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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1887 I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this fourth da of November in the year of our Lord, One thousand Nine Hundred and [san,.] Eighteen and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-third. Woomzow Wneox By the President, · Ronmvr Larzsmo, · _ Secretary of State. BY run Pnrzsrnmzr or run UNITED Srarns or Aunmca. N¤v¢¤1b•r1. 1918. A PROCLAMATION. · WHEREAS, by section one hundred and eleven of an Act of Con- V Cem M11- gress entitled "An Act for makinlg further and more effectual ro- l iZ°m°"d' vision for the national defense, an for other purposes ", approved) by V°l‘°°· P' m the President on the third day of June, nineteen hundred and sixteen, it is provided that when Co ress shall have authorized the use of the armed land forces of the §nited States, for an purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Kung, the President may draft into the military service of the United tates, to serve therein for the period of the war unless sooner discharged, any or all members of the National Guard; and WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to authorize ”‘“· P· ’°~ the President to increase texgporarily the military establishment of the United States", aplprov by the President on the eighteenth day of May, nineteen undred and seventeen, it is provided "that in view of the existing emergency, which demands the raising of troo s in addition to those now available the President be, and he is hereliy, authorized * * * to draft into the military service of V°*·3°·P·’”· the Lnited States, organize, and officer, in accordance with the pro— visions of section one hundred and eleven of said national defense act * * * ang; or all members of the National Guard and of the National Guard eserves, and said members so drafted into the military service of the United States shall serve therein for the period of the existgrg emergency, unless sooner discharged" ; NOW, T REF RE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the ,¤fo°:gg§;;’”§§}&“ United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon ` me by the said Acts of Congress, do hereby draft into the military service of the United States, to serve therein for the period of the existing emergency unless sooner discharged, as of and from the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, all members of the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Com ianies, Coast Artillerv, National Guard, Virginia. Ali persons hereby drafted shall on and from the seventh da of m§°L°,§§§§c$°{’gm_j}§;f’; November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, stand discharged fliom regulations. the militia, and. in accordance with the provisions of said Act of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall on and from said date be subject to the laws and regulations governing the Regular Army. · The members of each com an hereby drafted into the military s0§,$;Yf’““°“ °‘ P"` service of the United States glially be embodied in organizations cor- mi§§.§é¤;,*¤¤¤*°*°°¤· responding to those of the Regular Army. The officers of said organizations who are drafted and whose offices are provided for in like organizations of the Regular Army are hereby appointed officers in the Army of the United States in the arm and in the grades in