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| Sec. 3.
, any
mining and prescribing the
which the respective
nd district board-
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twetity one
v. sluill Im* sub
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on the
to pay. allowin' os.
And provided further, municipal
that no Kuoh volunteer force shall be]
accented In any unit smaller than
citizen or merchant once of certificates of exemption, or idischarged; but nothing herein con- aucj| regulations go
within the United States; persons en- partial or limited exemptions, and forjtaiped shall be construed to shorten --------
gaged i" Industrie**, Including agricul-
all
this
claims
d to makt
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The president shall make rules and 1
regulations
and
w it h
to
appeals from enlistment
such district'< ept that
sions i the ages
Provided further. |
LAX FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA
A Digestive Laxative
CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC
LaX-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi-
cine but is composed of the following
old-fashioned roots and herbs:
CASCARA BARK
BLUE FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SENNA LEAVES
AND PEPSIN
ToLax-FostheCASCARAIs improved by
the addition of these digestive ingredi-
ents making it better than ordinary Cas-
CARA.and thus the combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxative and cathar-
tic but also as a digestive anil liver tonic.
Syrup laxatives are weak, but LaX-Fos
combines strength with palatable, aro-
matic taste and does not gripe or disturb
the stomach. *• One bottle will prove
Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation,
'SELECTIVE CONSCRIPTION LAW
AS ADOPTED BY CONGRESS
enlistment, or if and whenever the
president decides that they cannot ef-
' rlsdietion of an
i more than one
!t rlct.
Such
| Provided, that all persona enlisted ug
drafted under any of the provlalou*
of this act Khali as far as pructicabio
be grouped Into units by State** ami
the political subdivisions of the same*
Provided further, that all persons win
have enlisted sin*** April first. nine
teen hundred and seventeen, eitliil
I In the Regular Army or in the N*
tional Guard, and all persons who
have enlisted in the National Guard
Since Juno third, nineteen hundred
application*
shall b* discharged upon the tormitx*
1st Ing emergency.
I lie president may provide for the
present themselves for and submit to 'discharge of any oi all enlisted muu
registration under the provisions of status with respect to dupond*
this act. and every such person shall I ent* renders such dim hargo advis*
be deemed to have notice of the re alld 11(. lnlly ,Uh(, uuth„rU,, th<
<iuiri nieiil* of tills act upon the pub
lication of said proclamation or other
notice as aforesaid given by the pres-
ident or by Ins direction;
person who shall willfully fall or
fuse to present himself for registra iHhall
tion or tn submit thereto as herein!
provided shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall, upon conviction in
tublished one such local hoard in each j(|H, district court of the United States
piaving jurisdiction thereof, he pun
more
or who, in any
existing creed or principles forbid its accordance w ith such rules and reg -[ m.-inne*. shall fall or neglect fully to
Perform any duty required of him in
the execution of this act, shall. If not
subject, to military law, be guilty of I
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction I
in the district court of the United I
States having Jurisdiction thereof, be
punished by Imprisonment for not
I more than one year, or,
1 United States, consisting of such
number of citizens, not connected with
the Military Establishment, as
president may determine, who
be appointed by the president,
president is hereby authorized, in his
discretion, to establish more than one
such board in any Federal judicial
! district of the United States, or to
| establish one such board having ju-
area extending into
Federal Judicial dis-
tort. found to be necessary to the
maintenance of the Military Establlsh-
fcctually be so raised or maintained, ment or the effective operation of the
then by selective draft, and all other i l,lll'(1,ry force
I tl *ti,ll*lll I IV • . .
forces hereby authorized, except as i
proviueJ .a the seventh paragraph of
section one, shall be raised and main-
tained by selective draft exclusively;
but this provision shall not prevent
the transfer to any force of training
p adres from other forces.
as herein provided
I upon
. 2‘.‘Tl
army corps of the Regular Army, and :
to prescribe such new and different j
organizations and personnel for army
corps, divisions, brigades, regiments. •
battalions. squadrons, companies, .
