IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen [SEAL.] and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-first. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. May 23, 1917. Preamble. Declaration of rules for regulating Panama Canal and maintenance of its neutrality. WHEREAS the United States exercises sovereignty in the land Panama Canal. and waters of the Canal Zone and is responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance, and protection of the Panama Canal: NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim the following Rules and Regulations for the regulation, management and Vol. 39, p. 2039. protection of the Panama Canal and the Maintenance of its Neu- Executive trality which are in addition to the general "Rules and Regulations No. 1990. for the Operation and Navigation of the Panama Canal and Approaches Thereto, including all Waters under its jurisdiction" put into force by Executive Order of July 9, 1914. Orders, Vessels of war de Rule 1. A vessel of war, for the purposes of these rules, is defined fined. as a public armed vessel, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the government, whose name appears on the list of officers of the military fleet, and the crew of which are under regular naval discipline, which vessel is qualified by its armament and the character of its personnel to take offensive action against the public or private ships of the enemy. fined. Rule 2. An auxiliary vessel, for the purposes of these rules, is de- Auxiliary vessels defined as any vessel, belligerent or neutral, armed or unarmed, which does not fall under the definition of Rule 1, which is employed as a transport or fleet auxiliary or in any other way for the direct purpose of prosecuting or aiding hostilities, whether by land or sea; but a vessel fitted up and used exclusively as a hospital ship is excepted. Rule 3. A vessel of war or an auxiliary vessel of a belligerent, other than the United States, shall only be permitted to pass through the Canal after her commanding officer has given written assurance to the Authorities of the Panama Canal that the Rules and Regulations will be faithfully observed. Permits governing passage through the Canal by other than United States vessels. The authorities of the Panama Canal shall take such steps as may Auxiliary vessels. be requisite to insure the observance of the Rules and Regulations by auxiliary vessels which are not commanded by an officer of the military fleet. ualing, taking stores, Rule 4. Vessels of war or auxiliary vessels of a belligerent, other Restriction on revictthan the United States, shall not revictual nor take any stores in the etc. Canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the Canal shall be effected with the least possible delay in accordance with the Canal Regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service. Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same Rules as vessels of war of a belligerent. Rule 5. No vessel of war or auxiliary vessel of a belligerent, other than the United States, shall receive fuel or lubricants while within the Prizes. Issue of fuel or lubri cants. Declaration required. Restriction on taking supplies. Prohibition as landing troops, etc. to Regulation of vessels of belligerents in territorial waters. Restriction on presence of war vessels in territorial waters. Repairs of vessels in distress. Radio telegraph limitations. Exclusion of air craft other than of United States. Territory included. the Restriction on use of territorial waters by territorial waters of the Canal Zone, except on the written authorization of the Canal Authorities, specifying the amount of fuel and lubricants which may be received. Rule 6. Before issuing any authorization for the receipt of fuel and lubricants by any vessel of war or auxiliary vessel of a belligerent, other than the United States, the Canal Authorities shall obtain a written declaration, duly signed by the officer commanding such vessel, stating the amount of fuel and lubricants already on board. Rule 7. Fuel and lubricants may be taken on board vessels of war or auxiliary vessels of a belligerent, other than the United States, only upon permission of the Canal Authorities, and then only in such amounts as will enable them, with the fuel and lubricants already on board, to reach the nearest accessible port, not an enemy port, at which they can obtain supplies necessary for the continuation of the voyage. Provisions furnished by contractors may be supplied only upon permission of the Canal Authorities, and then only in amount sufficient to bring up their supplies to the peace standard. Rule 8. No belligerent, other than the United States, shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the Canal, except in case of necessity due to accidental hindrance of the transit. In such cases the Canal Authorities shall be the judge of the necessity, and the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. Rule 9. Vessels of war or auxiliary vessels of a belligerent, other than the United States, shall not remain in the territorial waters of the Canal Zone under the jurisdiction of the United States longer than twenty-four hours at any one time, except in case of distress; and in such case, shall depart as soon as possible. Rule 10. In the exercise of the exclusive right of the United States to provide for the regulation and management of the Canal, and in order to ensure that the Canal shall be kept free and open on terms of entire equality to vessels of commerce and of war, there shall not be, except by special arrangement, at any one time a greater number of vessels of war of any one nation, other