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 1620 OONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 3, 1918. ¤¤¤¤=. 1918- Oowvention between the United States and Great Britain providing for military service of citizens of the United States in Great Britain and qfBritish subjects in the United States. Signedat Washington, June 3, 1.918; ratigation advised by the Senate, June 24, 1.918; ratified by the P t, June 28, 1.918; ratyied by Great Bralain, Jul 1, 1918; exchanged at London, July 30, 1.918; proclaimed; July 30, Br run Pnnsmrmr or rin: UNITED Srxms or Anmmca. A PROCLAMATION. m§•°*,m¤*,gg*s,¤;,¤f_**,§`¤_gj{, Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and Pmainbxe. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, providing for the reciprocal military service of citizens of the United States in Great Britain and British subjects in the United States, was concluded anal siglneg lay their Qxiespective Pknipotelntiaries at Eggshington on the t ir ay of une one thousand nine hun d and gigpteen, the original of which, Convention is word for word as o ows: °°“"“°“"‘ P°"°”· The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being convinced that for the better prosecution of the present war it is desirable that citizens of the United States in Great Britain and British Subjects in the United States shall either return to their own country to perform military service in its army or shall serve in the army of the country in which they remain, have resolved to ente; intgla Convention to that end and have accordingly appointed as their empotentiariesz ¥"¤¤*P¤°¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- The President of the United States of America, Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Britaunic Majesty, The Earl of Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England. High Commissioner and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on Special Mission to the United States. who. after having communicated to each other their respective full powiersl found to belin proper form, have agreed upon and concluded ie o owing artic es:—— Article I. ,“‘·jf§@§j>;, ‘gj,g;;'Q;*j  male citizens of the United States in Great Britain and all nrale sidme British Subjects in the United States shall, unless before the time limited by this Convention they enlist or enroll in the forces of their own country or return to the United States or Great Britain respectively for the purpose of military service, be subject to militarv service and entitled to exemption or discharge therefrom under tlie laws and regulations from time to time in force of the country in which mg,-i·; ‘¤{,§]¤;*;§g Ehey are: Provided that in respect to British Subjects in the United sigzi, pr lm- xaagsftihgozgesnafpg gfgggmggshall be for the time being twenty ,r$;x¤;hggP§'¤;;§;¤ ug Provided however that no citizen of the United States in Great mmpuisoryseniceim- Britain and no British Subject in the United States who, before pro-
 * ’°°'°‘ eeeding to Great Britain or the United States, respectively, was