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1840 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior, during the period of the existing war, to sell and dispose of surplus coal taken from the mine now being operated by the Alaskan Railroad Commission, for su plying domestic and other local needs in the Territoriy. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set may hand an caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ Done m the District of Columbia this 2'{th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and forty-third. W W oonnow ILSON By the President, Ronnnr Llusme, Secrcmry 4y'Sta1c.

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A PROCLAMATION. ¤.‘§m“‘“'°"°‘°‘* wnnnms congress has mesa me the President he, on the §’;j¤;'9,;,_ thu·ty—iirst day of ugust, one thousand nme hundred and eighteen, ’ approved an Act amending the Act approved May eighteen, one · ousand nme hundred and seventeen.

 WHEREAS said Act, as amended, contains the following

4 H . provisions: ¤¢ili.°m°W Sec. 5. That all male rsons between the ages of hteen and Am W . . 8%** . . . . P18 ,m;Pg°m;m bg forty-five, both mclusive, be sub] act to registration in accordance ¤v•¤¤»¢¤¤¤u8¤¤<w5. regrplations to be prescribed by the President, and upon proclamation y the President or other public notice given by him or b _ his direction statip-lg the time or times and place or places of an such E registration, it sh be_the duty of all persons of the designated, ages 1°°°°¤° ‘ except officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army ; officers and enlisted men of the National Guard while in the service of the United States; officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and enlisted men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps while in the service of the United States; officers and enlisted men of the Nalwqy and Marine Corps; officers and enlisted and enrolled men of the aval Reserve Force and Marine Corps Reserve while m the S8fVlCB·0f the United States; officers commissioned in the Army of the United States under the provisions of this Act; persons who, prior to any day set for registration by the _m¢,p_ wh President erenmder, have registered under the terms of this Act or under the terms_of the resolution entitled "Jo1nt resolution providin for the registration for mihtary service of all male persons citizens ol tlip fignited _States and all male Jpersons residing in the United States W .1* ;‘:.;2:ii;·;;*1%.§‘s§;‘*n°% “m=**:€*;**·ma“¤d¤¤? an o _ _ se or eregisraion f thehlhesildenfz, attgined the age of twentyyone yegrgniii Bargdoifdliincb Et tzuc rufe:hanAregulations as the President may prescribe under .1,% a$‘§‘§r.§m eititli‘?.‘l‘§I`.¥ci‘l$‘l.t’Lt%‘gh‘°€1?‘1i¤.’“%°‘°€‘€0*"““’°d _ , _ _ nze e esi en in temporarilyi the Military Establishment of the United Stattleislgf approved ay_ twentieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, whether c ed for service or not; and diplomatic representatives, technical attaches of foreign embassies and legations, eonsuls general, consuls, vice consuls, an consular agents of oreign countries, residing in the United States, who are not citizens of the United States, to present themselves for and submit to registration under the provisions of this Act,_ and every su_ch person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this Act upon the publication of any such proclama-