Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-05-24

day of May one thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen approved a law
which contains the following proyis
ions:
Section 5.That all male person
between the ages of 81 and 80, boil
inclusive, shall be subject to registra
ton in accordance with regulation
to be prescribed by the President
and upon proclamation by the Presi
dent or other public notice given by
him or by his direction stating tn,
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 themsel
YES for and submit to registration un.
der the provision of this act, and
every such person shall be deemed tC
have notice of the rcquirments of this
act upon the publication of said pro.
clamation or other notice as aforesaid
given by the President or by his direc.
ton.
Now, therefore, I Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, do
call upon the Governor of each of the
several states and territories, the
Board of Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia and all officers anil
agents of the several states and terri
tories, of the District of Columbia
and of the counties and municipali-
ties therein to perform certain duties
in the execution of the foregoing law,
which duties will be communicated to
them directly in regulations of even
date herewith.
And | do further proclaim and
give notice to all persons subject to
registration in the several states and
in the District of Columbia in accor-
dance with the above law that the
time and place of registration shall
be between I AM, and 8 PM, on
the fifth day of June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attain
ed their twenty-hrst birthday and
who shall not have attained their
thirty. first birthday on or before the
day here named are required to regis
ter, excepting only officers and enlist
ed men of the regular army, the navy,
the Marine Corps and the National
Guard and Naval Militia while in the
service of the United States and Off
GERS in the Officers Reserve Corps
and enlisted men in the enlisted Re-
serve Corps while in active service.
In the territories of Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico, day for registration
will be named in later proclamation.
And do charge those who thro'
sickness shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of regis
tration to the county clerk OF theI
county where they may be for ins,ruc-
tions as to how they may be reg ster-
ed by agent. Those who expect to
be absent on the day named from the
counties in which they have their
permanent homes may register by
mail but their mailed registration
cards must reach the places in which
they have their permanent homes by
the day named herein. They should
apply as soon as practicable to the
county clerk of the county wherein
they may be for instructions as to|
how they may accomplish their reg
istration by mail. In case such per-
sons as, through sickness or absence,
may be unable to present themselves
personally for registration shall be
sojourning in cities of over 30, 900
population, they shall apply to the
city clerk of the city wherein they may
be sojourning rather than to the clerk /,
of the county. The clerks of coul, ties
and of cities of over $4,000 popula-
ton in which numerous applications
from the sick and from nom residents
are expected authorized to establish
such subagencies and to employ and
deputize such clerical force as may
be necessary to accommodate these
The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
it has increased armament until 1T