troops, and batteries as the efficiency [
of the service may require: Provided '
further, that the number of organiza- II bject to the laW8 and
tions in a regiment shall not be in- j governing th(, Hegular Army, except
creased nor shall the number of regi-i (() pron)otiona> 80 far aB 8Uch laws
meats be decreased: Provided further, | and reg|llatl(ins are applicable to per-
that the president in his discretion | s()n8 whoHe permanent retentlon in
may organize, officer, ami equip tor|thp n,llitary 80rvlce on the active or
each j-*—*-- --J -*----■—■-
three machine-gun companies, and for [
each Infantry and Cavalry division
four machine-gun companies, all in
addition to the machine-gun com-
panies comprised In organizations in-
cluded in such brigades and divis-
ions: Provided further, that the presi-
dent in his discretion may e
for each division one armored motor- |
ear machine-gun company. The ma- I
chlnc-gun companies organized under
this section shall consist of such
commissioned and enlisted personnel 1 f,jvjKjonH
ami lie equipped in such manner as i
tlie president, may prescribe: And I
provided further, that officers with
rank not above that of colonel
Sec. I. That the vice president of
the United States, the officers, iegis-
ness or liability of himself or
other person for nervine
provisions of this act. or
made by the president thereunder, oi
.otherwise evades or aids another to
naval service of the I
shall be exempt from
|draft herein prescribed; i
In this act. contained shall lie eon- J persons or classes of persons from |
strued to require or compel any per the selective draft, under the provis-
son to serve in any of the forces ; ions of this act. not included within
in
ihear and
| view as
i questions of exemption
and all questions of
regular or duly ordained
ministers of religion, students who at ' which
l the time of the approval of this act jurisdiction under the rules, and reg
are pieparing for flic ministry in rec illations prescribed by the president
i district, boards shall 1
jurisdiction
da> and who shall not have attained forces herein
their thirty first birthday on or lie I a|,|loilll,.(., llIav bt, He|,,,.1(,d irreepoc-
fore the day set for Hie reglsl ration, j Hvp ,lf t|„. gladl,H tl,.|d by thB|1| ,u
such forces. Vacancies in nil grade®
In llu* Regular Army resulting fniux
tin* appointment of officers tiicreof U
lii. her grades in llie forces other that
ilie Regular Army heroin provided to
.sliall i>e filled by temporary promt
tions and appointments in the niiis
ner prescribed for filling temtuirar*
| vacancies by section on* hundred ami
j fourteen of tlie national defense act
approved June third. nineteen hundred
and sixtieii. and officers appointed
under ill*' proviHlons of Illis act U*
(III-.her grades In tin* forces otlioC
titan the Regular Army herein pn»-
I for shall not. vacate their per-
mam nt eoininisi sions nor lie preJu-
lined in their relative or llneitl stiitid-
Ing In tin* Regular Army
Sec '< Thai tlie appointmonts au-t
tlioiized and made as provided by tlie
second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and
sevenlli parngliiplts of section one and
by section eiglit of tills act. and the
temporary appolntmenlH in the Regs
ular Army authorized b; tile flrsl pur*
agraph of section one of tills act* shall
lie for tin* period of Hie emergency*
or Territory to perform any duty in BOonp|. terlllln8(ed by (llM(.halK(l
t he execution of this act. are hereby I o(. The |)r(.H|dent |H h..ro.
by authorized io discharge any offioix
from tin office held by him iindott
siicli appointment fur any causa
which, in tile judgment of tlie piesi-4
deiil, would promote tlie inilili*' serv-
ile. and tlie general commanding any;
i and lilglii r tactical organiza*
or territorial department is uu-
|f hoi Izod to appoint from tune to tima
(military boards of not Io. ■ than throe
nor more than five officers of the
forces herein inovlded for to examine
Into and report upon tlie capacity*
qua lit icat ion. conduct, and efficiency
of any i ommissioneil officer withll
liis command other than officers oi
tlie Regular Army hold permanent ot
provisionnl commissions therein. Eac|
■ member of such board shall In- super-
ior In rank to tlie officer whom qual-
ifications an to l>e inquired into, and
f the report of sucii board lie adv* "sa
i to the emit In mini c of any 'r a of*
fleei and be approved by tlie ■ *1*
dent Udi officer shall l>e dlscfiaiged
from the ervli . .it tlie disi'ia t.lmi it
tlie president with on< monili':', [i*y|
I and allowances.
