The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
a PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS congress mas enacted
and the President has, on the eigh-
teenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen, approved a
law which contains the following pro-
visions.
Section s. That all male persons between
| the ages of twenty-one and thirty, both in
elusive, shall be subject to registration IN ac-
by the President; and upon proclamation
/ by the President or other public notice Civ
en- by him or by his direction stating the
/ be the duty of all persons of the designat-
ed ages, excepted officers and enlisted men
/ OF the Regular Army, the Navy, and the Ma
tional 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 upon pubIi-
/ cation of said procIamation or Other notice
as aforesaid given by the President by
his direction; and any person who shall will
/ fully fail refuse, to present himself for
registration to submit thereto herein
provided. shall be guilty of misdemeanor
court of the United States having jurisdic-
ton thereof. be punished by imprisonment
upon be duly registered: Provided That in
| the call of the docket precedence shall be
given, IN courts trying the same. to the
! trial of criminal proceeding under this Act:
! Provided further, That persons shall be sub
! ject to registration herein provided who
shall have attained their twenty-hrst birth
day and who shall not have attained their
! thirty-frst birthday or before the day
set for the registration, and all persons
| registered shall be and remain subject to
draft into the forces hereby authorized.
| less exempted or excused therefrom as in
! this Act provided: Provided further, That in
the case of temporary absence from actual
| place of legal residence of any person liable
to registration as provided herein such reg
/ istratiOn may be made by mail under regu-
lations to be prescribed by the President.
| Section g. That the President is hereby
| authorized to utilize the service of any or
ali departments and any or all officers or
| agents of the United States and of several
States, Territories, and the district of Col
umbia, and subdivisions thereof, in the ex-
agents of the United States and of the sew
eral States, Territories, and subdivisions
! thereof. and of the District of Columbia, and
all persons designated or appointed under
regulations prescribed by the President,
whether such appointments are made by the
President himself by the governor
other officer of any States Territory to
perform any duty in the execution of this
duty as the President shall order or direct
and all such officers and agents and persons
so designated or appointed shall hereby have
full authority for all acts done by them in
the execution of this Act by the direction of
thhe President. Correspondence in the ex-
envelopes bearing the frank of the War De-
partment Any person charged herein
provided with the duty of carrying into eff
feet any of the provisions of this Act or the
regulations made directions given there
under VINO snail fan or neglect to perform
such duty; and any person charged with
such duty or having and exercising any au-
thority under said Act. regulations. or di-
rections. who shall knowingly make or be q
party to the making of any false incor-
rect registration. physical examination, ex-
enptlon, enlistm enrolment, or mus ter
and any person who shall make or be party
| to the making of any false statement GER
tifcate as to the fitness of liability of him
| self any other person for service under
, the provisions of this Act. regulations
made by the President thereunder.>or other
wise evades or aids another to evade the re-
7 qUireEnents of this Act, regulations, or
fully to perform any duty required of him
IL the execution of this Act, shall if not
subject to military law. be guilty of a mis-
court of the United States having jurisdic-
Z ton thereof be published by Imprisonment
military law. shall be tried by court-martial
] and suffer such punishment a cOurt-mar-
! tial may direct.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow VIII
, son, President of the United States,
do call upon the governor of each of
3 the several States and Territories, the
Board of Commissioners of 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 municipalities
therein, to perform certain duties in
the execution of the foregoing law
which duties will be communicated tc
them directly in regulations of even
date herewith.
And 1 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 z a. m. and D. m on the
fifth day of June, 1917, at the regis
tration place In the precinct where.
in they have their permanent homes
Those who shall have attained then
l.oI
not have attained their thirty-first
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register, except
ing only officers and enlisted men OF
the Regular Army, the Navy, the Ma
rine Corps, and the National Guard
and Naval Militia while in the service
of the United States, and officers in
the Officers Reserve Corps and enlist
ed men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps
while in active service. In the Terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico day for registration will be
made in a later proclamation.
And l 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
structlons as to how they may be reg
4 lSCereQ Dy 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 thirty
thousand 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 the counties and of the cities
of over thirty thousand population in
which numerous applications from the
sick and non-residents are expected
are authorized to establish such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as NAV be neces-