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Note And Comment, Henry M. Bates, Edwin C. Goddard, John R. Rood
Note And Comment, Henry M. Bates, Edwin C. Goddard, John R. Rood
Michigan Law Review
The National Army Act and the Administration of the "Draft" - In Aryer v. U. S., and five similar cases attacking the validity of the socalled National Army Act of May 18, 1917, Public Statutes, No. 12, 65th Congress, c. -, - Stat. -. ) the Supreme Court unanimously sustained the validity of the Act so far as attacked. The contention that compulsory military service as provided in the Act is contrary to our fundamental conception of the nature of citizenship, and that such compulsion is repugnant to a free government and in conflict with the guaranties of the Constitution …