The Monticellonian., 1917-05-24
U. s. TROOPS TO 60 10 FRANCE;
 DRAFT SIGNED
Major General Pershing Direct ed by President to Command
 Division in France.
BARS I. R. VOLUNTEER ARMY
Executive Sets June as the Date of Registration for Men Between Ages of 2t and 31-National Guard to Be Moblized
 in August.

Washington, May 21-President Wilson signed the conscription bill after rejecting that section of the measure which would permit Col. Theodore Roosevelt to organize volun- teer divisions.
 The president signed the army bill just after dinner at p. m. on Friday, without formality, and set June , as the date of registration for all men be- tween the ages of twenty-one and ehirty-one for military service.
 President Issues Proclamation.
 President Wilson's proclamation, put ting into effect the selective draft pro vision of the war army bill, signed last night, follows i'll part:
 "A proclamation by the president of the United States:
 .'Whereas, Congress has enacted and the president has on the 18th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, approved a law which con tains the following provisions
 'Section ,. That all male persons be-
 
 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 or by his direction, stating the time and place of such registration, it shall be the duty of all persons of the q listed men of the regular army, the navy and the National Guard and naval militia while in the service of the United States. to present themselves 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 dpon the publication of said proclama- tion or other notice as aforesaid given by the president or by his direction: and any person who shall willfHlly fail or refuse to present himself for regis tration or to submit thereto as herein provided shall be guilty of q misde- meanor and shall, upon conviction i'll the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be pun ished by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be duly registered provided that in the call of the docket precedence shall be given, in courts trying the same, to the uiee of criminal proceedings under this act Provided further, that per sons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have at taincd their twenty=frst birthday and who shall not have attained their thir- ty-frst birthday on or before the day set for registration, and all persons so registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces hereby author ized, unless exempted or excused there from as in this act provided.
 Registration on June 5.
 NOW, therefore. I, Woodrow Wilson. president of the United States. do call upon the governor of each of the sev- eral states and territories, the board of commissioners of the District of Columbia and all officers and agents of the several states and territories. 
 the counties and municipalities there ia to perform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing law, which duties will be communicated to them directly ia regulations of even date herewith.
 And I do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to regis traton in the several states and in the Districts of Columbia in accord ance with the above law that the time and place of such registration shall be between q. m. and Q D. m on the fifth day of June, 1917, at the regis traitor place i'll the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes. Those who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthdays on or before the day here named are required to register, eX- cepting only officers and enlisted 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 officers in the officers reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while in active service. In the terri- tories Vi Alaska, Hawaii and forto