Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 2.djvu/338

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rnoommirross, 1917. 1681 be designated and appointed by the Govemor of the Territory of Hawaii for that pu cse. IN WITNESS V\llilEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. DONE at the City of Washington this second day of‘July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the Inde- [smL.] pendence of the United States the one hundred and orty-first. Woouaow Winsor: By the President: Ronmrr Lnrsmo Secretary ry Sam. Br rim Pnnsmnur or mcs UNITED Surms or Ammrca. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the United States of America and the Imperial §2”.m`"sll§.G""°°y° German Government are now at war, and having in view the consequent danger of aggression by a foreign enemy upon the territory of the United States and the necessity or pnzper protection aglainst possible interference with the execution o e laws of the nion agents of the enemy, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the R,’L,,'“'g"“‘£,;"‘f,'° QF; Uiiited States, b virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con- gstgrvtig M the UNM stitution and thelaws of the United States and through the governors of the res five States, call into the service of the United States as of andlcgrom the dates hereinafter rmtively indicated all members of the National Guard and all ted members of the National Guard Reserve of the following States, who are not now in the service of the United States, except members of staff corps and Emvthm departments not included in the personnel of tactical organizations, and except such officers of the National Guard as have been or may be s ecia ly notified by my authority that they will not be affected by , to wit: On July 15, 1917, New York, Pennsiylvania Ohio, West Virginia, E¤¤°***’°d·*¤· Mich§an, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, orth Dakota, South Dakota and ebraska; On July 25 1917, Maine, _New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut., New ersey, Delaware Maryland, District of Columbia Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina gennessee, Illinois. Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and evon. 'llhe members of the National Guard of the various States affected by this call will be concentrated at such places as may be designated by the War Department. II. And, under the authority conferred upon me b clause second Ggrmd ${1 NR? of section one of the Act of Congress " to authorize the President to iutomimuyserviu. increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States/’ "”“· *’· ”· approved May 18, 1917, I do hereby draft into the military service 0 the United States as of and from the fifth day of Argust, nineteen hundred and seventeen, all members of the National uard and all enlisted members of the National Guard Reserve of the following States, except members of staiif corps and departments not included E‘°°P“°°’·· m the personnel of tactical organizations, and except such other officers of the National Guard as have been or may be specially notified by my authority that they will not be drafted, to wit: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode Island,