The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19

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any person charged with such duty
or having and exercising any author
ity under. said act, regulations or
directions, who shall knowingly make
or be party to the making of any
cal examination, exemption, enlist
ment, enrolment or muster; and any
person who shall make or be a party
to the making Of any false state
ment or certificate as to the fitness
or liability Of himself or any other
person for service under the provi-
sions 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 execution Of this act, shall. il
not subject to military law, be guilty
Of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic-
tion in the district court of the
United States having jurisdiction
thereof, be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than one year. or,
If subject to military law, shall be
tried by court-martial and suffer such
punishm ent as a court-martial may
direct
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 and the Dis
trict of Columbia, and all officers and
agents of the several states and ter
ritories 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 commune
Gated 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 accord
ance with the above law that the
time and place Of such registration
shall be between 7 a. m. and 7 p. M,
on the 5th day of June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attain
ed their 21st birthday and who shall
not have attained their 31st birthday
on or before the day here named are
" ISSlSItI, eACSpllHS oIly
officers and enlisted men of the regu-
lar 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 off,
GERS reserve corps and enlisted men
in the enlisted reserve corps while
in active service. In the territories
of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico
ictr wi he nI IN
a later proclamation.
And do charge those who through
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 the
county where they may be for in
structions. as to how they may be
registered by agent Those who ex-
pect 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 regis
tration by mail. In case such per-
sons as, through sickness OF absence,
may be unable to present themselves
personally for registration shall be
sojourning in cities of over 10000
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
counties and Of cities of over 10000
population in which numerous appli-
cations from the sick and from nom