The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01

BY The PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES Of AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

| Sudll WllIully Idll Or. refuse " pre-
sent himself for registration or to
submit thereto as herein provided shal
be guilty of misdomeanor and shall
upon conviction in the district court
of the United States having jurisdic-
tion thereof, be punished by imprison
ment for not more than one year, and
shall tbereupon me duly registered :;
Provided, That in the call of the dock
ct precedence shall be given, in courts
trying the same, to the trial of Grim
inal proceedings under this act. *@
Sec. 6. That the President is here
by authorized to utilize the service
of any or all departments and any or
all officers or agents of the United
j States and of the several States, Ter
ritories, and the District of Columbia,
and subdivisions thereof, in the eX-
ecution of this act, and all officers
and agents of the United States and
of the several States, Territories, and
subdivisions thereof, and of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and all persons
designated or appointed under regu-
lations prescribed by the President
whether such appointments are made
by the President himself or by the
governor or other officer of any State
or Territory to perform any duty in
the execution of this act, are hereby
required to perform such duty as the
President shall order or direct, and
all such officers and agents and per-
sons so designated or appointed shall
hereby have full authority for all acts
done by them in the execution of this
Correspondence in the execution of
this act may be carried in penalty
envelopes bearing the frank of the
War Department. Any person charg-
ed as herein provided with the duty
of carrying into effect any of the pro-
visions of this act or the regulations
made or directions given hereunder
who shall fail or neglect to perform
such duty; and any person charged
with such duty or having and eXercis-
ing any authority under said act, regu
lations, or directions, who shall know
ingly make or be party to the max
ing of any false or incorrect registra-
ton, physical examination exemption.
enlistment, enrolment. or muster;
and any person who shall make or be
a party to the making of any false
statement or certificate as to the fit
ness or liability of himself or any
other person or aids another to evade
the requirements of this act or of said
regulations, or who in any manner,
shall fail or neglect fully to perform
any duty required of him in the ex-
ecution of this act, shall, if not sub
ject to military law, be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction in
the district court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, be puni-
shed by Imprisonment for not more
than one year, or if subject to military
law, shall be tried by court-martial
and suffer such punishment as a court
martial may direct
Now, therefore, | Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, do call
upon the governor of each of the sew
eral States, the Board of Commission
ers of the District of Columbia, and
all members of Local Boards and
agents thereof appointed under the
provisions of said act of Congress ap-
proved May IS, 1917, to perform GER
tain duties in the execution of the
foregoing law, which duties will be
communicated TO them directly in the
regulations prescribed under the
terms of said Public Resolution.
And | do further proclaim and give
notice to every person subject to reg
istration in the several States, and i'll
the District of Columbia, in accord
ance with the above law, that the time
and place of such registration shall
be between 7 a. m. and 8 p. M. on the
5th day of June, 1918, at the office of
the Local Board having jurisdiction
of the area wherein he permanently
resides, or at such other place as
shall be designated by public notice
by such Local Board.
All male persons, either citizens of
the United States or residing in the
several States, or in the District of
Columbia, who have, since the 5th
day of June, 1917, and ON or before
the 5th day of June, 1918. attained
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