Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — JUNE 5 IS REGISTRY DAY FOR THE ARMY [ARTICLE]

JUNE 5 IS REGISTRY DAY FOR THE ARMY

All Men Between 21 and 30 Inclusive Must Appear and Register— Heavy Penalty. Washington, D. C., May 18.—. President Wilson tonight issued the proclamation putting in effect the selective draft army service provided by the bill passed by congress and signed by the president today. The proclamation orders the reentry of all men in the United States who have passed tlheir twenty-first birthday but who have not passed their thirty-first birthday. The registration must be made in the election registration place for the precinct in whidh the man is a permanent resident The day of registration is Tuesday, June 5. The only men who need not appear are those who already are in the military service of the nation, either in the regular army, the navy, the federal militia ar naval militia, or in the officers’ reserve corps. The law says: “Every such person .shall requirements of this act upon the publication of said proclamation or other notice as aforesaid given by the (president or by his (Erection; and any 'person who shall wilfully fail or refuse to present 'himself for ragistration or to submit thereto as herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in ■the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be dully registered, provided that in the call of the docket precedence shall Ise given in courts trying the same to the trial of criminal proceedings under this act.” The law further provides ‘'that persons shall be subject to registration, as herein provided, who shall have attained .their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday an .or before the d'ay set for the registration, and all persons so registered shall be land rc main subject to draft into the forces hereby authorized, unless exempted or excused therefrom as in this act provided. Provided further, that in the case of temporary absence from actual place of residence of any person liable to registration as provided herein, such registration may be made lay mail under regulations to be prescribed by the president” Everyone between the ages specified above, whether he is njarried or single, should be sure and register at •lis regular registration place.