than the United States, including those of the allies of such nation, than three in either terminal port and its adjacent terminal waters, or than three in transit through the Canal; nor shall the total number of such vessels, at any one time, exceed six in all the territorial waters of the Canal Zone under the jurisdiction of the United States. Rule 11. The repair facilities and docks belonging to the United States and administered by the Canal Authorities shall not be used by a vessel of war or an auxiliary vessel of a belligerent, other than the United States, except when necessary in case of actual distress, and then only upon the order of the Canal Authorities, and only to the degree necessary to render the vessel sea-worthy. Any work authorized shall be done with the least possible delay. Rule 12. The radio installation of any public or private vessel or of any auxiliary vessel of a belligerent, other than the United States, shall be used only in connection with Canal business to the exclusion of all other business while within the waters of the Canal Zone, including the waters of Colon and Panama Harbors. Rule 13. Air craft, public or private, of a belligerent, other than the United States, are forbidden to descend or arise within the jurisdiction of the United States at the Canal Zone, or to pass through the air spaces above the lands and waters within said jurisdiction. Rule 14. For the purpose of these rules the Canal Zone includes the cities of Panama and Colon and the harbors adjacent to the said cities. Rule 15. In the interest of the protection of the Canal while the vessels of enemies of United States is a belligerent no vessel of war, auxiliary vessel, or the United States. private vessel of an enemy of the United States or an ally of such enemy shall be allowed to use the Panama Canal nor the territorial waters of the Canal Zone for any purpose, save with the consent of the Canal authorities and subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of May By the President: ROBERT LANSING, BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. WHEREAS, the laws of the German Empire provide that letters Patents in Germany patent granted or issued to citizens of other countries shall lapse unless certain taxes, annuities or fees are paid within stated periods; AND WHEREAS, the interests of the citizens of the United States in such letters patent are of great value, so that it is important that such payments should be made in order to preserve their rights; Citizens permitted to NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United pay fees to Germany on States of America, by virtue of the powers vested in me as such, hereby patents issued thereby. declare and proclaim that citizens of the United States owning letters patent granted or issued by the German Empire are hereby authorized and permitted to make payment of any tax, annuity or fee which may be required by the laws of the German Empire for the preservation of their rights in such letters patent. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington, this 24th day of May, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-first. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. May 26, 1917. Registration for Mili- tary Service. Ante, p. 20. WHEREAS the President, in a proclamation issued on the 18th day of May, 1917, set apart the 5th day of June, 1917, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. for the registration of all male persons between the ages of twenty-one and thirty, both inclusive, who may be subject to registration in accordance with the Act of Congress Public Laws, p. 80. approved May 18, 1917, authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States: persons against leaving the NOW THEREFORE I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United Warning States of America do hereby give warning that all persons subject to country to avoid regisregistration under the provisions of the said Act of Congress and the tration. Punishment. proclamation of the President who withdraw from the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of evading said registration, expose themselves upon their return to the jurisdiction of the United States, to prosecution for such evasion of registration pursuant to Section 5 Public Laws, p. 80. of the Act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, which enacts that "Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to present himself for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in a district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be duly registered." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-first. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON June 12, 1917. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS an Executive Order dated January twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, excluded certain therein described lands, within the State of Colorado, from the Pike National Forest; and WHEREAS it appears that certain lands immediately heretofore embraced in the Pike National Forest, within the State of Colorado, should be transferred to and made a part of the Colorado National Forest, Colorado; Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of the Pike National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof; and that this proclamation and that changing the boundaries of the Colorado National Forest, which I have also signed this same day, are made and are intended to be and shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 12th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-first. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON. |