Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-25
Can Use All Officers.

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
and subdivisions thereof, in the execu.
tion of this act, and all officers and
several states, territories and subdi.
visions thereof, and Of the District o:
Columbia, and all persons Designated
or appointed under regulations Pre-
scribed by the president, whether such
appointments are made by the pre5l'
dent himself or by the governor or
other officer of any state or territory
to perform any duty in the exec ititn
of this act, are hereby required to per
form such duty as the president saal!
order or direct, and all such officers
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. Correspon1 J.
ence in the execution of this act ma!
be carried in penalty envelopes bear.
ing the frank of the war department
Any person charged as herein provil
feet any of the provisions of this &C
or the regulations made or fir:c C icns
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 a
party to the making of any fa'so o1
incorrect registration, nhy ical exam
ination, exemption, enlistment, enroll
ment, or muster: and any person VIII
shall make or be a party to the NIX
ing Of any false statement or certifi
cate as to the fitness or LIABILITY O.
himself or any person for service IN.
der the provisions of this set, or regu
/ lations ;side by the president there
under, or otherwise evades or aids a..
other to evade the require ants OF
this act or of said regr'ations, or who
fully to perform any duty requir d OF
him in the execution of this act, shall
If not subject to mi;itHry law be guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
in the district court of the United
States having jurisdiction there f, be
punished by Imprisonment for not
more than one year, or, If subject to
military law, shall be triel by court
martial and suffer such punishment as
a court-martial may direct.
Hours 7 A. M. to 9 p. M.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, do call
upon the governor of each of TIE 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 execution
of the foregoing law, which duties will
be communicated to them directly IN
regulations of even date herewith.
"And I do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis.
tration In the several states and in the
District of Columbia, in accordance
with the above law, that the time and
place of such registration shall be be-
tween seven A. M. and nine P. d., on
the fifth day Of June, 1917, at theresls.
tration place in the precinct wherei2