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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1861 forces hereby authorized unless exempted or excused herefrom as in this Act rovided: Provided further, That the President may at ,,§g*=·•¤¤~¤* New such interval; as he may desire from time to time require all male ` persons who have attained the rage of eighteen ears since the last preceding date of registration an on or before the next date set for registration by proc amation by the President, except such persons as are exempt rom registration hereunder, to re ° ter in the same manner and subject to the same requirements and§li3abi1ities as those R mu b an previously registered under the terms hereof: And provided further, ws °° ym ' hat in the case of temjirgary absence from actual place of legal residence of any person ble to registration as provided herem, such registration may be made by mail under regulations to be prescribedrply the President. * * * Sec. 6. at the President is hereby authorized to utilize the mg,*,,'§f”*}'f,'g,§§a,d°P§ service of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents of S¤1?M¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.¤¢¤- the United States and of the several States, Territories, and the Dis- °’ p' 8°‘ trict of Columbia, and subdivisions thereof in the execution of this Act, and all officers and agents of the United States and of the several States, Territories, and subdivisions thereof, and of the District of Dm com I Columbia, and all gprsons designated or aglpointed under regulations Y ' rescribed by the resident, whether suc appointments 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 required to perform such duty as the President shall order Aumdw E I or direct, and all such officers and agents and persons so designated ` or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them m the execution of this Act b the direction of the President. Correspondence in the execution of  Act may be carried in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the War Department. Any person °°°“’°° °°““‘“°°d‘ charged as herein provided with the duty of carrying into effect any of the revisions of this Act or the regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty, and any person charged with such duty or having and exercisingnany authority under said Act, regulations, or directions who shall owingly make or be a party to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physica examination, exemption, enlistment, enrollment, or muster; and any person who shall make or be a party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the fitness or liabilit of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of  Act, or regulations made by the President thereunder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the re uirements of this Act or of said regulations, or who, in any manner, shall fail or neglect fully to erform any duty rechuired of him in the execution of this Punishment Act, shall`, if not subject to mi tary law, be guilpy of a misdemeanor, ` and upon conviction in the district court of the nited States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished biy imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to military aw, shall be tried bglcourt-martial and suffer such lpunishment as a court-martial may ect. AND WHER AS, on the thirt5—first day of Au%st, one thousand "”"‘P‘ lg"' nine hundred and eighteen, the resident of the nited States did issue a Proclamation calling upon all persons subject to registration in the several States and in the District of Columbia to register as provided b the aforesaid Act of Congress: Am 1842 AND WDEREAS, in such Proclamation it was provided among 'p' ` other things that"A day or days for registration in the Territories o Alaska,Hawaii, and Porto Rico will be named in alater proclamation? O { be 26 mg dw Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the UnitedStates, rgsfteiisiaéyzer Legisfor the Rpurpose of fixing the date for re tration in the Territory of °°““€· Porto ico, do hereby set, fix, and estailléish Saturday, the 26th day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, as the day of