The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-27

PROCLAMATION
Calling on All the Males Il
Since June 5, 1917, to
Register
REGISTRATION DAY
WILL BE JUNE 5 NEXT
Those Becoming Fl on That
Day Are Also In
Guided

Whereas Congress has enacted and th
president has, on the Goth day of May
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen
approved the following public resolution
Resolved by the senate and House o
Representatives of the United States o
America in Congress assembled, Tha
during the present emergency all NAL
persons, citizens OF the United States
and all male persons residing in the Unit
ed States, who have, since the fifth da,
of June, nineteen hundred and seventeen
and on or before the day set for the reg
istration by proclamation by the presi
dent, attained the age of 81 years, shall
be subject TO registration in accordance
with regulations to be prescribed by thu
president, and that upon proclamation
by the president, stating the time anc
place of such registration, it shall be the
duty of all such persons, except such per
sons as are exempt from registration
under the act of May eighteenth, nine
teen hundred and seventeen, and any act
or acts amendatory thereof, to present
themselves for and submit to registra.
ton under the provisions of said act APP
proved May eighteenth, nineteen hun.
| bred and seventeen, and they shall be
registered in the same manner and sub
| iect to the same requirements and liza
bilities as those previously registered UNI
der the terms of said act Provided, That
those persons registered under the pro-
visions of this act shall be placed at the
bottom of the list of those liable for
military service, in the several classes TO
which they are assigned. under such rules
and regulations as the president may
prescribe.
Sec. 2. That after the day set under
section one hereof for the registration
by proclamation by the president at such
intervals as the president may from time
to time prescribe, the president may re.
quire that all male persons. citizens OF
the United States, and all male persons
residing in the United States, who have
attained the age of twenty-one years
since the last preceding date of registra
ton, and on or before the next day set
for the registration by proclamation by
the president, except such persons as are
exempt from registration under the act
of Nav eighteenth, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, and any act or acts amenda
tory thereof shall be registered in the
same manner and subject to the same
requirements and liabilities as those pre-
viously registered under the terms of
said act Provided, That students who
are preparing for the ministry in recog-
nized theological or divinity schools, and
students who are preparing for the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery in recog-
nized medical schools. at the time of the
approval of this act shall be exempt from
the selective draft prescribed in the act
of May eighteenth. nineteen hundred and
seventeen.
Sec. 3. That all such persons when
registered shall be liable to military |
service and to draft under the terms of |
said act approved May eighteenth, nine
teen hundred and seventeen, under such |
regulations as the president may pre-
scribe not inconsistent with the terms of |
said act
Sec t. That all such persons shall be
subject to the terms and provisions and
liabilities of said act approved May eigh-
teenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
in all respects as If they had been reg
stered undr the terms of said act. and
every such person shall be deemed to
nave notice of the requirements of said
ict and of this joint resolution upon the
publication OF any such proclamation by
he president.
And whereas the act Of Congress APP
proved May eighteenth, one thousand
line hundred and seventeen, entitled An
let to authorize the president to in
rease temporarily the military establish
nent of the United States" contains the
GLOWING provisions:
Sec. 5. -. And any person who
hall wilfully fail OF refuse to present
70 suhp,if
hereto as herein provided, shall be gull
V of misdemeanor and shall, upon
onviction in the district court of the {.
Inited States having jurisdiction there
(. be punished by imprisonment for not ,
nore than one wear, and shall thereupon
@ duly registered: Provided, That in
he cali of the docket precedence shall be
iven, in courts trying the same, to the
rial of criminal proceedings under this
Ct
See. g. That the president is hereby
uthorized to utilize the service of any |
r all departments and any or all officers u
r agents of the United States and of the @
averal states, territories, and the Dis
-ict of Columbia, and subdivisions there
I, in the execution of this act, and all
Ulcers and agents of the United States
nd of the several states, territories and I
lbdivisions thereof, and of the District
Columbia, and all persons designated
appointed under regulations prescribed
Y the president whether such appoint
ents are made by the president himself
by the governor or other officer of any
ate or territory TO perform any duty in
lie execution of this act. are hereby re-
Iired to perform such duty as the presi-
mt shall order or direct, and all such u
Ulcers and agents and persons so uesig- !,
lted OF appointed shall hereby have full \.
ithority for all acts done by them in
e execution of this act so designated p'
appointed shall hereby have full au- 81
oritv for all acts done by them in the :,
ecution of this act by the direction of o.
e president. Correspondence in the ex- AT
ution of this act may be carried in tr
nalty envelopes bearing the frank of /;
e war department. ANY person charged 81
herein provided with the duty Of &C
irving into effect any of the provisions 30
this act or the regulations made or - -
rections given Hereunder who shall 70
il or neglect TO perform such duty; %
a any person charged with such duty "
having and exercising any authority :;
der said act, regulations or directions, vi
10 shall knowingly make or be = party lis
the making OF any false or incorrect or
zistration, physical examination, ex
lpticn. enlistment. enrolment or mus
I; and sny person who shall make or
= party to the making of any false 4
.feuenf or certifcafe a. TO the fitness