Chapter 79. to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States.”May 20, 1918.[[S
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CHAP. 79.— Joint Resolution Providing for the registration for military service of all male persons citizens of the United States and all male persons residing in the United States who have, since the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and on or before the day set for the registration by proclamation by the President, attained the age of twenty-one years, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe under the terms of the Act 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 20, 1918.[[S.
J. Res. 124](/us/bill/65/sjres/124).][[Pub. Res., No. 30](/us/bill/65/pubres/30).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the present Army emergency increase.Persons attaining age of 21 since June 5, 1917, subject to registration.emergency all male persons, citizens of the United States and all male persons residing in the United States, who have, since the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and on or before the day set for the registration by proclamation by the President, attained *Ante*, p. 80.the age of twenty-one years, shall be subject to registration in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the President, and that upon proclamation by the President, stating the time and place of such registration, it shall be the duty of all such persons, except such persons as are exempt from registration under the Act of May eighteenth, Exceptions.*Ante*, p. 78.nineteen hundred and seventeen, and any Act or Acts amendatory thereof, to present themselves for and submit to registration under the provisions of said Act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and they shall be registered in the same manner and subject to the same requirements and liabilities as those 558*Proviso*.Names to be at bottom of the list.previously registered under the terms of said Act: *Provided*, That those persons registered under the provisions of this Act shall be placed at the bottom of the list of those liable for military service, in the several classes to which they are assigned, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe.
Sec. 2. Registration.Day to beset by proclamation.*Post*, p. 1781, 1834. That after the day set under section one hereof for the registration by proclamation by the President at such intervals as the President may from time to time proscribe, the President may require that all male persons, citizens of the United States and all male persons residing in the United States, who have attained the age of twenty-one years since the last preceding date of registration, and on or before the next day set for the registration by proclamation by the Persons exempted.President, except such persons as are exempt from registration under the Act of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and any Act or Acts amendatory thereof, shall be registered in the same manner and subject to the same requirements and liabilities as those previously*Proviso*.Exemption of divinity and medical students. registered under the terms of said Act: *Provided*, That students who are preparing for the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools, and students who are preparing for the practice of medicine and surgery in recognized medical schools, at the time of the approval of this Act shall be exempt from the selective draft prescribed in the Act of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Sec. 3. Registrants liable to military service and draft.*Ante*, p. 78. That ail such persons when registered shall be liable to military service and to draft under the terms of said Act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, under such regulations as the President may prescribe not inconsistent with the terms of said Act. Sec. 4. Provisions of former Act applicable. That all such persons shall be subject to the terms and provisions and liabilities of said Act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, in all respects as if they had been registered Personal notice inferred.under the terms of said Act, and every such person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of said Act and of this joint resolution upon the publication of any such proclamation by the President.
Approved, May 20, 1918.