This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Legislation. An act of Congress embodying the correct principles will be necessary to put a sound scheme of National Defense (or any other scheme) into operation. It might take the following form: Be it enacted, etc. All able-bodied male citizens of the 1 Enrollment United States, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Legislation. An act of Congress embodying the correct principles will be necessary to put a sound scheme of National Defense (or any other scheme) into operation. It might take the following form: Be it enacted, etc. All able-bodied male citizens of the 1 Enrollment United States, and all foreign born persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, between the ages of 18 and 45 years of age, shall be enrolled as liable to military service for the National Defense. It shall be the duty of every citizen liable under the foregoing article to render a personal report on such form as may be prescribed by the President on the first of January each year, and failure to render such report shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more that five thousand dollars. Jurisdiction over this offense is hereby expressly conferred upon any general court-martial before which may be arraigned any person duly charged with this offense, according to the regular methods of military procedure. In case of failure or inability to pay said fine the reviewing authority is empowered to commute said fine into military service, one year for each one hundred dollars of the fine, in addition to any other military service due from the delinquent and not subject to any exemption, to be counted as drafted service. For the purpose of this enrollment, the whole territory of the United States shall be divided into divisions, as hereinafter prescribed, and the reports shall be kept in the form of a card indexed card record, to be kept in such form as may be prescribed by the President, as part of the military records of the United States. For the purpose of keeping these records the services of men who are...
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