Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
OPERATIONS UNDER
 SELECTNE DRAFT
Measures for Raising of Military Forces, as Agreed Upon
 by Congress.
AGE LIMIT, 21 TO 30 YEARS
Male Citizens, and Those Who Have Declared Their Intention to Be- come Citizens, of That Age. Liable to Drsft-Ciasses
 That Are Excused.

l
 Washington.-The selectiye draft un-
 der which the new United States army
 will be raised will be applied under the following provisions of the army
 bill:
 That the enlisted men required to
 raise and maintain the organizations of
 the regular army and to complete and
 maintain the organizations embodying the members of the National Guard drafted into the service of the United 1 States, at the maximum legal strength as by this act provided. shall be raised by voluntary enlistment, or If and
 whenever the president decides that they cannot effectually be so raised or
 maintained. then by selective draft:
 and all other forces hereby authorized shall be raised and maintained by SC lective draft exclusively: but this pro vision shall not prevent the transfer 10 any force of training cadres from other forces.
 Age Limits Are Fixed.
 "Such draft as herein provided shall be based upon liability to military serv- Ice os all male citizens or male persons not alien enemies who have declared their intention 10 become citizens, be- tween the ages of twenty-one and thirty years. both inclusive. and shall take place and be maintained under
 such regulations as the president may prescribe not inconsistent with the terms of this act.
 Quotas for the several states. terri tories and the District of Columbia. or
 subdivisions thereof. shall be deter mined in proportion 70 the population thereof and credit shall be given to
 any state, territory. district, or sub
 division thereof for the number of men who were in the military service of the United States as members of 1 the National Guard on April !, 1917, or who have since said date entered the
 military service of the United States from any such state, territory. district, Sr subdivision. either as members of the regular army or the National
 Guard.
 Provides for Military Law. "All persons drafted into the serv- | Ice of the United States and all off cers herein provided for shall. from the date of said draft or acceptance, be subject to the laws and regulations governing the regular army, except as l to promotions. so far as such laws and
 regulations are applicable to persons whose permanent retention in the Tni.i- tary service on the active or retired | list Is not contemplated by existing law. and those drafted shall be re- ! qulred to serve for the period of the ! existing emergency unless sooner dis
 charged. provided that the president is authorized to raise and maintain by
 voluntary enlistment or draft. as here In provided, special and technical troops, as he may deem necessary. and
 to employ them into organizations and l to officer them as provided in the third paragraph of section l and section of this act.
 Congratulations of the force herein ! provided for. except the regular army, shall, as far as the interests of the service permit, be, composed of men
 
 pointed from. the same state or local ity.-
 No person liable to military service will be permitted to escape therefrom l by furnishing a substitute or the pay
 ment of money, and the payment of bounties for recruits is prohibited. Men Who Are Exempt
 The persons who will be exempted | from military service are thus desig-
 mated by this provision of the bill:
 That the vice president of the United States, the officers. legislative.
 executive. and judicial, of the United States and of the several states, terri tories. and the District of Columbia. regular or duly ordained ministers of religion. students who at the time of the approval of this act are preparing
 for the ministry in recognized theologi- cal or divinity schools, and all persons in the naval service of the
 United States shall be exempt from the
 selective draft herein prescribed. Nothing in this act contained shall
 be construed to require or compel an- other person to serve in any of the forces herein provided for who Is found to he a member of any well-recognized religious sect or organization al pres
 ent organized and existing and whose
 existing creed or principles forbid its
 members to participate in war in any
 form and whose religious convictions
 are against war or participation there
 In In accordance with the creed or
 principles of said religious organiza-
 ton; but no person so exempted shall
 be exempted from service in any ca
 pacity that the president shall declare
 .o be noncombatant.
 Certain Glasses to Be Excused.
 "The president is hereby authorized
 to exclude or discharge from said se-
 lective draft and from the draft under the second paragraph of section here of. or to draft for partial military serv- Ice only from those liable to draft as
 in this act provided, persons of the fol-
 lowing classes: County and municipal