River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-05-24


would permit Colonel Roosevelt to or
ganize volunteer divisions, President
Wilson signed the CONSUMPTION bill.
The president signed the army bill
just after dinner at 8 p. m. on Friday,
without formality, and set June as
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 selective 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
Section 5. That all male persons be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty, both inclusive, shall be subject
to registration in accordance with reg
ulations to be prescribed by the presi-
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, it
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, to present themselves
for and submit to registration under
the provisions Of this act, and every
such person shall be deemed to 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 fall
or refuse to present himself for regis
tration or to submit thereto as herein
provided, shall be guilty Of misde-
meanOr and shall, upon conviction in
the district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be pun
lshed 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-first birthday and
I, Oft 0d thirty
first birthday on or before the day set
for registration, and all persons so reg
lstered shall be and remain subject to
draft into the forces hereby authorized,
unless exempted or excused therefrom
as in this act provided
Registration on June 5.
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
execution of the foregoing law, which
duties will be communicated to them
directly in regulations of even date
herewith.
"And / do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis
tration in the several states and in
the District of Columbia in accord
ance with the above law that the time
and place of such registration shall be
between T a. m. and 9 p. m. on the
9th day of June, 1917, at the regis
| tration place in the precinct wherein
they have their permanent homes.
| Those who shall have attained their
twenty-first birthday and who shall
not have attained their thirty-frst
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register, ex-
| cepting only officers and enlisted men
of the regular army, the navy, the
marine corps and the National Guard
| and naval militia while in the service
of the United States, and officers in
the officers reserve corps and enlisted
men in the enlisted reserve corps
while in active service. In the terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico a day for registration will be
named in later proclamation.
All Must Cooperate.
"The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
II has increased armament until it
has changed the face of war. In the
sense in which we have been wont to
think of armies there are no armies
In this struggle. There are entire ma
tons armed Thus, the men who re-
main to till the soil and man the fac
| Lo.;os. oro M Loss a mart of the army