The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-05-24

| IN the execution OF this act may be
carried in penalty envelopes bearing
the frank of the War Department.
Any persons charged as herein provid-
ed with the duty Of carrying into effect
any of the provisions of this act or the
regulations made or directions given
Hereunder, who shall fail or neglect to
perform 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 examination, ex-
emption, enlistment, enrolment, 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
provisions of this act, or regulations
made by the President Hereunder, or
otherwise evades or aids another to
evade the requirements of this act, or
of said regulations, or who. 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 TO military law, be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction in
the district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be pun
ished by imprisonment for not more
than one year, or, if subject to mill
tary law, shall be tried by court mar
tial and suffer the punishment as a
court martial may direct.
Now, therefore, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, do call
upon the Governor Of each of the sever
al states and territories, the Board of
Commissioners of the District of CO.
lumbia and all officers and agents of
the several states and territories, of
the District of Columbia, and of the
counties and municipalities therein to
perform certain duties in the execu-
tion of the foregoing law, which du-
ties will be communicated to them di-
rectly in regulations of given 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 accordance
with the above law, that the time and
place of such registration shall be be-
tween Z a. m. and 8 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 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
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 terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico a way for registration will be
named in a later proclamation.
And | do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable. to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of registra-
tion 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
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which they have their permanent
homes 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 accom-
plish their registration.
In case such persons as, through
sickness or absence, may be unable to
present themselves personally for
registration shall be sojourning in cit
les of over 80, 900 popualtion, they shall
apply to the city clerk of the city
wherein they may be sojourning rather
than to the clerk of the county.
The clerks of counties and of cities
of over 10000 population in which
numerous applications from the sick
and from non-residents are expected
are authorized to establish such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be neces-
sary to accommodate these applica-
tiOns