The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
"a PROCLAMATION.

"a PROCLAMATION.
'By the President of the United States
Whereas, Congress has enacted and
the President has on the eighteenth
day Of May, 1917, approved a law
which contains the following provi-
sions:
Section s, 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, 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 persons shall
be subject to registration as herein
provided who shall have attained their
twenty-first birthday, and, who shall
not have attained their thirty-frst
birthday on or before the day set for
the registration, and all persons so
registered, shall be and remain sub
ject to draft into the forces hereby
authorized, unless exempted or excused
therefrom as in this act provided;
Provided further, that in the case or
temporary absence from actual place
Of legal residence of any person liable
to registration as provided herein,
such registration may be made by mail
under registrations to be prescribed by
the President
Section s, 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 State. Terri
tories and the District of Columbia
and subdivisions thereof, in the execu-
ton of this act, and all officers and
agents of the United States and of
the several States. Territories and
subdivisions thereof, and of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and all persons
designated or appointed under regu-
lations prescribed by the President,
whether such appointments are made
by the President himself or by the
governor or other officer of any State
or Territory to perform any duty in
the exception of this act, are hereby
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 here
by have full authority for all acts
done by them in the execution of this
Correspondence in the execution of
this act may be carried in penalty en-
veIopes bearing the frank of the War
Department. Any person charged as
herein provided with the duty Of
carrying into effect any Of the pro-
visions of this act or the regulations
made or directions given hereunder
who shall fail or neglect to perform
such duty, and any person charged
with such duty or having and exercis-
ing 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, ex-
emptioR, enlistment, enrolment or
muster; and any person who shall
make or be party to the making of
any false statement or certificate as
to the fitness or liability of himself
or any other person for service under
the provisions of this act, or regula-
tions made by the President there
under. 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 ne
glect fully to perform any duty re-
quired of him in the execution of this
act, shall, If not subject to military
law, be guilty of misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction in the district court
of the United States having jurisdic-
tion thereof. be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than one year. or,
If subject to military law, shall be
tried by court-martial and suffer such
punishment as a court-martial may
direct"
Now, therefore, I. 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