under the j iS(j(. |() ,nia( u)| ofn(!erH
regulations
such other persons employed in
service of the United State* as
president may designate; i
nears actually employed in the
service of any
line iiiiiiiary Bervicw un me uwivc
infantry and Cavalry brigade i retir(.d lis( ' (b not contem|)lated by ex-1
ronnliino-trim nnmnnniA* n.nd for . ,
isting emergency unless sooner dis-
charged Provided, that the president
is authorized to raise and maintain
by voluntary enlistment or draft, as !
herein provided, special and technical
troops as lie may deem necessary, and I
to embody them into
by tile Senate and; or in the volunteer force*, or from i
Represt ntatlves of tlie (the country at large, by assigning re-
united States of America in Congress , tired officers of tin Regular Army to
assembled, that in view of the ex-1. (|ulv w(th 8U(,h with I prescribe not 1:
Isting emergency, which demands the | . .. .... a,... I. . ,
raising of troops in addition to those '
now available, the president be, and
is hereby, authorized—-
First. Immediately to raise, organ-
ize, officer and equip ail or such
number of increments of tlie Regular
Army
fense act approved .lune third, nine-]
teen hundred and
Roc. 2. That the enlisted mon re-1
cuirod to raise and maintain the or-'
g itiizations of the Regular Army and |
tn complete find maintain the organ!-,
rations embodying the members of the.
National Guard drafted into the serv-i
for of the United States, at the max-1
, imttm legal strength as by this act I
Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. | provided, shall be raised by voluntary)
county or imilar subdivision in each
I Slate, and one for approximately
, — a city of thirty thousand of popu-
|lation in i nch cit* of thirty thousand
'population or over, according to tlie
: last census taken or estimates fur-
i nislied by tlie Bureau of Census of
of Commerce Such
sliall lie appointed by tlie
and sliall consist of three
M’l « IIIV r'l Mil Mir I I n i I m ' • 11 • ,
and all persons ho regintered sliall lie
and remain HiibJcet to draft into tlie
forces lieieliy authorized, unless ex
empted or excused therefrom as In'
tills a< t provided Provided further. I
that In the case of temporary alisenee
from actual place of legal residence
of any person liable to registration as I
provided herein such registration may :
lie made by mail under regulations to
In* prescribed by tlie president.
See t>. That tlie president is here !
by authorized to utilize tlie service of ;
any or all departments and any or'
all officers or agents of the United !
States and of tlie several States, Ter |v|de|
ritorles, and tlie District of Columbia,L
and subdivisions thereof, In tlie cxe-l(
cution of tills act, and all officers and I
agents of tile United States and of j
tlie several States. Territories and L
subdivisions thereof, and of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and all persons des-
ignated or appointed under regula
tions pres*1 rllied by tile piisidenl
whether such appointments are made
by the president himself or liy the
governor or other officer if any State'
, > r ‘I’.., ■ .• I * — *<> ,>,>,■*<.,■,,> . > »> v <*,, I „ in 1
hereby I
required to perform sucii duty ns the I
sliall order or direct, and '
all sucii officers and agents and per :
sons so designated or appointed shall I
hereby haev full authority for all acts I
done by them in the execution of tills |
act liy tlie direction of die president. |<jjvjH|(fll
1 'oi respond* nee In tlie execution
this act may be carried in penalty en j
velopes liearing the frank of tlie win
department. Any person cliaiged as I,
herein provided witli tlie duty of car
rylng into effect any of tlie provisions
of tills act or tlie regulations made or
dli i* tions given thereunder who shill)
fail or neglect to perform sucii duty;
and any person charged with such
duty or having and exercising any ,
authority under said act, regulations, J
or directions, who sliall knowingly I
make or be a party to tlie making of'
any false or incorrect registration, I
physical examination, exemption, en-
listment. enrollment, or muster; and
any person who shall make or be a
party to the making of any false
?rfaniZ.e Hnd to officer them as provided in the]
third paragraph of section one and
section nine of tills act. Organiza-
tions of the forces herein provided
for, except tlie Regular Army and the I
authorized in the seventh I
paragraph of section one, shall, as
I far as the interests of the service per-
1 i niit, lie composed of men who tome.
