The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-20

The President has issued proc l lamation fixing the time for registra- tion in Alaska. After reciting Sec tions } and of the Act of Con gross approved May IS, 1917, as amended, the proclamation reads as follows:
 "AND WHEREAS, on the thirty first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the President of the United States did issue a proclamation calling upon all persons subject to registration in the several States and in the Dis trict of Columbia to register as pro vided by the aforesaid Act of Cor gress:
 "AND WHEREAS, in such proc lamation it was provided, among other things, that a day or days for registration in the Territory of Al aska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico will be named in later proclamation
 NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOOD ROW WILSON, President of the OHlttu OldlCH, IOi tIt Pul pOoO LII fixing the time for registration in the Territory of Alaska, do hereby set, fix, and establish the period between 2 a. m. on the 18th day of October and 9 p. m. on the 10th day of December Sundays and legal holidays excepted), one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, as the period for registration, and l do hereby di- rect that during such period all male persons herein made subject to reg istration do present themselves for the purpose of registration at such places and during such hours, and to be registered by such persons or officials in such area as shall be designated and appointed by the Governor of the Territory of Alaska
 And I do call upon the Governor of Alaska and all members of Local Boards in Alaska and agents thereof appointed under the provision of said Act of Congress approved May eigh- teenth one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and all officers and agents of the Territory of Alaska and of the counties and municipali ties therein, to perform certain du- ties in the execution of the fore going law, which duties are com municated to them directly in regu- lations dated August 31, 1918.
 "All male persons in Alaska who shall have attained their eighteenth birthday and who shall not have at tained their forty-sixth birthday on or before Monday, the sixteenth day of December, one thousand hine hun dred and eighteen, the last day here in named for registration, are re- quired to register: Provided, how ever that the following persons are hereby exempted from registration, to-wit: Persons who, prior to the last day herein named for registra- tion. have registered under the terms of the Act approved May eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and sev- enteen, or under the terms of the Public Resolution of Congress ap- proved May twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, whether called for service or not; officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army; officers commissioned in the Army of the United States, and men of the forces drafted, under the pro visions of the Act approved May eighteenth, one thousand nine hun dred and seventeen; officers and en- listed men of the National Guard while in the service of the United States; officers of the Officers Re serve Corps and enlisted men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps while in the service of the United States; off cers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps; officers and en listed and enrolled men of the Ma val Reserve Force and Marine Corps