The Pulaskian., 1917-05-18

pointed by the president.
 "Such district boards shall ray,ou- on appeal and affirm, modify or ra verse any decision of any local hoars having Jurisdiction in the area ~ which any such district board has im risdiction under the rules and raonIo tions prescribed by the president Spch district boards shall have excluSiuo original jurisdiction within their 10 spective areas to hear and deferro,nn all questions or claims for includinn or excluding or discharging persons op classes or persons from the selecHvo draft, under the provisions of this act not included within the original juris. diction of such local boards.
 "The decisions of such district boards shall be final except that in ac- cordance with such rules and regu,a. tions as the president may prescriha 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 ba subject to imprisonment for not more than one year. Persons temporarilv 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. tions 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 un- 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 8, 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 OF 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:
 'That all officers and enlisted men of the forces herein provided for other than the regular army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pays allowances, and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding l grades and length of service in the reg ular army; and commencing June l, 1917, and continuing until the termi- nation of the emergency, all enlisted men of the army of the United States | in active service whose base pay does not exceed SPA per month shall receive an increase of $10 per month; those l whose base pay is SPA, an increase 0f | $8 per month those whose base pay ls l $30 $36, or $40, an increase of $6 per month, and those whose base pay | $45 or more, an increase of 50 per month; provided that the increases or | pay herein authorized shall not enter Into the compilation of continuous service pay"
 Presidents Powers Broadened.
 An entirely new provision of the Dlh as drafted is:
 That the president Is authorized to increase or decrease the number Of or ganizations prescribed for the typlcai brigades, divisions, or army corps Ol the regular army, and to prescribe sucn new and different organizations and personnel for army corps, divisions brigades, regiments, battalions, squaor rons, companies, troops, and batter ies as the efficiency of the service may require; provided further that the number of organizations in a regiment shall not be increased nor shall tne number of regiments be deerease0'
 The president will officer the reg0 lar army and National Guard under ex- isting law, and for the conscript force he is empowered:
 "To provide the necessary ofncerS line and staff, for said force ana lcR organizations of the other forces here' by authorized, or by combining organ izations of said other forces, by oroel- ing members of the officers resefse l %oA x1,,fx }v1 QQR0rQAuC0