...and for other purposes," approved the 20th April, 1918; (e.) An Act entitled " An Act to authorise the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved the 18th May, 1917, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto ; (/.) An Act entitled...

...$223,000,ooo for the support of the army for the regular fiscal year. We passed an act authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States — this was the act which authorized the selective draft of a million men — and there was a great...

...enlisted men continued in force:) Provided, That the provisions of section 10 of an act entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, in so far as it increases the pay of the enlisted men of the Army, be, and the...

...shall include the following persons * * * : * * * all forces raised under the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States", approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen; * * * and members of any other body who have...

...the War Department. II. And, under the authority conferred, upon nie by clause second of section one of the Act of Congress " to authorize the President...the military establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, I do hereby draft into the military service of the United States as of and from...

...the terms and provisions of section 5 of an Act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," and in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the President under said act and at the time and...

...in this case was July 10, 1917. Furthermore, the act of May 18, 1917, entitled "An act authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," called the Selective Draft Law, confers this authority on the President. He is thereby authorized,...

...orders: 1. 1. Under authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8 and 9 of the act of Congress ' ' Authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, and the act "Authorizing the President to coordinate or consolidate executive...

...Сотр. St. 1918, US Сотр. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 2019a, b, 2044a-2044k) entitled, "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," appellant, on June 5, 1917, at the city of Colfax, Wash., appeared before the registration board for...

...No. 79. Under the authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the act of Congress "authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, the President directs that for the period of the existing emergency there shall...