...citizen, or subject of any nation with which the United States may be at war." The selective draft act was entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase...military establishment of the United States," and it provided, among other things, that "the President be, and he is hereby, authorized ... to draft...

...that we have of any of the war statutes. Mr. THOMPSON. Subsection (e) at line 5, page 3, says: An act entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase...the Military Establishment of the United States." approved May 18. 1917, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. How many under that? Mr. CREIGHTON....

...1918 ) CHANGES IN DRAFT AGE. Be it enacted, etc., that the second sentence of section 2 of the act entitled "An act to authorize the president to increase temporarily the military establishment ol the United States," approved May 18, 1917, as amended, be. and is hereby, amended to read as follows:...

...1996, 1997, or 1998 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, or under section 2 of the act entitled "An act authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, as amended, or under law amendatory of, supplementary to, or in substitution...

...H1STOR1CAL NOTE This is a proviso to the second sentence of B. 2, act of May 18, 1917, cited to the text, entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military estahlishment of the United States", as amended hy s. 4, act of July 9, 1918, cited, entitled "An Act...

...effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, and the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase...temporarily the Military Establishment of the United Staes," approved May 18, 1917, and who served during the period from April 6, 1917, to July 2, 1921,...

...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to Authorize the President to Increase...the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917 be amended as follows : In Section two, page three, line twelve after the word...

...incurred in line of duty. The next enactment on the subject of provisional officers is contained in an act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment, Public, No. 12, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session (40 US Stat., pt. 1, ch. 15, p. 76), act of May...

...incurred in line of duty. The next enactment on the subject of provisional officers is contained in an act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment, Public, No. 12, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session (40 US Stat., pt. 1, ch. 15, p. 76), act of May...

...Act of June 10, 1922: Provided further, That section 9 of the Act entitled 'An Act amending the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase...the Military Establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917,' approved August 31, 1918, shall also apply to the purchase of uniforms, accouterments,...