...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 " An Act...

...$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...

...America in Con9ress assembled. That so much of sections seven and fourteen of the act entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, as impose restrictions upon enlistments in the Regular...

...corresponding grade in the Regular Army : Provided, That section 9 of an Act amending the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,' [tiuL.25.l approved May 18, 1917, apprjsVed August 31, 1918, shall also apply to the purchase of uniforms,...

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

...779. Piwjjoa TO correspond with , , Chanies of typical organizations authorIied' CHAP. 16. — An Act To authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States of America in Congress...

...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,...

...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...

...I. By virtue of authority contained in Section 4 of the Act approved May 18, 1917, entitled, "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," whereby it is provided — "And nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to require or compel...