...Operation THE first step in putting into operation the select conscription law, officially known as " an act to authorize the President to increase temporarily...the military establishment of the United States," which was approved on May 18, 1917, was to register all male residents who had reached the age of 21...

...branches . . . George Lunge. London, 1917. 347p, 6x9. *074.L97. Vol.Is (57) Naval and Military Affairs 315 An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the USHR 3545 . . . April 28, 1917. US Congress. Wash., 1917. 31p, 7}x11. *6800.M623 316 Chicago Public...

...the title of the bill, "All persons selected as soldiers in the Army of the United States under the act entitled 'An act to authorize the President to...establishment of the United States,' " approved May 18, 1917. Mr. VOLSTEAD. Would it not be better to use general language? We may, in five or six weeks, have additional...

...guard reserve, recognized by the militia bureau 'of the war department; all forces raised under the act entitled "An act to authorize the president to...establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917; all officers and enlisted men of the navy, the marine corps, and the coast guard; all officers and...

...4. That the service of all persons selected by draft and all enlistments under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be for the period of the war, unless sooner terminated...

...4. That the service of all persons selected by draft and all enlistments under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be for the period of the war, unless sooner terminated...

...not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. That section eight of the act entitled "An act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be held and construed to authorize the President,...

...or performed any service in connection with the national draft in pursuance of the act of congress entitled "An act to authorize the president to increase...establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or any act supplemental thereto or amendatory thereof,...

...this Act and until the determination of the National emergency as set forth in the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase...military establishment of the United States," approved by President May 18, 1917, the pay of enlisted men of the National Guard and Naval Militia while in...

...DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN PURSUANCE OF AND FOR THE PURPOSE MENTIONED IN SECTION 2 OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS "TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO INCREASE TEMPORARILY...ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES'! APPROVED MAY 18, 1«7 The estimate] for cities of 30,000 and over are excluded from those for the counties In which...