...the United States' declaration of war against Germany on April 6th, 1917, Congress had passed "An Act to Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily...Military Establishment of the United States." The law was approved May 18th. It ordered the immediate creation of the five years' increment to the Regular...

...his orders in relation thereto : 2. Under authority granted in section 1, of the act of Congress " to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, the President directs that the Cantonment Division of the Quartermaster Corps...

...124 US 194, 8 Sup. Ct. 456, 31 L. Ed. 386. [2] The Conscription or Selective Draft Law, being the act "to authorize the President to increase temporarily...the military establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, "in view of the existing emergency, which demands the raising of troops in addition...

...approved May 18, 1917 (40 Stat. 76), known as the selective service act, which is entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," and authorized the President to raise additional forces of the kind and in the manner therein set out....

...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 temporarily the military establishment of the United States," and it provided, among other things, that "the President be, and he is hereby, authorized ... to draft...

...military forces detailed for service abroad ; and all forces raised under the act entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department, in addition to administering...

...has already received one month's pay under the provisions of section 9 of the act entitled, 'An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States,' approved May 18, 1917; or (3) to -'any person who is entitled to retired pay; or (4) to the heirs or...

...transportation of the records pertaining to the draft under the act of May 18, 1917, entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," including the employment of the necessary clerical and other help for duty in the office of The Adjutant...

...under the terms of the act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled 'An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,' " approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, whether called for service or not; and diplomatic...

...approved May 18, 1917 (40 Stat. 76). known as the selective service act, which is entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States," and authorized the President to raise additional forces of the kind and in the manner therein set out....