8,1,11 'and of officers who are appointed
be appointed by the president alone. fr()m |he game state or locallty.
and officers above that grade by the |
president by and with the advice and | jndlice
consent of the senate: Provided fur-
ther, that tlie president may in his I
discretion recommission in the Coast
j Guard persons who have heretofore
held commissions in the Revenue-
Cutter Service or the Coast Guard
provided, organize and equip an ad- and have left the service honorably,
after uscertaining that they are qual-
ified for service physically, morally,
and as to age and military fitness.
Fourth. The president is further
authorized, in his discretion and at
force and for organizations of such time as lie may determine, to
the other forces hereby authorized, raise and begin the training of
or I _
other forces, by ordering
of the Officers' Reserve
temporary duty in accordance
tlie provisions of section thirty-eight,
of the national defense act approved]
June third, nineteen hundred and six-
teen; by appointment from the Reg-
ular Army, the Officers' Reserve
Corps, from those duly qualified and
registered pursuant to section twen-
ty-three of tlie act of congress ap-
proved .January twenty-first, nine-
teen hundred anl three (Thirty-sec-
ond Statute* nt Large, page seven
hundred and seventyI, from the
members of the National Guard draft-
ed into tlie service of the United
States, from those who have been
graduated from educational institu-
tion* at which military instruction is
compulsory, or from those who have
have had honorable service in the
Regular Army, the National Guard,
Ut it enacted
House of
individuals from selective draft |
Sec That all male persons lie I
tween th** ages of twenty-one and |
thirty, both inelusiv
ject to reglsl rat Ion in
with respect with regulations to be pre-iilbed by
the president or other public notice!
given by him or by his direction stat
ing tlie time and place of such regis-
tration it shall lie tlie duty of all
persons of the designated ages, ex-
cept officers and enlisted men of tlieland
I Regular Army, the Navy, and the Na ■ ■■
tional Guard and Naval Militia wliil* la||OI) ,,f the
in tin* service of tin* United States, to
Sec. 10.
list*‘I men of the forces hen ji
vidi *1 for oth< i than the
Vruiy shall be in all respect
(.-*ame footing us
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under the provisions <if|w)iose status witli
j ents
able;
' tnplovineiit on any active duty of ru-
tiled enlisted men of tlie Roguliut
\rmy. either with their rank on tlio
mid any retired list or in higher enlisted
(grades, mnt such retired enlisted mon
receive the full pay and allow-
ances of tlie grades in whieli they;
jure actively employed.
Sec. s That the president, by and
with tlie advice mid consent of thn
thereof, be pun ■■t'liait*, is authorized to appoint for
ished by imprisonment for not more *!*«■ period of the existing emergency
tliau on** year, mid shall theieupon Bm*d general officers of uppropriutii
be duly registered Provided, that Intrudes ns may he necessary for duly,
the call of the docket precedence wilb |,r|gl,doK1 divisions, and hlghei;
shall be given, in courts trying
smile, to the trial of criminal proceed '
Ings under tills act
that persons sliall be subject to regie- i
* ■■—- jtrntion ns herein provided who shall jdistrict*
or more members, none of whom sliall i|lave attained their twenty first birth ‘
be connected witli tlie Military Estab-
lishment. to he chosen from among
'tlie local authorities of sucii subdi
visions or from other citizens resit!
ing in tin* subdivision or area in
i which Hie respective boards will have
' jurisdiction under the rules and reg
I illations prescribed by the president.
