The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-18

, pointed by the president.
"Such district boards shall review
on appeal and affirm, modify or re
verse any decision OF any local boarc
having Jurisdiction In the area In
which any such district board has ju
risdiction under the rules and regula.
tions prescribed by the president. Such
district boards shall have exclusive
original Jurisdiction within their re-
spectiye areas to hear and determine
all questions or claims for including
or excluding or iiischarging persons or
classes or persons from the selective
draft, under the provisions of this act,
not included within the original jurls-
dIction Of such local boards.
1.-The decisions of such district
boards shall be final except that in ac-
cordance with such rules and regula-
lions as the president may prescribe,
he may affirm. modify, or reverse any
such decision"
All persons subject to registration
| must have attained their twenty-first
but not their thlrty-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:
That the qualifications and condl-
lions for voluntary enlistment as here
In provided shall be the same 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 enlistments, 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 into units by states and the
political subdivisions OF the same; pro-
vided, further, that all persons who
have enlisted since April /, 1917, either
In the regular army or In the National
Guard, and all persons who have en-
listed in the National Guard since June
3, 1916, upon their application, shall be
discharged upon the termination of
the existing emergency.
THE president may provide for the
| discharge of any or all enlisted men
whose status with respect to depend
ents renders such discharge advisable
and he may also authorize the employ.
ment on any active duty of retired en-
listed men of the regular army, either
with their rank on the retired list oil
in higher enlisted grades, and such re
tired enlisted men shall receive the
full pay and allowances Of the grades
In which they are actively employed.
Provision for Increased Pay.
The army pay increases are set fortl
In the following provisions:
THAT all officers and enlisted mef
of the forces herein provided for otheI
than the regular army shall be In nj
respects ON the same 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 l
1917, and continuing until the termi
nation of the emergency, all enlisted
men of the army of the United States
in active service whose base pay does
not exceed $24 per month shall receive
an Increase of so per month; those
whose base pay Is $24, an increase OF
So per month; those whose base pay is
$50, 1885, or $40 an increase of So pen
month, and those whose base pay Is
$45 or more, an increase of 50 pei
month; provided that the increases oil
pay herein authorized shall not enter
into the compilation of continuous
service pay"
Presidents Powers 5roadened.
An entirely new provision of the bill
as drafted is:
'That the president is authorized t,
increase or decrease the number of or
CARNATIONS prescribed for the typica
brigades, divisions, or army corps o.
the regular army, and to prescribe sucl
|
personnel for army corps, divisions
brigades, regiments. battalions, squad
rons, companies, troops, and batter
les as the efficiency of the service ma!
require; provided further that tn,
number of organizations in regimen
shall not be increased nor shall tn,
number of regiments he decreased
The president will officer The regu
lar army and National Guard under ex
listing law, and for the conscript fore
he is empowered:
ITO provide the necessary officers
line and staff, for said force and 70
organizations of the other forces here
by authorized. or by combining organ
izations Of said other forces, by order
ing members of the officers reserv
corps to temporary duty in accordance
with the provisions of section SO o