vou vu
, 21 TO 30 YEARS
Washington.? The selective draft un
der which the new United States army
wIIF be raised wilt be i^Sed under
the following provision* o t the army
bill:
\ "That the enlisted men required to
raise and maintain tae organisations of
the regular army and to complete, and
miiiithdn the organizations embodying
the members of -the National Guard
drafted into the. service at the United
States, at the maximum legal strength
as by this act pgovtted, shall raised
by voluntary enlistment, or If and
whenever the president decides that
they cannot effectually be so raised or
mahttatoed, then by selective draft;
and all other forces hereby authorised
shall be raised and maintained bgr' se
lective draft exclusively ; but this pro
vision shall not prevent the transfer
to any force of training cadres frofe
other forces. ? : ? ----J
Ags Limits An Fixed
uSoch draft as herein provlde&gigu jj
be based upon liability to military seijr
lee of all male citizens or male person*!
not alien enemies who have declared
their intention to become dtlse*, be
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty year* both inclusive, and shall
take place and be maintained under
nsasedbsk m* l&wlrtsnt with "the
from military service are thus clesig-'
naied .by this provision of the MB:
\ "Tliat the vice president of thielj
United States, the otitcerg? legislative,
execatfve, and judk&l. of the Untted
States and of the several states, terri
tories, and the District of ?o!um&ia,
i regular or daly .itdained minister* of.
religion, jatodentv who at the time of
the approval of this act are "preparing
foe titer' ministry In recognized theologi
cal or divinity schools, and all
; persona in the naval service- of the!
United States shall be exempt from the
selective draft herein prescribed! C
"Nothing in tills act contained Aallf
be construed to require or compel an
other person to serve in any of the
forces herein provided for who is found'
to be a member, of any weQ-recogolfed
religions sect or organization: at pifea-!
ent organised Mid existing and whose
existing creed or piinciples forbid its
members to participate in war In any:
! form and whose religions convictions
are against ?w or p?rticipatio*;t&Bre
tn in accordance with the creed or
principles of said religions organisa
tion; bnt.no person so exempted shall
fee exempted from service in any ca-j
pa city that the president shall declare
. to be noncombatant
Certain Classes to Be Excused^ i
The president Is hereby authorised
to exclude or discharge from said se
lective draft and Iran the draft voder
the second paragraph of section 1 here
of, or to draft for partial military adv
ice only from those liable td draftjui
In this act provided, persons of the fol
lowing classes: County and municipal
officers, customhouse clerks, peisotts
employed by the United States ir. the
transmission of the mafia, artiilceraL
and workmen employed in the
armories, arsenals and navy yart ls of
the United Stages, and such other per
son a employed in the service of tfc>
United States as the president may
designate; pilots, mariners . actually
^employed In the sea. service of any
"*itixen or merchant within the United
States ; paeons engaged in industries,
Including agriculture, found to be nec
essary to-the maintenance af the
Nnllitary estthllahmen tr or the effec
tive operation of the military forces
or the maintenance of national Inter-'
est during thft emergency; those in a
I- status with respect to perseaj^degend
and an expression of to
government. Piwider^
sues the following state
press and people of tke a
P8PR9S
"to response to nrgen
extended' t0 the Secretary
commencement of tto Ui
affirm^modify
on of any local
tion to; mm
*wr?
ay, and
wlUbe
* more
In the regular arfry ?*d
luard follow:
te qualification* end condl
oluntary. enlistment aahere
l shall be the same as those
by existing law for enlist.
ie reeaI^fe* ^^ha!
listed m?r of the regular army, either
with their rant 4?.the retired^ or?
la higher enlisted grades, $nd such re
tired enlisted men shall receive the
full pay and allowanced of the grades
in which they are actively employed.'^
i^Provl alon for lncr^ase<! Pay.
The army pay Increases are set forth
lH the following provisions:
k.'>That aU officers ? and ' enl Isted jneb
respects on the same footing as to. pay,
allowances, and pensions as Officers
and enlisted men of corresponding
grades and length of serUroiir the reg
ular army; and commehcinff Jxuiel;
1CI7, and continuing until the termi
nation of the emergency, all enlisted
men of the army of the United, States
In active service whose base pay does
not exceed $24 per month shall receive
an increase of $10 per month; those
whose base pay is ?24, an increase of
$8 per month; tfiose whose bas&paylfi
or $40, an Incase of per
-month, and those whose base pay is
$45 or more, an!hcreaseof$5 per
month; provided that the Increases of
pay herein authorized Shall not enter
^ M ot ca~
hi Powers Broadened.
for the typlc^
brigades, divisions, or army corps of
the regular army, ami to'prescribe such
new and different organizations and
personnel fot ?tixy corps, divisions,
brigades, regiments, battalions, squad
Jjps, companies, troops, aud batter
In as the efficiency of the service may I
reanlre: orovlded farther that the]
and National Guard und.
*, <ind tor thd. conscript
^ ? .4 r'. ??
Ice of the United States who have been |
togduated from educational institu-.
tions at widen military Insti <*lon is
compulsory or^from ?os0 'Vho have
had honorable service In the regular
army, ?the Natioual Guard, or the vol
unteer forces .or ^m the counfif at
large; by assigning retired; officers of.
tlje regular army- to actfve duty with
such force with their rank 6jfiLtte re
tired l|st and the full pay aatf allow
ances of their grade ; or b# the appoint
ment of retired officers and enlisted
men, active or retired, of the regular
array as commissioned officers In such
10.? [Special.]?
OotBtandlng tea1
j _ - ? .
N1WTRAJN1NG ^ STATION W
-ailed" to Q?t In Flrat En.
WUI Be Given an Oppor
tunity to Mako Application In tha
New York? The full quota of 40,000
man# which the War Department ro
gueated tor fte oncers' training camj*)
throughout, the country, was recruiter
tfkfcin twenty flays alter the issuance
Of tha call, Capt. Arthur J?. C^fcy, Of;
tha Military Training Campa Assocla
tlon, announced here,
Tuesday, Captain Cosby *10, it 1? ex
pected -another aeries of .camp#rjdjlj
ba held, pWbly to Augt^W ^'l
Kr "if en who were eligible ' but v were
oot selected for the first camp will
Kve an opportunity to make applica
tion for this new camp," said Captain
Oosby. "It is not necessary fcwr -men
who con template "going to the Becond
camp to send in their applications
now, as due announcement will be
newspapers,:!
"We Wlir urge the War Depart***
In tha hands of a small commission,
poteibly of oneSman, the purchasing
power ci Tirtuafty Wery dollar of t&? ,;p
billions to be Joane^ the Allies by this
government and the additional buttons
whlohthey will spend in this country ^
out of tfiair own income, le in ptaceSs
otfqmtttetiidiL Draft of the proposed .
agreement has been jeft to Secretary
McAdoo.
^ ? ? . ; T .-,^1
Members T)f religious sects opposed
to wer.. J -? ?'?
Liable to Exemption:
-^County and buniclpal officers. :^3gg
Customhouse clerks, mail, em
ployees. ;? .
~s Employees of armories, arsenals and
navy yard^^p ,yr :!v :%&'?
Persoos engaged In Industries, in
cluding agriculture. ? # ffl
v: fThoi e supporting dependents.
The physically and morally deficient
Method for Draft: ? ;?
?5 Proclamation l>y. the president Jor rJ
registration.
immediate registration by thqfie ?f
draft age.
Selection from register of men for -
service. f ,
Dispatch of men /drafted to nearest ' ?
FrovUIon for Pay: '
fejftecoud-class private .'....$25 ?
first-class private .. ? St' ~ i