Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-17
HRhTIOhs UNDER
fLECTNE DRAFT
Measures tor Raising os Maitary
Forces. as Agreed Upon
by Congress.
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karsstesa ints tF4s service ag sa. s'saiied
siales, al sas snaaInsans tsaas sirve9ga
ss ny sfsss ara Prasiaesi. shall be FN8aoSa
by voluntary ealsstsaSat er If sasi
whichever fhe president decides thai
ta&y eNaaof ssreSspaliy BE ~ raised ~
| maintained. sheR hy s@iregtvs draft
and ail cshsr forces hereby Ratfaug3sea
shall be raised and maintained hy ney
iecsiye draft exclusively tat Iaais psov
vssaon shall nat i'srses,t tha transfer
10 sns fpFee os tgaluAns eaares frosn
| ather forces
Aga Limits Are fixed.
"sgel, draft ~ herein ptasldess shall
be ha sea upon tlalssiity sa iuili,arg serya
Ice Of all male cstiKenn or male persons
tot alien enemies who haze declared
their Intention 10 bctotae citizens, stss
tween the ages Of twensy-onn and
thirty years. beth Inclusive. and shall
take place aud he maintained under
snch regulations ss the president may
presrrsbn not Inconsistent with the
terms Of this sct.
Quotas fer she several states, terri
teries and tha District of Columbia, or
subdivisions thereof, shall hs deter
mined tn proportion 10 the population
thereof and credit shall hc given n.
any state, territory, district, or sub,
division thereof for the number OF
men who were IN the military service
of the United States as ineglbers OF
the National Guard on April !. i91T,
| or who have since said date entered the
military service uf the United States
from any such state, territory, district,
or subdivision. either as members of
the regular army or the National
| Guard.
Provides for Military Law.
"Aii persons drafted into the serv-
Ice Of the United States ard all OH.
GERS herein provided for shall. from
the date of said draft or acceptance,
be subject to the laws and regulations
governing the regWInr army, except as
to promotions. so far as such laws and
regulations are applicable 10 persons
whose permanent retention In the mill
tary service on the active or retired
list is not contemplated by existing
law, and those drafted shall be re-
quired to serve for the period of the
existing emergency unless sooner dis
charged, provided that the president .s
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
10 officer them as provided in the third
paragraph of section ! and section 0
of this act.
organizations OF the force herein
provided for, except the regular army,
shall, as far as the interests OF the
service permit, be composed OF men
who come, and Of officers who arc APP
pointed from, the same state or local
ity."
No person liable to military service
VIII be permitted to escape therefrom
by furnishing substitute or the pay
ment OF money, and the payment Of
bounties for recruits is prohibited.
Men Who Are Exempt.
The persons who viii 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
selectiye 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 be member of any well-recognized
| religious sect or organization at 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
| to be noncombatant.
Certain Glasses to Be Excused.
.The president is hereby authorized
to exclude or discharge from said Sc
lectiye 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 ms
In this act provided, persons of the fol-
lowing classes. County and muuicipal