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will most pleasure him, but in the en-
deayor that will best serve the COM
mon good. Thus, though sharp
shooter pleases to operate a trfDham.
mer for the forging of great guns, and
an expert machinist desires to march
with the flag. the nation is being
served only when the sharpshooter
marches and the machinist remains
at his levers.
Draft Bill Not conscription.
The whole nation must be team
in which each man shall play the part
for which he is best fitted. To this
end Congress has provided that the
nation shall be organized for war by
selection and that each man shall be
classified for service in the place to
which 1t shall best serve the general
good to call him.
The Significance of this cannot be
overstated. 1t is new thing to our
history and landmark in our prog
ress 1t is new manner of accepting
and vitalizing our duty to give our
selves with thoughtful devotion to the
common purpose of us all.
Section 6. That the President is
hereby authorized to utilize the serv-
ice of any or all departments, and
any or all officers or agents of the
United States and of the several
states, territories, and the District of
Columbia, and subdivisions thereof in
the execution of this act. and all Off
GERS and agents of the United States
and of the several states, territories
and subdivisions thereof, and of the
District of Columbia, and all persons,
designated or appointed under regula-
tions prescribed by the President,
whether such appointments are made
by the President himself or by the
governor or any other officer of any
state or territory to perform any duty
in the execution of this act, are here
by required to perform such duty as
| the President shall order or direct,
| and all such officers and agents and
| persons so designated or appointed
shall hereby have full authority for all
acts done by them in the execution OF
this act by the direction of the Presi
dent.
Correspondence in the execution Of
this act may be carried in penalty en-
velopes bearing the frank of the War
| Department. Any persons charged as
herein provided with the duty of car
rying into effect any of the provisions
of this act or regulations made or di-
rections given hereunder who shall
|
and any person charged with such
duty or having and exercising any
authority under said act, regulations
or directions, who shall knowingly
make or be a party to the making OF
any false or incorrect registration,
| physical examination, exemption, ell
| listment, enrolment or muster; and
any person who shall make or be a
| party to the making of any false
statement or certificate as to the fit
ness or liability of himself or any
other person for service under the
provisions of this act or regulations
made by the President Hereunder, or
otherwise evades or aids another to
evade the requirements OF this act or
of said regulations, or who, in any
manner, shall fail or neglect fully to
perform any duty required OF him in
the execution of this act shall, II not
subject to military law, be guilty OF
} misdemeanor, and upon conviction
in the District Court of the United
States having Jurisdiction thereof be
punished by Imprisonment for not
more than one year, or, il subject to
military law, shall be tried by court
martial and suffer such punishment
as a court martial may direct.
State Officials to Aid in Registration.
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
Columb bia, and all officers and agents
of the several states and territories
of the District of Columbia and of the
counties and municipalities therein to
perform certain duties in the eXecu
tion of the foregoing law, which duties
will be communicated to them directly
in regulations of even date herewith
1t is in no sense a conscription OF
the unwilling; it is, rather, selection
from nation which has volunteered
in mass 1t is no more choosing OF
those who shall march with the colors
than it is a selection of those who
shall serve an equally necessary and
devoted purpose in the industries that
lie behind the battle line.
The day mere named is the time up
on which all shall present themselves
for assignment to their tasks. 1t is
for that reason destined to be remem'
bered as one of the most conspicuous
moments in our history.
Should Be No Gaps in Ranks.
1t is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the country
shall step forward in one solid rank
in defense of the ideals to which this
nation is consecrated. 1t is import
ant to those ideals no less than to the
pride of this generation in manifest
ing it's devotion to them that there be
no gaps in the ranks.
| 1t is essential that the day be ap'
preached in thoughtful apprehension
OF it's Significance and that we ac'
cord to it the honor and the meaning
that it deserves. Our Industrial need
prescribes that it be not made a
technical holiday, but the stern sacrl-