ISneli boards sliall have power
their respective Jurisdictions
determine, subject to
herein after provided,
under
act, and all questions of or
for including or discharging individ
mils or classes of individuals from i
the selective draft, which shall be .
organizations ;n)ade under rules and regulations pre- :
scribed by the president, except any
mid every question or claim for in-
]eluding or excluding or discharging
persons or classes of persons from
tlie selective draft under tlie provis-
; ions of this act authorizing the pres-
ident to exclue or discharge from th*'
(select draft "Persons engaged in in-
dustries, including agriculture, found
Ito he necessary to tlie maintenance
of the Military Establishment, or tlie
effective operation of the military
forces, or the maintenance of na-
tional interest during the emergency ."
Tlie president is hereby authorized
to establish additional boards, on** in
| each Federal judicial district of the | president
i United States,
in I
s or the maintenance of
national interest duriu the enierg
envy ; those in u status
t*i persons dependent upon them for ,
support which renders their exclu-
sion or discharge advisable, and those
found to be physically or morallv de
ficient. No exemption or exel'.ision
Sucii draft I ... ,
shall continue when a cause therelis
shall lx base* I ( ]ollgel. ,.xjsu* provided, That not
liability to military s< rv i*« | withstanding tin* exemptions enum* r
nteil herein, each State. Territory, and
the District of Columbia shall be re
*iulred to supply its quota in tin* pro
portion that its population bears to
the total population of tlie United
States.
'I’lie president is hereby authorized
.in liis discretion, to create and es-
tablish thi'ougliout the several State-
mid Hulldivisions thereof and in tlie
Territories and the District of Co
luinbia local board*, and where, in
his disci inion, practicable and desir
in such (credit shall be given to any State, ub|e (h(. (,roa)p(1 ,|n(| ps
organiza i I'ltoi y . District, or subdivision
No bounty shall be paid to
person to enlist in the
military service of the United States:
and no person liable to military serv-
ice sliall hereafter lie permitted or
allowed to furnish a substitute for 1
such service; nor shall any substitute
be received, enlisted, or enrolled
tlie military service of the United
States; and no such person sliall lie
permitted to escape such service or
be discharged therefrom prior to tlie
expiration of his term of service by
tlie payment of money or any other
valuable thing whatsoever as consid-
eration for his release from military
sixteen, or such
parts thereof as he may deem neces-
sary; to raise all organizations of
the Regular Army, including those
added by such increments, to the
maximum enlisted strength authoriz-
ed by law. Vacancies in the Regular
Army created or caused by the addi-
tion of increments as herein author-
ized which can not lie filled by pro-
motion may lie filled by temporary
appointment for the period of the
emergency or until replaced by per-
manent appointments or by provis-
ional appointments made under tlie
provisions of section twenty-three of
the national defense act. approved
June third, nineteen hundred and six-
teen, and hereafter provisional ap-
pointments under said section may be
terminated whenever it is determined,
in tlie manner prescirbed by tlie pres-
ident, that the officer has not the
suitability and fitness requisite for
permanent appointment.
Second. To draft into the military
service of the i’nited States, organ-
ize, and officer, in accordance with
tlie provisions of section one hun-
dred and eleven of said national de-
fense act, so far as tlie provisions of
said section may be applicable and
not inconsistent with the terms of
this act, any or all members of the
National Guard and of the National
Guard Reserves, and said members
so drafted into tlie military service
of the United States sliall serve there-
in for the period of the existing
emergency unless sooner discharged;
Provided, that when so drafted the
organizations or units of the Na-
tional Guard sliall, so far as practi-
cable, retain the State designations
of their respective organizations.
Third. To raise by draft as herein
any such local
shall be filled
[by the president, and any member of
(any such local board or district board
--- " may be removed and another appoint-
and th< I (1{j jn b| place by tlie pre-ident, when- j military law , shall be tried by court
ever he considers that the interest, inartial am! stiff* r sucii punishment ,
a court martial may direct.
