Proclamation 1370—Conscription
05/17/1917
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It is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the people of those islands by granting them the independence ...
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of Columbi...
I return herewith, without my approval, House joint resolution No. 440.
It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six