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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. 1665 are made by the President himself or by the governor or other officer of any State or Territory to perform any duty in the execution of this Act, are hereby re uired to perform such duty as the President shall order or direct, and all such officers and agents and persons so desig— Auuienty cememu. nated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of this Act by the direction of the Pres1— Uso mmks dent. Correspondence in the execution of this Act mag be carried ' in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the War epartment. _ Any person charged as herein provided with the duty of carrying into §?fu°,,‘$*§if,‘°";‘°*°d,_.,_ · effect any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty; and an person charged with such duty or having and exer- m*f_&_§,‘,?¥;w§“° '°¢"‘ cising any audiority under said Act, regulations, or directions who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of a.ny_false or incorrect registration, physical examination, exemption, enlistment, enrollment, or muster; and any person who shall make or be a m§f,“,§*§§c_""’° ’“‘°' party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the ' fitness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of the Act, or regulations made by the President thereunder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements of this Act or of said regulations, or who, in any manner, shall N°"°°‘ °"“"’·°°°· fail or neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this Act, shall, if not subject to military law, be guilpy of a t misdemeanor, and u on conviction in the district court of the nited lmmmm ‘ States having jurisdiiction thereof, be pimished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to military law, shall be tried gyr court-martial and suffer such punishment as a court—martial may ect. Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wdson, President of the United States, m*;¢¤{g,,:d¤·up•g_§¤¤; do call upon the Governor of each of the several States and Territories, mmm mw. the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia and all officers and agpnts of the several States and territories, of the District of Colum ia, and of the counties and municipalities therein to perform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing law, which duties will be plommunicated to them directly in regulations of even date herewit. And I do further roclaim and `ve notice to all persons subject to #'¤¤¤ OQ mt *}**8- rogistration in the sgveral States grind in the District of Columbia in xm.! day of ew accordance with the above law that the time and place of such registration shall be between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on the 5th day of June, 1917, at the registration place in the recinct wherein they ave their permanent homes. Those who shalliiiave attained their twenty-first ,,§§{2§,’{" '°"‘“'°° °° irthday and who shall not have attained their thirty—iirst birthday on or before the daylshere named are required to register, excepting only officers and en ted men of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the National Guard an Naval Militia while in the service of the United States, and officers in the Officers Reserve Corps and enlisted men in the Enlisted Reserve Co? while in active service. In the territories of Alaska, Hawaii and orto Rico a day ,,,;§l.g°§§,,§';§`},,_i““"'“' for registration will be named in a later proclamation. w{,'f*‘· PP- mt 167% And I do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to siliegistmtion er me present themselves for registration that they apply on or before the ° · day of registration to the county clerk of the county where they may b_ t be for instructions as to how the may be registered by agent. Those ;m1Q°i °°n as who expect to be absent on the diay named from the counties in which they have their permanent homes may register by mail, but their mailed registration cards must reach the places in which they have mums, to be an their permanent homes by the day named herein. They should payee. apply as soon as practicable to the county clerk of the county wherein