Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/974

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956 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sizes. II. Ch. 166. 1918. prescribe hundiqr dthe germs of the Ac}: (iipgisvgd May eighteenqh, nineteen im e an seventeen, entitle ‘ ct t0_authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the DW t_ d United States,"’ approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and s“i§}°.§§%'%’Q¤?¤i‘}m$gll§ eighteen, whether c ed for service or not, and_diplomatic repre- °°“”‘“°s· sentatives, techn1cal_attachés of foreign embassies and legations, consqls generaé, consul? v§e_poCps§ls,t and qonsular atgengs of fogeiin coun ries, resi ing in e ni e -a es, w 10 are no ci izens o e hmm, mum im United States to present themselves for and submit to registration fmed. under the qpovisions of this Act; and every such person shall be deemed to ave notice of the requirements of this Act upon the Punishment M not publication of aniy such proclamation or ang, such other public mgmu-mg. notice as-aforplsai hgflvenlgyuthq Iiresideqt or y his direction; and any person w 0 s a wi u y ai or re use to present himself_for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and_shall, upon conviction in a district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by im- ,,m,”_ prisonment for not more than one year and shall thereupon be dul Pr¤¤¤d¤w¤f¤r¤i¤1¤· registered; Provided, That in the call of the docket precedence shag be given, m courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal proceed- Age emu, d°mwd_ mgs under this Act: Promkleddfurther, That persons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained their eighteenth birthday and who shall not have attained their forty-sixth birthday on or before the day set for the registration in any such proclamation by the President or any such other public notice given y hun or by his direction, and allpersons so registered shall be and _ remam subject to draft lmto the forces herelig authorrzed imless exm;xb¢i¤iqii empted or excused therefrom as m this ct lprovided: Pro/mkled of18. further, That the President may at such interva s as he may desire from time to time require all male persons who have attained the age of eighteen years smce the last preceding date of registration and on or be ore the next date set for registration by proclamation by the President, except such persons as are exempt from registration A hereunder, to re§ister_in_the same manner and subject to the same Regismmnby mm requirements an habihties as those previously registered under the tirms hefreof: A;idaiprqmdedffi¢n7§;eir, hiat in tgie case of temporary a sence rom ac u _ ace 0 eg residence o an person liable to reg}stration as proyidied herein, such reggstration {nag be made by Mmmm brmmy mail under regiulliations to be prescribed y the President: And prom the Navy may re mded further, at men registered under the provisions of this Act

      • 1*5* who haveseryed in the Navy of the United States shall, upon their

own_ applicatiop, be germitted to reenlist in the naval or marine se_rwgce§f the United tates with and by the approval of the Secretary o the a . $»ii—€2°iir?4`}i;;i°fiEv§»€ 4.vThat all men rendered available for induction into the °"“‘""°C°'*’“‘ m1l1ta1;y service of the United States through registration or draft hereto ore or hereafter made pursuant to aw, shall be liable to service in the Army or the Navy or the Marine Corps, and shall be ,;,,,,f,,_ H iillottetd) tip the Ax·ni1)y&t£ie gav? ang thp lgamgoipiundar reguladl rj¤‘ic¤¤;¤¤ ¤ Pwr ions e prescribe y e residen 2 r ° at a persons iatieliirm Cwpmgn drafted and allotted to the N2? or the Marine_Corps in pursuance hereof shall, from the date of otment, be subject to the laws and Wm of mmm or re§iggt1§mTgovge€1i11ng_§.he tl\lavykz;1nd the ltgarine Corps, rqilpectively. a¤¤;._ . . a e wi e o a so er or said or servm in t ,,,_§`§};",§§*{,,{j‘,§_ G°"°"" war shall not be disqualified for any position or apgointmeilnltiluiiilldr Mdms the Goxéemrrigent liglcausedshe is a mamed woman. Ezigibie to lu-my EC. . _ at so 'ers, urin the present emergency r ard] f g°`Q§‘,,’§;5g‘g’;’ée,°;fé; '°· age and emsting law and regnfations, shall be eligible te rggeiveeddrgmissions in the Army of the United States. They shall likewise be eligible to admission to officers’ schools imder such rules and regula-