The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-24

y neglect to perform such duty; an
any person charged with such -dut
or having and exercising any author
t ty under said act. regulations or d
, rections, who shall knowingly max
I or be party to the making of an
= false or incorrect registration. phys
cal examination, exemption. enlist
ment. enrolment or muster; and an
person who shall make or be part
to the making of any false statemcn
or certificates as to the fitness O
liability OF himself or any other per
son for service under the provision
oi this act. or regulations made by
the president Hereunder. or other
wise cvades or aids another to cvade
hthe requirements OF this act. or OF
said regulations, or who in any man
ner shall fail or neglect fully to per
form any duty required of him in
the execution of this act. shall, if not
subject to military law, be guilty of a
misdemeanor. and upon conviction in
the district court Of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be pun
isIed by Imprisonment for not more
than one year. or. ii subject to mill
tary law shall be tried by courtmar-
tial and suffer such punishment as a
court marital may direct
Now. therefore. I. Woodrow Will
son. president of the United States,
Il @1,, Df oo,1, Of
the several states and territories. the
board of commissioners OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and all officers
and agents of the several states and
territories, of the District of Column
bia. and of the counties and .'lunici
palitics therein. to perform certain
duties in the execution OF the fore
going law, which duties will be COM
municated to them directly in regula-
tons of even date herewith.
And do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis
tration in the several states and in
the District of Columbia in accord
ance with the above law. that the
time and place of such registration
shall be between : 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 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 ALI enlisted men in the en-
listed reserve corps while in active
service. In the territories of Alaska,
Hawaii and Porto Rico day for
registration will be named in a later
proclamation.
And I do charge those who
sickness shall be unable to
present themselves for registration
that they apply on or before the day
Of registration to the county clerk of
the county where they may be, for
as to how they may be
registered by agent. Those who ex-
pect to be absent on the day named
from the counties in which they
have their permanent homes may reg
ister by mail, but their mailed regis |
tration cards must reach the places
in which they have their permanent
homes by the day named herein. i
They should apply as soon as prac-
ticable to the county clerk wherein |
they may be for instructions as to
how they may accomplish their reg
by mail. In case such per-
sons, 40 through sickness or absence,
may be unable to present themselves
for registration shall be
in cities of over thirty |
thousand population. they shall APP
ply to the city clerk of the city
Wherein they may be sojourning rath-
e than 70 the clesk of tie eo1nfy.J
he etez3s e. connliee ~ Is 49,