New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18
OPERATIONS UNDER
SELECTNE DRAFT
Measures for Raising of Military
Forces, as Agreed Upon
by Congress.
AGE LIMIT, Fl TO 30 YEARS
Male Citizens, and Those Who Have
Declared Their Intention to Be-
come Citizens, Of That Age,
Liable to Oraft-Classes
That Are Excused.

Washington.-The selective draft I'M
der which the new United States army
will be raised will be applied under
the following provisions of the arlny
I'm:
THAT the enlisted men required to
raise and maintain the organizations OF
the regular army and to complete and
maintain the organizations einbodying
the members Of the National Guard
drafted into the service of the lni,rd
States, at the maximum legal strength
as by this act provided, shall be raised
by voluntary enlistment, or if and
whenever the president decides that
they cannot effectually be 50 raised or
maintained, then by selective draft
and all other forces hereby authorized
shall be raised and maintained 10y Sc
lectivc draft exclusively but this pro
vision shall not prevent the transfer
to any force of training cadres from
other forces.
Age Limits Are Fixed.
"Such draft as herein provided shall
be based upon liability to military serv-
ice of all male citizens or male persons
not alien enemies who have declared
their intention to become citizens, be
tween the ages of twenty-One and
thirty wears, both inclusive, and shall
take place and be maintained under
such regulations as the president may
prescribe not inconsistent with the
terms of this act.
Quotas for the several states. terri
tories and the District of Columbia, or
subdivisions thereof, shall be deter
mined in proportion to the population
thereof and credit shall be given to
any state, territory. district, or sub
division thereof for the number of
men who We're in the military service
of the United States as members Of
the National Guard on April |, 1917,
or who have since said date entered the
military service of the United States
from any such state, territory, district,
or subdivision, either as members OF
the regular army or the National
Guard.
Provides for Military Law.
"All persons drafted into the serv-
ice of the United States ana all OH
GERS herein provided for shall. from
the date of said draft or acceptance,
be subject to the laws and regulations
governing the regular army, except as
10 promotions. so far as Such laws and
regulations are applicable to persons
whose permanent retention in the mill
tary service on the active or retired
list is not contemplated by existing
law, and those drafted shall be re-
quired to serve for the period of the
existing emergency unless sooner dis
charged. provided that the president is
authorized to raise and maintain by
voluntary enlistment or draft, as here
In provided, special and technical
troops, as he may deem necessary, and
to employ them into organizations and
to officer them as provided in the third
paragraph of section / and section 8
OF this act.
organizations of the force herein
PROVIDED for, except the regular army
shall, as far as the interests of the
service permit, be composed Of men
who cOme. and of officers who are APP
p"n'eu iio'h' 'hc SAINT H'"'e vi 'oo"'-
lty."
NO PerH"ii ii""'e l" "'''i'"r! service
VIII ~ periii''eu 10 ESCAPE 'nerelr"'h
u! i"'h,o'''"s " SUBSTITUTE VI '"' pay
ne"' vi ni"h'!' anu '"' payment Vi
pouhtieS ior recruits Is proi'pi'eo'
men VINO are eHe"p'.
Inc PERSONS WHO VIII Dc eNelhP'eu
from n'''''ars service are mus ueSie-
ha'eu ny inns pio'iSioh VI 'he pili'
ina, ,he wee preSidelit Oh the
'hiteu States, .he ohicers' l'SiSih'l'e,
executive ana luui'lai' I" 'he 'hlteu
o'a'eN anu vi 'he s''tra' s'".es' terri
torres ana 'he district Oh 'oluiipi',
reeuihr OF uuiS oruaiheu MINISTER'S Oh
reiigi"n' students VINO at me tiihe OF
the approVai Oh this act are preparing
Tor 'he ministry IN recoshlZed 'heoi"gl-
cal or diVlhi'v SCHOOLS ana all
persons IN the naval service Oh me
,nited Htates Shaii De eXeihpt from the
be construed to require or compel an,