The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-05-25

/ June will be the registration day
for those coming within the provisions
of the selective draft bill.
Immediately upon signing the new
army bill, President Wilson made pub
lie the following proclamation:
Whereas, congress has enacted and
the president has on the eighteenth
day of May, 1917, approved law
which contains the following proVis-
ions:
Section 5. That all male persons be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty, both inclusive, shall be subject
to registration i'm 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 enlisted men Of the regular army,
the navy and the national guard and
naval militia while in the service of
the United States, to present them
selves 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
proclamation or other notice as afore-
said given by the president or by his
direction; and any person who shall
wilfully fail to refuse to present him
self for registration or to submit there
to as herein provided, shall be guilty
of a miSdemeanOr and shall, upon con-
viction in the district court of the
United States having jurisdiction
thereof be punished by Imprisonment
for not more than one year, and shall
thereupOn be duly registered prOVid-
ed, that in the call of the docket pre-
cedence shall be given, in courts, try
ing 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-frst
birthday, and who shall not have at
tanned their thirty-frst birthday on or
before the day set for the registration,
and all persons SO registered shall be
and remain subject to draft into the
forces hereby authorized, unless eX-
empted or excused therefrOm in this
act provided: further, that in the case
of temporary absence from actual
place of legal residence of any person
liable to registration as provided here
in, such registration may be made by
mail under regulations to be prescrib-
ed by the president
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, ter
ritories and the District of Columbia
liz
ton of this act, and all officers and
agents of the United States and of the
several states, territories and subdi-
visions thereof, and of the District of
Columbia, and all persons designated
or appointed under regulations pre-
scribed by the president, whether such
appointments are made by the preSi-
dent himself or by the governor or
other officer of any state or territory
to perform any duty in the execution
of this act, are hereby required to per-
form such duty as the president shall
IOrder 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 di-
rection of the president. Correspond
ence in the execution of this act may
be carried in penalty envelopes bear
ing the frank OF the war department.
Any person charged as herein prOvid-
ed with the duty of carrying into eff
feet any of the provisions Of this act
OF the regulations made or directions
given hereunder who shall fail or ne
glect to perform such duty; and any
person charged with such duty or hav-
ing and exercising any authority un-
der said act, regulations or directions,
who shall knowingly make or be
party to the making of any false or
incorrect registration, physical exam
ination, exemption. enlistment, enroll
ment, or muster; and any person who
shall make or be a party to the max
ing Of any false statement or certiti-
cate as to the fitness or liability OF
himself or any person for service un-
der the provisions of this act, or regu-
lationS made by the president there
under, or otherwise evades or aids an
other 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,
if 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, if subject to
military law, shall be tried by court
martial and suffer such punishment as
a court-martial may direct.
Now, therefore, l 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 therein to
perform certain duties in the execu-
tion of the foregoing law, which duties
Will be communicated to them direct
ly in regulations of even date here
with.
| And do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis