Chapter 76. to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States.” May 16, 1918.[[S
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CHAP. 76.— Joint Resolution Providing for the calling into military service of certain classes of persons registered and liable for military service under the terms of the Act of Congress approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States.” May 16, 1918.[[S. J. Res. 123](/us/bill/65/sjres/123).][[Pub. Res., No. 29](/us/bill/65/pubres/29).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Army emergency increase.
That if under any regulations heretofore or hereafter prescribed by the President persons*Ante*, p. 76. registered and liable for military service under the terms of the Act of Congress approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled “An ActSelective draft. to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” are placed in classes for the purpose of determining their relative liability forImmediate call tor quota of registrants in a class. military service, no provision of said Act shall prevent the President from calling for immediate military service under regulations heretofore or hereafter prescribed by the President all or part of the persons in any class or classes except those exempt from draft under the provisions of said Act, in proportion to the total number of persons placed in such class or classes in the various subdivisions of the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia designated by the PresidentSkilled experts, however classified. under the terms of said Act; or from calling into immediate military service persons classed as skilled experts in industry or agriculture, however classified or wherever residing.
Approved, May 16, 1918.