Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18


dent may determine, who shall be APP
pointed by the president.
Such district boards shall review
on appeal and affirm. modify or re-
verse any decision Of any local board
having jurisdiction In the area In
which any such district board has ju-
risdiction under the rules and regula.
tions prescribed by the president. Such
district boards shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction within their re-
spective areas to hear and determine
| all questions or claims for including
or excluding or discharging persons or
classes or persons from the selective
draft. under the provisions of this net.
not included within the originnl jurIs-
| dictIon Of such local boards.
THE decisions of such district
boards shall be final except that In ne
cordance with such rules and regula-
tons as the president may prescribe.
he may affirm. modify, or reverse any
such decision"
All persons subject 10 registration
must have attained their twenty-first
but not their thirty-first birthday, and
such persons as fail to register viii be
subject 10 Imprisonment for not more
than one year Persons temporarily
absent from their legal residence may
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-
tlons 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 I'M
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 pre-
vlded, further. that all persons who
have enlisted since April /. 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
discharged upon the termination of |
the existing emergency.
"The president may provide for the |
discharge 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
IN the following provisions:
''rhat all officers and enlisted men
Of the forces herein provided for other
han the regular army shall be in all
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-
nation 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 S24, an increase of
3 per month those whose base pay is
80, $685. or $40, an increase of So 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
nto the compilation of continuous
srvice pay"
Presidents Powers Broadened.
An entirely new provision of the bill II
) drafted Is:
''That the president Is authorized to II
lcrease or decrease the number of or II
nnizatlons prescribed for the typical h
rigades, divisions, or army corps of II
he regular army, and to prescribe such Il
ew and different organizations and |,
ersonnel for army corps, divisions, 4
-igades, regiments, battalions, squad
ms. companies, troops, and batter
$ as the efficiency of the service may
'qulre: provided further that the II
lmber OF organizations In regiment
lall not be increased nor shall the
amber of regiments be decreased.
The president will officer the regu-
r army and National Guard under ex-
ting law. and for the conscript force
, Is empowered:
ITO provide the necessary officers
ne and staff. for said force and Tor II
OF the other forces here
! authorized, or by combining organ Is
atoms OF said other forces, by order
Z members of the officers reserve
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