The Clio messenger., 1918-09-06
Registration Proclamation


forty-five. years of age inclusive to be
registered for military service. and
WHEREAS, the President of the United
States, by proclamation. has fixed
September IL. 1918 for the registration
al,soughout the United States Of all men
between the ages of eighteen and forty
veinclusive for military service, except
those who have already registered and
those who are not required under the
Flaw to do so.
THEREFORE, byvirtue of the authority
vested in me as Governor of the State
of Michigan. do hereby announce and
proclaim to the People of the State Of
Michigan
lst. under the authority vested in the
President, it has been ordered that State
Headquarters, Local Boards and other
officials of the State will hold themselves
in readiness to proceed promptly with
their work of registration on the date
fixed
2nd. Existing draft machinery will be
used with such increased facilities and
and additional registrars as are required
for this enrolment. Under the Presi-
dents proclamation, the Governors OF
all States have been called upon to
supervise this registration, and the
Adjutant General, will, under this pro-
clamation be the central administrative
authority, all Local Boards will have
immediate direction and supervision
within their respective jurisdiction. The
actual registration will be made in the
customary voting precincts within the
jurisdiction of each board or in such
other places as the Local Boards having
Jurisdiction shall designate by public
notice.
3rd. All male persons who shall have
attained their eighteenth birthday and
shall not have attained their forty-sixth
birthday on or before the day set for
registration by the President must
register. The only exceptions are:
(a) Persons, who, prior to the day
set for registration by the President,
have registered under the terms of the
Act approved May IS, 1917, (which fixed
the original age limits at twenty-one to
thirty inclusive) or under the terms of
the Public Resolution of Congress ap-
proved May 20. 1918 providing for the
registration since June 5, 1917, of those
reaching the age of twenty-one years)
whether called for public service or not:
and
(b) Officers and enlisted men of the
Regular Army. officers appointed and
men of the forces drafted: under the
provisions of the Act approved May 1s,
1917; officers and enlisted men of the
National Guard while in the service of
the United States: and the officers of
the Officers Reserve Corps and enlisted
men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps
while in the service of the United States;
and
(c) Officers and enlisted men of the
Navy and Marine Corps and officers and
enrolled men of the Naval Reserve
Force and Marine Corps Reserve while
in the service of the United States.
4th. Local Police authorities in all
parts of the country will cooperate with
the Government in the enforcement of
order on registration day, and in
rendering whatever other assistance
may be necessary.
9th. All Marshals, Deputy Marshals,
Investigating Agents, and Police Off
GERS shall examine the registration lists
and report without delay to the Local
Board the rames OF any persons known
by them to have failed to register them
selves when liable to registration; and
it shall be the duty of Local Boards to
report to the proper United States Dis
trict Attorney all cases coming to their
attention of persons who have failed to
present themselves for registration as
required by law.
7th. In every case in which duly
designated officer or agent refuses or
fails to act, the Governor, AdJutant
General. or member of the Local Board,
will proceed at once to name another
officer or agent for such duty, and will
bring the fact of such refusal or failure
and the circumstances connected there
with. to the attention of the proper
United States District Attorney, with
a view to the institution of prosecution
of such officer or agent, as provided in
Section 6 of the Act approved May Is.
1917.
1t is essential that the people Of this
State shall accord the fullest measure
of cooperation in the carrying out of
this order. Ignorance of the law and of
regulations issued by proper authority
under the law excuses no one. All per-
sons on the border line Of the age of
reoistration will he required to give