Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

 dent may determine. who shall be ap- 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 tu- risdiction under the rules and regula' tions 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 or classes or persons from the selective 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 regula- tions as the president may prescribe, he may affirm, modify, or reverse any such decision"
 All persons subject to registration must have attained their twenty-irst but not their thirty-frst birthday. and such persons as fail to register will bs subject to imprisonment for not nor, 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- tions for voluntary enlistment as here in provided shall be the same as those prescribed by existing law for enlist menis 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- ylded. 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 5. 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:
 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 pay allowances, and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades and length of service in the reg ular army; and commencing June | 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 S2i per month shall receive an increase of $lO per month; those whose base pay is S2i. an increase of SS per month those whose base pay is 80. S36, or $40, an increase of S6 pei month. and those whose base pay is Sij or more, an increase of 8 per month; provided that the increases of pay herein authorized shall not enter into the compilation of continuous service pay"
 Presidents Powers Broadened.
 An entirely new provision of the bill as drafted is:
 That the president is authorized tC increase or decrease the number of or ganizations prescribed for the typical brigades, divisions. or army corps of the regular army, and to prescribe such new and different organizations and personnel for army corps, divisions, brigades. regiments. battaliOns. squad rons. companies, troops. and batter les as the efficiency of the service may require; provided further that the number of organizations in @ regiment shall not be increased nor shall the number of regiments be decreased
 The president will officer the regu lar army and National Guard under ex isting law, and for the conscript force he Is empowered:
 "To provide the necessary officers line and staff. for said force and fOi organizations of the other forces here by authorized. or by combining organ izations of said other forces, by order ing members of the officers reserve corps to temporary duty in accordance with the provisions of section 3S of the national defense act approved June 3, 1916; by appointment from the reg ular army. the officers reserve corps from those duly qualified and regis tered pursuant to section g of the act of congress approved January 21. 1903 (thirty-second statutes at large, mage 7751 from the members of the