, 1948-08-09
By THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Title 1 of the Selective Service Act of 1913
'proved June "a, 1913, contains, in part, the following pro

visions.
Section. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this title, it
shall be the. duty of every male citizen of the United States,
and every other male person residing in the United States,
who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent
registration, is between the ages of eighteen and tWenty-six,
to present himself for and submit to registration at such time
or times and place or places, and in such manner, as shall be
determined by proclamation of the President and by rules
and regulations prescribed hereunder"
Sec. 6 (al Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay
clerks, enlisted men, and aviation cadets of the Regular Army
the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard,
the Coast and Geodetic Servey, and the Public Health Ser
vice; cadets, United States Military Academy; midshipmen,
United States Navy; cadets, United States Coast Guard
Acadamey; members of the reserve components of the armed
forces, the Coast Guard, and the Public Health Service. while
on active duty; and foreign diplomatic representatives, tech
meal attaches of foreign embassies and legations, consuls gem
eral, consuls, vice conSulS, and other consular agents Of
foreign countries who are not citizens Of the United States,
and members Of their families, and persons in other catagor-
les to be specified by the President, residing in the United
States, and who have not declared their intention to become
citizens Of the United States, shall not be required to be reg-
istered under section 3 and shall be relieved from liability
for training and service under section A ().
Ok. No-exception from registration, or exemption Or de-
ferenent from training and service, under this title, shall
continue after the cause therefor ceases to exist."
"Sec. 10.
0) The President is authorized
ID to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations
to carry out the provisions of this title"
G)t to utilize the services Of any or all departments and
any and all officers or agents of the United States, and to ac-
cept the services Of all officers and agents of the several
States, Territories, and possessions, and subdivisions thereof,
and the District Of Columbia, and of private welfare organi-
cations, in the execution of this title"
Sec. IS. () Every persons shall be deemed to have notice
of the requirements Of this title upon publication by the Pres
ident OF the proclamation or other public notice fixing a time
for any registration under section g."
AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States,
acting under and by virtue Of the authority vested in him by
Title I of the Selective Service Act Of 1913, has proclamed:
4. The registration Of male citizens Of the United States
and other male persons residing in the United States who
shall have attained the eighteenth anniversary Of the day Of
their birth and who shall have not attained the twenytsixth
anniversary Of the day of their birth shall take place in the
several States Of the United States, the District Of Columbia,
the Territories Of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the