The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-17

having Jurisdiction In the area In
which any such district board has in
risdiction under the rules and repnla-
| lions prescribed by the president. Such
district boards shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction within their re-
| spectiye areas to hear and determine
all questions or claims for Including
or excluding or discharging persons ar
classes or persons from the selectlve
draft, under the provisions of this act
not included within the original juris-
dlction of such local boards.
"The decisions of such district
boards shall be final except that in ac-
cordance with such rules and regula-
tons as the president may prescribe.
he may affirm, modify, or reverse any
such decision"
All persons subject to registration
must have attained their twenty-first
but not their thirty-frst birthday. and
such persons as fail to register will be
subject to Imprisonment for not more
than one year. Persons temporarily
absent from their legal residence NAV
register by mail under presidential
regulations.
Provisions for Volunteers.
The provisions governing voluntary
enlistment in the regular army and
National Guard follow:
"That the qualifications and condi-
lions for voluntary enlistment as here
in provided shall be the same as those
prescribed by existing law for enlist
ments in the regular army, except that
recruits must be between the ages Of
eighteen and forty, both inclusive, at
the time of their enlistment, and such
enlistment, and such enlistments, Shall
be for the period of the emergency IN
less sooner discharged.
Plan Grouping by States.
provided, That all persons enlisted
or drafted under any of the provisions
Of this act shall as far as practicable
be grouped into units by states and the
political subdivisions of the same; pro-
vided, further, that all persons who
have enlisted since April 1, 1917, either
in the regular army or in the National
Guard, and all persons who have en-
listed in the National Guard since June
3, 1916, upon their application, shall be
upon the termination of
the existing emergency.
'The president may provide for the
of any or all enlisted men
whose status with respect to depend
ents renders such discharge advisable,
and he may also authorize the employ
ment on any active duty of retired en-
listed men of the regular army, either
with their rank on the retired list or
in higher enlisted grades, and such re-
tired enlisted men shall receive the
full pay and allowances of the grades
in which they are actively employed
Provision for Increased Pay.
The army pay increases are set forth
N the following provisions:
"That all officers and enlisted men
Of the forces herein provided for other
han the regular army shall be in all
'espects on the same footing as to pay,
and pensions as officers
md enlisted men of corresponding
grades and length of service in the reg
liar army; and commencing June l,
917, and continuing until the termi-
latiOn of the emergency, all enlisted
men of the army of the United States
n active service whose base pay does
lot exceed $24 per month shall receive
IN increase of $40 per month; those
whose base pay is $24, an increase of
s per month; those whose base pay is
80, $50, or $40, an increase of Sc per
month, and those whose base pay is
40 or more, an increase of 50 per
Month provided that the increases Of
ay herein authorized shall not enter
ltO the compilation of continuous
ervice pay"
Presidents Powers Broadened.
An entirely new provision of the bill
5 drafted is:
THAT the president is authorized to
lcrease or decrease the number of or
lnizations prescribed for the typical
rigades, divisions, or army corps of
lie regular army, and to prescribe such
ew and different organizations and
ersOnnel for army corps, divisions,
'igades, regiments, battalions, squad
ms, companies, troops, and batter
S as the efficiency of the service may
'quire; provided further that the
lmber of organizations in a regiment
all not be increased nor shall the
lmber of regiments be decreased.
The president will officer the regU-
r army and National Guard under ex-
ing law, and for the conscript force
is empowered:
ITO provide the necessary officers
lie and staff, for said force and for
CARNATIONS of the other forces here
authorized, or by combining organ
ltions of said other forces, by order
: members of the officers reserve
rps to temporary duty in accordance
tn the provisions of section So of
: national defense act approved June
1916; by appointment from the reg
If army, the officers reserve corps
I'M those duly qualified and regis
ed pursuant TO section % of the
of congress approved January p,
y (thirty-second statutes at large,
&c 100, from the members of the
tional Guard drafted into the serv-
of the United States who have been
duated from educational institu-
MS at which military instruction is
npulsory or from those who have
| honorable service in the regular
ny, the National Guard, or the vol
eer forces or from the country at
ge; by assigning retired officers Of
regular army to active duty with