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 General Orders, 1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 No. 170. Washington, December 31, 1917. 
 
 The following proclamation by the President is published t<> 
 the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 [EXISTENCE OF WAR — AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.] 
 
 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
 AMERICA, 
 
 A PROCLAMATION. 
 
 Whereas the Congress of the United States in the exercise of 
 the constitutional authority vested in them have resolved, by 
 joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives 
 bearing date of December 7th, 1917, as follows: 
 
 Whereas the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian govern- 
 ment has committed repeated acts of war against the Government 
 and the people of the United States of America : Therefore be it 
 
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
 United States of America in Congress assembled. That a state of 
 war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of 
 America and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Govern- 
 ment ; and that the President be. and he is hereby, authorized 
 and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of 
 the United States and the resources of the Government to carry 
 on war against the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Gov- 
 ernment; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all 
 the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress 
 of the United States. 
 
 Whereas, by sections lour thousand and sixty-seven four thou- 
 sand and sixty-eight, four thousand and sixty-nine, and four 
 thousand and seventy, of the Revised Statutes, provision is made 
 relative to natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of a hostile 
 nation or government, being males of the age of fourteen years 
 and upwards, who shall be in the United States and not actually 
 naturalized ; 
 
 Now, therefore, I, Wood row Wilson, President of the United 
 States of America, do hereby proclaim to all whom it may con- 
 cern that a state of war exists between the United States and 
 the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government ; and I 
 do specially direct all officers, civil or military, of the United 
 States that they exercise vigilance and zeal in the discharge of 
 the duties incident to such a state of war; and I do. moreover, 
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 earnestly appeal to all American citizens that they, in loyal devo- 
 tion to their country, dedicated from its foundation to the prin- 
 ciples of liberty and justice, uphold the laws of the land, and 
 give undivided and willing support to those measures which 
 may he adopted by the constitutional authorities in prosecuting 
 the war to a successful issue and in obtaining a secure and just 
 peace ; 
 
 And, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested In 
 me by the Constitution of the United States and the aforesaid 
 sections of the Revised Statutes, I do hereby further proclaim 
 and direct that the conduct to be observed on the part of the 
 United States towards all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects 
 of Austria-Hungary, being males of the age of fourteen years 
 and upwards, who shall be within the United States and not 
 actually naturalized, shall be as follows: 
 
 All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Austria-Hungary, 
 being males of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within 
 the United States and not actually naturalized, are enjoined to 
 preserve the peace towards the United States and to refrain from 
 crime against the public safety, and from violating the laws of 
 the United States and of the States and Territories thereof, and 
 to refrain from actual hostility or giving information, aid, or 
 comfort to the enemies of the United States, and to comply 
 strictly with the regulations which are hereby or which may be 
 from time to time promulgated by the President; and so long 
 as they shall conduct themselves in accordance with law they 
 shall be undisturbed in the peaceful pursuit of their lives and 
 occupations and be accorded the consideration due to all peace- 
 ful and law-abiding persons, except so far as restrictions may 
 be necessary for their own protection and for the safety of the 
 United States; and towards such of said persons as conduct 
 themselves in accordance with law all citizens of the United 
 States are enjoined to preserve the peace and to treat them with 
 all such friendliness as may be compatible with loyalty and 
 allegiance to the United States. 
 
 And all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Austria- 
 Hungary, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, 
 who shall be within the United States and not actually natural- 
 ized, who fail to conduct themselves as so enjoined, In addition to 
 all other penalties prescribed by law, shall be liable to restraint, 
 or to give security, or to remove and depart from the United 
 States In the manner prescribed by sections four thousand and 
 sixty-nine and four thousand and seventy of the Revised Stat- 
 
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 utes, and as prescribed In regulations duly promulgated by the 
 President. 
 
 And pursuant to the authority vested in me, I hereby declare 
 and establish the following regulations, which I find necessary 
 in the premises and for the public safety : 
 
 (1) No native, citizen, denizen, or subject of Austria-Hun- 
 gary, being a male of the age of fourteen years and upwards 
 and not actually naturalized, shall uepart from the United States 
 until he shall have received such permit as the President shall 
 prescribe, or except under order of a court, judge, or justice, 
 under sections 4069 and 4070 of the Revised Statutes ; 
 
 (2) No such person shall land in or enter the United States, 
 except under such restrictions and at such places as the Presi- 
 dent may prescribe ; 
 
 (3) Every such person of whom there may be reasonable 
 cause to believe that he is aiding or about to aid the enemy, or 
 who may be at large to the danger of the public peace or safety, 
 or who violates or attempts to violate, or of whom there is 
 reasonable ground to believe that he is about to violate any regu- 
 lation duly promulgated by the President, or any criminal law 
 of the United States, or of the States or Territories thereof, 
 will be subject to summary arrest by the United States Marshal, 
 or his deputy, or such other officer as the President shall desig- 
 nate, and to confinement in such penitentiary, prison, jail, 
 military camp, or other place of detention as may be directed 
 by the President. 
 
 This proclamation and the regulations herein contained shall 
 extend and apply to all land and water, continental or insular, 
 in any way within the jurisdiction of the United States. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 
 the seal of the United States to be affixed. 
 
 Done in the District of Columbia this eleventh day of De- 
 cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- 
 dred and seventeen, and • v f the independence of the United 
 States the one hundred and forty-second. 
 
 [SEAL.l WOODKOW WlLSON. 
 
 By the President: 
 Robert Lansing, 
 
 Secretari/ of State. 
 [3S2.2, A. G. O.] 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 TASKEIl H. BLISS. 
 General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 Official : 
 
 h. p. McCain, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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