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 SIXTY·FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 15. 1917. • 81 and all such officers and agents and persons so designated or appointed ·*“*h°'“Y °°¤'°¤’°°· shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of this Act by the direction of the President. Correspondence Us° °“"mk°' in the execution of this Act may be carried in penalty envelopes Ohms desigumm bearing the frank of the War Department. Any person charged as Failure to act. herein provided with the duty of carrying into effect any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made or directions (given M _. M, thereunder who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty; an any aeugxég °°r°g°°”` person charged with such duty or having and exercising any authority under said Act, regulations, or directions, who s all knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physical examination, exemption, enlistment, enrollment, or Making me mw muster; and any person who shall make or be a {party to the making memaeze. of any false statement or certificate as to the tness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this Act, or regulations made by the President therermder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements of this Act or of said regulations, or who, in any manner, shall fail or neglect fully N°g’°"‘ °"’“"'·°“'· to erform an duty required of him in the execution o this Act shall; if not subject to military law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the district court of the United States having I, I, t jurisdiction thereof, be pimished by imprisonment for not more ' than one year, or, if subject to military law, shall be tried by courtmartial and suffer such punishment as a court—martial may direct. vol t H t Sec. 7. That the qualifications and conditions for voluntaryen- main "Y °° ° ` listment as herein provided shall be the same as those prescribed by existing law for enlistments in the Regular Army, except that gg'g¤g¤8¢g5¤¤=¤»¤m recruits must be between the ages of eighteen and forty years, both ’ ° ' inclusive, at the time of their enlistment; and such enlistments shall raged. be for the period of the emergemiy imless sooner discharged. All ,,,,,,E{§,§}§‘°“{§,}‘},',${,°§ enlistments, including those in the egular Army Reserve, which are °**;,·=o*§,°*;fYim in force on the date of the approval of this Act and which would " ` terminate during the emergency shall continue in force during the emerggncyunless sooner discharged; but nothing herein contained shall e construed to shorten theperiod of any existing enlistment: MMM - Provided, That all persons enlis or drafted under any of the pro- Geographical uma. visions of this Act shall as far as practicable be grouped into units mmm Hamed at 'IH; States and the political subdivisions of the same: Provided further and ¤:•mg:»g•¤¤y. at all persons w o have enlisted since April first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, either in the Regular Army or in the National Guard, and all persons who have enlisted in the National Guard since June third, nmeteen hundred and sixteen, upon their application, shall be discharged upon the termination of the existing emergenc . E I V The President may provide for the discharge o any or ally enlisted m¤e¤q¤g:i°°¢1» sup. men whose status with respect to dependents renders such discharge PT 3‘m“g· advisable; and he may also authorize the em loyment on any active maieiiiimlifiueiii "' duty of retired enlisted men of the Regular Krmy, either with their ran on the retired list or in higper enhsted grades, and such retired enlisted men shall receive the fu pay and allowances of the grades in, which they are actively emplo ed. Sec. 8. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of e¤§—$é°ll°tiy.°m°°” M the Senate, is authorized to appoint for the period of the existing P"°‘·P·"°· emergency such general officers o appropriate grades as may be necessary or uty with brigades, divisions, and higher units in which the Fo, Cm, _,mm,,_ forces provided for herein may be organized by the President, and gpneral officers of appropriate grade or the several Coast Artillery S I ti 0 8 strrcts. In so far as such appointments may be made from any of pairing;. °° L P- the forces herein provided for, the appointees may be selected Hum ,,,,,m,,g V,. grrwpecmve of the guides held by them in such forces. Vacancies ¤¤¤¢i¤¤i¤*¤¤ Amy- lll al grades in the _ egular Army resulting from the appointment of P°”’ p‘ 53* officers thereof to higher grades in the forces other than the Regular 112460°—vo1. 40-rr 1-—-6