Sec. 7. That the qualifications and
governing the organiza-[conditions for voluntary enlistment as I
procedure of such local | herein provided shall be the same as
liable to draft boards and district hoards, and pro-| those prescribed by existing law for
viding for and governing appeals from *til,sinunts in tlie Regular Army, ex-
such local boards to i* h district | ■* pt that recruit * must lie between
lioards, and review
the of any local board by
Seventh. The president is further
authorized to raise and maintain bv
voluntary enlistment, to organize, and
equip, not to exceed four infantry di-
visions, the officers of which shall
be selected in the manner provided by ]
Paragraph three of section one of this ;
act: Provided, that the organization
of said force shall be the same as |
that of the corroHpondlng ortrnnDa- J second paragraph of section one h<
jtion of the Regular Army: And pro- of, or to draft, for j---*1-' --*’<•
pided further, that there shall be no service only from those
j enlistments In said force of men tin- as in this act provided, persons of
I Her twenty-five years of age at time the following classes: County and
[of enlisting: And provided further, municipal officials; customhouse
Clerks; persons employed by i
United States in the transmission
the mail: artificers and workmen v
Ployed in the armories, arsenals, and areas In
navy yards of the United States, and board and district boards shall have I* nliattnents. including
the (Jurisdiction, and all other rule* ami [Regular Army Rei------- ------
tl I regulation neces*ary to carry out force on the date of the approval of I ge(, That the pi .hbi.t of tin
pilot*., mart-'the terms and provisions of this sec-]this act and which would terminate United State*, as commander in chlal
in the i (tin* amorffanAv unlnaa aruinAF ' a * *. »*_.»**. .
of t ie Severn I
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO INCREASE TEMPOR-
ARILY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
alien enemies who have, declared I
-- I their intention to become citizens, be-]
(tween tlie ages of twenty-one and
thirty years, both inclusive, and sliall;
place and lie maintained under
sucii regulations as tlie president may
active duty w ith such ^force with I prescribe not inconsistent w ith the
their rank on tlie retired list and th* terms of this act. Quotas for tlie sev-
full pay and allowances of their eral States. Territories, and tlie Dis
grade; or by tlie appointment of re-|trict of Columbia, or subdivisions;
tired officers and enlisted men, ac-i thereof, shall be determined in pro-]
tive or retired, of the Regular Arm* portion to tlie population thereof, and,
as commissioned officers
forces: Provided, that the
provided by the national d*~|tjon of said force sliall be the same thereof, for the number of men who
that of tlie corresponding organ!- I
zations of the Regular Army:
vided further, that tlie president [
a system to exclude and discharge 'the period of any existing enlistment:
1 -t—i— —----rmw* T^rr •
were in tlie military service of
'United States as members of tlie
s tional Guard on April first, nineteen
, ... . „ ; hundred and seventeen, or who have
authorized to increase or decrease tlie ,
'since said date entered tli*1 military I
number of organizations prescribed i of th), stateR from a|)y ,
for the typical brigades, divisions, orl^ stal> Territol.yi l)18trlct (lr sub-J,,^ 1)el)aI.tmpnt
'division, either as members of the I b()ard8 h1u(11
Regular Army or tlie National <J,li,rtl' |l|.l,s|dent
I All persons drafted into tiie service I
iof the United States and all officers
< accepting commissions m (lie forces
herein provided for shall, from tlie ;
date of said draft or acceptance, be
regulations
| men of corresponding grades and
length of service in the RegulMt
Artn.v, and commencing June one*
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and
'ontlnuing until the termination of
tiie emergency, all enlisted men of the
\rmy of tin United States in active
service whose base pay does not ex-
f 4 1 ''11 ''i*eod $21 per month shall receive an
'increase of $1*. per month; those
' whose base pay is $24, an increase of
$12 per month those whose base pay
is $30, $:’.»>, or $10 an increase of $8
ler month and thore whose has* pay
is $f" nr mor* . an Increase of $0 per
month Provided, that the increase®
a the Regular Army, ex- , ,, ... . ,ltb<ll jZ(,d shall not
to such district [eept that recruit must nt between (.nt**r Into t>ie * imputation of the COB-iS
of the decisions , the ages of eighteen and forty years,' tinuous-tervico pay.
