the duty of carrying into effect any
of the provisions of this act or the regu-
lations made or directions given there
under, who shall fail or neglect to per-
form such duty; and any person charged
with such 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 exam
nation, exemption, enlistment enroll
ment, or muster; and any person who
shall make or be party to the making of
any false statement or certificate as to
/ the fitness or liability of himself or any
other person for service under the pro-
VISIONS OF this act, or regulations made by
the President Hereunder or otherwise
| evades, or aids another to evade the re-
quirements of this act or of said regula-
tlonS or whom IN any manner shall fail or
neglect fully to perform any duty required
of him in the execution of this act shall,
if not subject tosmilitary law be guilty of
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 court martial may direct
''Now, therefore, |, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, do call
upon the governor of each of the several
States and territories the board of COM
missioners 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 munich
palities 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 June 5th.
"And | do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to registra-
ton in the several States and in the Dis
trict of Columbia in accordance with the
above law that the time and place of
such registration shall between 7 a. m.
and p. m. on the fifth day of June, 1917,
at the registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attained
their 21st birthday and who shall not
have attained their 31st birthday on or
before the day herein named, are required
to register, excepting 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 enlisted
men in the enlisted reserve corps while in
active service. In the territories of
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico day for
registration will be named in a later proc
'lamation.
"And l do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present them
selves for registration that they apply on
or before the day of registration to the
county clerk of the county where they
may be for instructions as to how they
may be registered by agent. Those who
expect to be absent On the day named
from the counties in which they have
their permanent homes may register by
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