The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-24
Major Genera! Pershing Direct
ed by President to Command
Division in France.
BARS T.R. VOLUNTEER ARMY
Executive Sets June as the Date Of
Registration for Men Between
Ages OF Fl and 3t-Natonsi
Guard 70 Be Modified
in August

Washington. May 2l.-Presiden
Wilson signed the CONSUMPTION bill
after rejecting that section of the
measure which would permit Col
Theodore Roosevelt to organize volun
teer divisions.
The president signed the army bill
Just after dinner at p. m. on Friday
without Formally and set June . a'
the date of registration for all men be
tween the ages of twenty-One and
thirty-one for military service.
President Issues Proclamation.
President Wilson's proclamation, put
ting into effect the selectiye draft pro
vision of the war army BILL signed last
night, follows in part:
"A proclamation by the president OF
the United States:
"Whereas, Congress has enacted and
the president has on the 18th day OF
May, one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, approved law which con
tains the following provisions:
Dc
tween the ages of Twenty-One and
thirty, both inclusive, shall be subject
10 registration In accordance with reg
ulatiOns to be prescribed by the presl-
dent; 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, II
shall be the duty of all persons of the
designated ages, except officers and en-
listed men of the regular army, the
navy and the National Guard and naval
militia while IN the service Of the
United States, 10 present themselves
for and submit to registration under
the provisions Of this act, and every
such person shall be deemed 10 have
notice Of the requirements Of this act
upon the publication Of said proclama-
ton or other notice as aforesaid given
by the president or by his direction
and any person who shall willfully fail
or refuse TO present himself for regis
tration or 10 submit thereto as herein
provided, shall be guilty Of "A misde-
meanor and shall, upon conviction In
the district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be pun
ished by Imprisonment for not more
than one year, and shall thereupOn be
duly registered; 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 per
sons shall be subject TO registration as
herein provided who shall have at
tanned their twenty-Grst birthday and
who shall not have attained their thlr-
ty-first birthday on or before the day
set for registration, and all persons so
registered shall be and remain subject
to draft into the forces hereby author
lied. unless exempted or excused there
from as in this net provided.
Registration on June S.
"Now, therefore, /, Woodrow Wilson
president of the United States. do call
upon the governor Of each Of the sew.
eral states and territories, the board
Of commissioners 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 municipalities there
In TO perform certain duties in the
execution Of the foregoing law. which
duties viii be communicated TO then
directly in regulations Of even date
herewith.
And ! do further proclaim and give
notice 10 all persons subject TO regis
tratlon In the several states and II
the District of Columbia in accord
ance with the ubovc law that the tim,
and place Of such registration shall b,
between Z n. NJ and 9 p. m. on tn,
ffth day Of June. 1917, mt the regis
tratlon place In the precinct wherein
they have their permanent homes
Those who shall have attained thcl
tweuty-nrst birthday and who shall
not have attained their thlrty-tirs
birthday on or before the day her
named are required 10 register, ex
cepting only officers and enlisted mel
Of the regular army, the navy, tn
marine corps and the National Guar
and Naval Militia while In the serylc
Of the United States, and officers i
the officers reserve corps and enllste
men IN the enlisted reserve corp
while In active service, In the terri
tories Of Alaska Hawaii and Port
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