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PROCLAMZATIONS, 1918i 179] That those ersons regis' tered under the rovisions of this Act N=*¤*°§*¤ be at Mr shall be placgd at the bottom of the list of those liable for military tom OHM service in the several classes to which they are assigned, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe. Sec. 2. That a ter the day set under section one hereof for- the i,,{,’§;,§'i,,f,“fi,,‘§,€ s°* by registration by proclamation by the President at such intervals as the President may from timeito time prescribe, the President may require that all male ons, citizens of the United States, _ an all male persons 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 P°”°“‘ °‘°“"*· registration by Proclamation by the , President, except such persons as are exempt from registration under the Act of May i eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and any Act or Acts amendatorythereof, shall be registered in the same manner and subjlect to the same re%uirements and liabilities as those Siiideiiiii ii diviiiiiy piipvious Cy registered under the terms of said Act: PROVIDED, ¤·¤d¤=¤<1i¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤-—· at stu ents who are preparing for the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools, and students who-arempreparin for the practice of medicine and surge in recogrgrilz medical schools, at the time of the approval of Act s be iexcm t from the selective draft prescribed in the Act of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. . . .. Re is Hm to Sec. 3. Thatall such persons when registered shall be liable to maxmy se-vac ind military service and to draft under the terms of sa.idAct a proved ‘”“"’· May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seve¤i¤B¤11s·vJ1<lli->r,¢such — regulations as the President may prescribe nntiinoonsistent with th.S' tv€IlHIS of SB»id Act. ‘ _ > rg · Forma: Act appli} Sec. 4. That all such persons shall be subjecgtto the terms and me provisions and liabilities of said Act lalpproved May eighteenth nineteen hundred and seventeen, in reirects as if they had been registered under the terms of said ct, 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 vproclamation by the President. Am 80 AND HEREAS the act of Congress approved Ma eighteenth, ’p' ` one thousand nine hundred and seventeen entitled Win act to authorize the President to increase temporariiy the Military Establishment of the United States", contains the fo owing provisions: Pumshmm M mi Sec. 5. * * * And any person who s all wilfulliy fail or ummmaw. refuse to present himself for registration 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 ear, and shall thereupon be duldy registered: PRO- VIDED, 'lhat in the call of the docket aprece ence shall be given, in courts trying the same, to the tr·i of criminal proceedings UDd€I` this 8%- * * * uzarssucneraepare Sec. 6. That the President is hereby authorized to utilize the ggési mFi¢d,¤¤:gc ¤¤¤ service of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents ’ ` of the United States and of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and subdivisions thereof, in the execution of this act, and all officers and agents of the United States and of the several States, Territories, and subdivisions thereof, Dutywmpum_y_ and of the District of Columbia, and all persons designated or appointed under regulations prescribed by the President whether such appointments are made by the President himself or by the governor or other officer of any State or Territory to(perform any duty in the execution of this act are hereby reqrure to per- _ form such duty as the President shall order or direct, and all such ·*"“’°'“’°°“‘°””‘*·