The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-24
JUNE 5 DESIGNATED
REGISTRATION DAY
WILSON ISSUES PROCLAMATION
PUTTING INTO EFFECT SELEc-
TIVE DRAFT PROVISION.
All Male Persons Between the Ages of
Fl and 80 Must Appear at Regis
tration Place in Precinct Where
in They Have Homes.

| Washington. - President Wilson
| proclamation, putting into effect tn
selective draft provision of the wa
army bill, signed May IS, follows:
A proclamation by the President o
the United States:
Whereas, congress has enacted ant
the president has on the 18th day o
May, one thousand nine hundred, anC
seventeen, approved law which con
tains the following provisions: Z
Sec. 5. That all male persons be
tween the ages of q and 80, both in
elusive, shall be subject to registra
ton in accordance with regulations tC
I've prescribed by 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 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 act, and every such person shall
be deemed to have notice of the re-
quirements of this act upon the pub
lication of said proclamation or other
notice as aforesaid given by the presi-
| dent or by his direction; and any per-
son who shall willfully rail or refuse
| to present himself for registration or
| to submit thereto as herein provided,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
SHALL upon conviction in the district
| court of the United States having
jurisdiction thereof, be punished by
Imprisonment for not more than one
year, and shall thereupon be duly reg
lstered; 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 persons shall |
be subject to registration as herein |
provided who shall have attained their
twenty-irst birthday and who shall not
have attained their thirty-first birth
day on or before the day set for the
registration, and all persons so regis
tered shall be and remain subject to
draft into the forces hereby authorized,
unless exempted or excused therefrom
as in this act provided; Provided fur
Their, that in the case of temporary
absence from actual place of legal resi-
dence of any person liable to registra-
ton as provided herein such registra-
ton may be made by mail under regu-
lations to be prescribed by the presl- {
dent.
Method of Procedure. q.
Sec. 6. That the president is here
by authorized to utilize the service of
any or ali departments and any or all {
offices. or agents of the United States l
and of the several states territories, 1
and the District of Columbia, and sub. Q
divisions thereof, in the execution of G
his act, and all officers and agents of '
he United States and of the several $
states, territories and subdivisions
hereof, and of the District of Column o
ia, and all persons designated or APP n
,ointed under regulations prescribed &
" the president, whether such APP II
'olntments are made by the president 81
imself or by the governor or other G.
fficer of any state or territory to per- s.
orm any duty in the execution of this II
ct, are hereby required to perform W
UGH duty as the president shall order M
I direct, and all such officers and m
gents and persons so designated or Sc
ppOinted shall hereby have full au- e(
lority for all acts done by them in p'
he execution of this act by the direc- I'll
on of the president. Correspondence
| the execution of this act may be
lrried in penalty envelopes bearing VI
lie frank of the war department. Any sc
arsons charged as herein provided 1t
18th the duty of carrying into effect re
ny of the provisions of this act or sp
lie regulations made or directions Civ nc
l Hereunder who shall fail or neglect tn
perform such duty, and any person TO
larged with such duty or having and of
ercising any authority under said act, co
gulations, or directions, who shall id,
lovingly make or be party to the ge
aking of any false or incorrect regis to
alton, physical examination, exemp- RAJ
IN, enlistment enrolment or muster;
I'd any person who shall make or be pr
party to the making of any false of
ltement or certificate as to the fit to
SIS or liability of himself or any de!
her person for service under the pro- scr
'ions of this act, or regulations made hol
the president Hereunder, or other bel
Sc evades or aids another to evade all
? requirements of this act or of said trio
sulations, or who, in any manner, the
lll fail or neglect to perform any VIII
ty required of him in the execution or
this act, shall, if not subject to eve
litary law, be guilty of INSIDE age
amor and upon conviction in the dis L
ct court of the United States having set
isdiction thereof, be punished by the
Drisonment for no more than one L
If, or, If subject to military law. 1Stl
III be tried by court-martial and Lor
fer such punishment as Il court sew
rtial may direct. the
June 5 Date for Registration. hun
low, therefore, /. Woodrow Wilson, B
sldent of the United States, do call r
m the governor of each of the sew
states and territories, the board of Will
lmissioners of the District of Col
Dia, and all officers and agents OF Roo
several states and territories, of
District of Columbia, and of the w
mites and municipalities therein to not
'orm certain duties in the execu-
of the foregoing law, which duties cape
be communicated to them directly agar
equations of even date herewith. OI
nd do further proclaim and give May
sc to all persons subject to registra. state
In the several states and in the pert
riot of Columbia in accordance wote
the above law that the time and h,,,e
e of such registration shall be be- nf 'i tb
IN a. m. and 8 p, m. on the fifth taar