Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

ed by the President. whether such ap-
pointments are made by the President
| himself or by the Governor or other
officer of any state or territory to per-
form any duty in the execution or
this act. are hereby required to per-
form 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 President. Corre-
| spondence in the execution of this act
may be carried in penalty envelopes
bearing the frank of the War Depart
ment. Any person charged as herein
provided with the duty of carrying
into effect any of the provisions 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 exercising any au-
thority under said act, regulations or
directions, who shall knowingly make
or be party to the making of any
false or incorrect registration, phys
ical examination, exemption. enlist
ment, 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 la
bility 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 exc
| cution of this act. shall. If not subject
! to military law, be guilty OF mis-
! demeanor and upon conviction in the
district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof. be pun
ished by Imprisonment for not more
than one year. or If subject to mill
| tary law, shall be tried by court-mar-
tial and suffer such punishment as a
| court-martial may direct.
! Sec. s. That the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
! Senate, is authorized to appoint for
| the period of the existing emergency
such general officers of appropriate
grades as may be necessary for duty
with brigades, divisions and higher
units in which the forces provided for
herein may be organized by the Pres
ident, and general officers of the ap-
propriate grade for the several Coast
| Artillery districts. In so far as such
| appointments may be made from any
of the forces herein provided for, the
| appointees may be selected irrespect-
! i've of the grades held by them in such
| forces. Vacancies in all grades in the
regular army resulting from the APP
| pointment of officers thereof to higher
| grades in the forces other than the
regular army herein provided for,
| shall be filled by temporary promo
tions and appointments in the manner
| prescribed for filling temporary va
cancies by section ia of the national
defense act approved June 3, 1915, and
officers appointed under the provisions
of this act to higher grades in the
! forces other than the regular army
/ therein provided for shall not vacate
their permanent commissions nor be
prejudiced in their relative or lineal
standing in the regular army.
Sec. .. That the appointments au-
! thorized and made as provided by the
second, third. fourth, fifth and sixth
paragraphs of section 1, and by Sec
| tion of this act, and the temporary
| appointments in the regular army au-
thorized by the first paragraph of Sec
/ tion l of this act, shall be for the
| period of the emergency, unless soon
er terminated by discharge or other
wise. The President is hereby au-
thoriZed to discharge any officer from
the office held by him under such ap-