The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-19
All Between Their Twenty
first and Thirty-hrst Birth
days Must Answer Call
WHOLE NATION MUST
SERVE FOR DEFENSE
Day One of Most Significant
in All American History.
When Country's Manhood
Shall Present Itself


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No dts. ri~t court a The l-pttea states
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,han o3,r wear and shall thereupou
~ dt,l, reg{stsred provided that IN
thr vail ~ the docket precedence shall
he given IN courts irving the same.
Ia the trial OF criminal proceedings
unAaf this act. provided further that
nersons shall be subject 10 re9istra-
ton as herein provided who shah
have attained their twen.3 FIRST birth
dav on or before the dav set for the
rccistraflon and all persons so fegis
tered shall be and remain subject 10
draft into tho forces hereby author
lied. unlcss exempted or excused
thprefrom as m this act provided,
|,pfovided further that in the case ~
Temporary absence fro mactual place
of legal residence OF any person iiarle
to registration as provided herein such
registration may be made by man,
under regulations To be prescrlned ny
the president.
state Machinery tsed
Section 8. That the president Is
hereby authorized 10 utii'ze the ser
vice Of any or al departments amt
all officers or agents OF the n''ed
states and of the severa states, ter
ritories and the District OF tolum-
bia and subdivisions Thereon. ~ the
execution OF this act, ana all ofIicers
land agents OF the nhed states ana
Of the several states, territories ana
subdivisions Thereon. ana ot the ihs-
triet of Columbia ana all persons
designated or appointed hhder regu-
lafions prescribed ny the president
whether such appointments are MADE
by the president himself or ny the
governor or other ofhcer OF any state
or territory TO perform any du'H IN
the execution or TINS act are hereby
required TO perform sucfi duty as the
president shall order or direct and ali
Euch of'icers ana agents ana persons
30 designated or appointed shali mere
by have fuii authority for All ac's
done by them IN the execution OF ms
act by IN direction OF inc president
Correspondence IN me execution or
this act may DC carried IN pehalty en-
department ANY person charged as