Selective Service Regulations Prescribed by the President: Under the Authority Vested in Him by the Terms of the Selective Service Law (act of Congress Approved May 18, 1917, with Supplementary and Amendatory Acts and Resolution).

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - Draft - 420 pages

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Page 381 - ... to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 373 - Any alien of the age of twenty-one years and upward who has enlisted or may enlist in the United States Navy SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS.
Page 362 - In any action or proceeding commenced in any court, if there shall be a default of any appearance by the defendant, the plaintiff, before entering judgment shall file in the court an affidavit setting forth facts showing that the defendant is not in military service. If unable to file such affidavit plaintiff shall in lieu thereof file an affidavit setting forth either that the defendant is in the military service or that plaintiff is not able to determine whether or not defendant is in such service.
Page 369 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States...
Page 373 - It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that immediately preceding the date of his application he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least...
Page 355 - President shall order or direct, and all such officers and agents and persons so designated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of this Act by the direction of the President.
Page 287 - ... and shall have, for the purpose of such investigation, power to summon witnesses and examine them upon oath or affirmation, to receive depositions or other documentary evidence, and to assess the damages sustained against the responsible parties. The assessment of damages made by such board...
Page 388 - That in order to give to every commissioned officer and enlisted man and to every member of the Army Nurse Corps (female) and of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) when employed in active service under the War Department or Navy Department...
Page 386 - If he has a mother or father, either or both dependent on him for support, then in addition to the above amounts, $10 for...
Page 367 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.

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