Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-17

SUCH ul>tFlcv b'i:iTu> Silitl ftNieN
on appeal and affirm. modify or re-
verse any decision of any local board
having jurisdiction In the area 10
which any such district board has ju-
risdiction under the rules and regula-
tons prescribed by the president. Such
district boards shall nave exclusive
original Jurisdiction within their re-
spectiye areas To hear aud determine
all luesii"ns or claims for including
or excluding ar .liSclIarging persons or
CLASSES or persons from the selective
draft. under the provisions of this act,
moi included within the original juris- |
diction of such local boards.
THE decisions of such district
boards shall he final except that iL ac.
cor,!ance with such rules and regl'a-
tons as the president may prescribe. !
he may affirm, modify, or reverse any
such decision"
All persons subject to registration
must have attained their twenty-iir>t
but not their th~irty-iirst birthday. and
such persons as fail to register will be
subject to Imprisonment for not more
than one year. Persons temporarily
absent from their legal residence may
register By mail under presidential
regulations.
Provisions for Volunteers.
The provisions governing voluntary
enlistment in the regular army and
National Guard follow:
''rhat the qualifications and condi-
tons for voluntary enlistment as here
in provided shall be the am as those
prescribed by existing law for enlist
ments in the regular army, except That
recruits must be between the ages of
eighteen and forty, both inclusive, at
the time of their enlistment, and such
enlistment, and such cnliStments, shall
be for the period of the emergency I'M
less sooner discharged.
Plan Grouping by States.
provided, That all persons enlisted
or drafted under any Of the provisions
of this act shall as far as practicable
be grouped INFO units by states and the
political subdivisions of the same; pro-
yileel, further, that all persons who
have enlisted since April /. 1917, either
in the regular army or in the National
Guard. ana all persons who have ELI
listed in the National Guar! Siiire June
3, 1916, upon their application, shall be
discharged upon the termination Of
the existing emergency.
The president may provide for the
discharge of amy Or all enlisted men
whose status with respect 10 depend
ents renders such diSchar%" advisable,
and he may also Authorize the employ.
meni ON ;uy active duty Of retired en-.
listed men of the regular array. either
with their rank on the retired list or
In higher enlisted grades, and such re,
y tired enlisted men Shall receive ,ht
full pay and allowances OF the grades
Provision for increased Pay.
Tie army Day increases are set fortf
-, in the following provisions:
THAT an officers and enlisted meI
of the forces herein provided for otheI
than the regular army snail be III al
aspect on the Salne footing as to pay
allowances, and pensions as officer
!, and enlisted men Of correspondent
- grades and length of service in the reg
!, ular army; and commencing June
:, 1917, and continuing until the terml
nation Of the emergency, all enlisted
=, men Of the army OF the United State
in active service whose base pay do"
not exceed ST. per month shall receiv'
a" an increase of SO per month; thos
whose base pay is S24, an increase o
IS per month; those whose base pay i
IL $50, $36, or $40, an Increase OF SO pc
y month. and those whose base pay !
$40 or more. an increase of 80 pc
month provided that the increases G
b. nay herein authorized shall not ente
ID into the compilation Of continuou
Il service pay"
la Presidents Powers B%roadened.
e. An entirely new provision of the hi
re us drafted is:
lc THAT the president is authorized
NJ increase or decrease the number of o
or ganiZationS prescribed for the .typic'
IL brigades. divisions, or army corps
N the regular army, and to prescribe SUI
us new and different organizations an
he personnel for army corps, division
of brlgadcs. regiments, battalionS. slua'
o. rOnS, companies, troops, and bate
N. les as the efficiency Of the service mt
ne require; provided further that ii
he number of organizations in n regime'
en- shall not be increased o shall Il
of number of regiments be decreased
II. The president will officer the reg
ca lar army and National Guard under q
IN listing law, and for the conscript for
nd he Is empowered:
81. ITO provide the necessary Officer
. line and staff, for said force and I
organizations Of the other forces her
a., by authorized. or by combining orga
". izations Of said other forces, by orde
w Ing members OF the officers reser
~, corps to temporary duty In accordan
'm with the provisions Of section IS
W. the natiOnal defense act approved Ju
3, 1916; by appointment from the r.
W MAR army, the officers reserve corr
". from those duly qualified and reg
Nv tered pursuant to section % Of I
III net Of congress approved January
.'' 1903 (thirty-second statutes ut lar,
VI page 775). from the members OF I
e' National Guard drafted into the sel
me sviA~l gtut,U ss.1S., 1.u sN ts,