i local board by the district j both inclusive, at the time of their ger That all existing restrio-
if | board having Jurisdiction, and deter 'enlistment: and uch enlbtincnt** (|nng UpOn the detail, detachment, and
rm shall be for a period of the (employment of officer* and enlisted
"■»' en<-y unless sooner discharged. All Tlien ot tbe Regular Army are hereby
II l.ave |i nlist.ment*. including those In the ■ 8UgpeQdod fOr fbe period of the proa*
srve, which are in Ln| emergency.
out. [force on tbo date of the approval of] j2.
members to participate in war in any nlatiom as tlie president may pre-
form and whose religious conviction- scribe, he ma;, affirm, modify, or re-
are against war or participation I verse any such decision,
therein in accordance with the creed j Any vaCancv In
or principles of said religion* organ board or district board
izations, but no person so exempted'- ...
shall be exempted from service In
any capacity that the president shall
declare to lie noncombatant; <
.president is hereby authorised to r>y- ,„„v ,
jcinde or discharge from said selective of tj,e nanon demand* it.
draft and from the draft under the -
>r«-
partial military I tion
precedciK'c ,V||b brigades, divisions,
"’'i units in which the forces provided fog
herein may be organized by tlie presi*
di'iit. and general officcis of appro*
[ Uriah* gr.ule for the several Const Ar-
. iuseful* us sucii m*-*
| polntiiK'iits rnuy l«* made from any ot
...,* forces herein provided for, tha
verse any decision of any local board
having jurisdiction in the area in
any such district board lias
lative, executive, and judicial, of the
district boards shall review
on nppeal and affirm, modify, or re-
states, Territories, and the District of
ditional force of five hundred thou-
sand enlisted men, or such part or
parts thereof as he may at any time
deem necessary, and to provide the
necessary officers, line and staff, for
said
1 other forces hereby authorized, raise and begin the training of anjera(jfin f(>1- release frot
by combining organizations of said add ttonnl force of five hundred thou- j Hf.rVjce or liability thereto,
members sand tnen organized, officered, and |
Corps to equipped, as provided for the force
witli; first mentioned in the preceding par- |
agraph of this section.
Fifth. To raise by draft, organize.
' equip, and officer, as provided in the [
third paragraph of this section. jn Columbia,
addition to and for each of the above
forces, such recruit training units as [
he mav deem necessarv for the main- i*"” * •”■ ° "" ---------- |
tenance of such forces at the maxi- | °Kniz' d theological or divinity schools I .Such district boards shall have ex-
’num strength ;an<^ persons In the military and . rlusive original jurindiction within
Sixth. To raise, organize, officer, jnaval 8crvk,! of thc Vni,e'’ 'heir respective areas to hear and de-
and maintain during the emergency sha” be ‘’“’'"P’ from thc "electlve ;'ermine all questions or claims for in-
s.irh number of ammunition batteries ',,raft herpin I”,eRf'rilied and nothing p imling or excluding or discharging statement or certificate a* to the flt-
and battalions, depot batteries and [,n th,s act eimtained shall be con-[persons or classes of persons froiii|neaa Or liability of himself or i.ny
battalions, and such artillery parks, (
with such numbers and grades of per- ]
sonnel as he may deem necessary. 1
Such organizations shall be officered
in the manner provided in the third
paragraph of this section, and enlisted
men may be assigned to said organ-
izations from any of the forces herein
provided for or raised by selective
[draft as by this act provided.
LAX-FOS
[son to serve in any of the ------- -------- ...
(herein provided for who is found to |the original Jurisdiction ot such Iwal
be a member of any well-recoaniz. d board-.
relii’iou* sect or organization tit pre-- Tin decisions of sucii district [rva<j0 uH. requirements of this act or,
ent organized and existing and whose boards shall be final except that, in sajd regulations, or who, in
.nd pensions as officers and enlisted
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1917, newspaper, June 1, 1917; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346263/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.