HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 85- Selective Service Registration Awareness Month June 1985
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PRO C LAM A T ION
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SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGISTRATION AWARENESS MONTH
JUNE 1985
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WHEREAS, the continuation of the program for peacetime registration for
the Selective Service System contributes to National readiness
by reducing up to two months the time required for full defense
mobilization; and
WHEREAS, the registration program is an important signal to our allies and
to our potential adversaries of the dedication of the United
States to protect and preserve our freedom both at home and
abroad; and
WHEREAS, over one million United States citizens have sacrificed their
lives in military service to protect the rights and freedom of
all Americans and registration for Selective Service is an inte-
gral part of current preparedness to preserve these rights and
freedoms in the future; and
WHEREAS, nationwide over 14 million men, representing 96 percent of poten-
tial registrants; and
WHEREAS, 50,100 young Montana men representing 98.4 percent have regis-
tered with the Selective Service System since the resumption of
registration and by so registering have enhanced United States
National defense preparedness; and
WHEREAS, approximately 8,200 Montana men attain their eighteenth birthday
annually and informing each of them of their obligation to
register with Selective Service is a continuous, ongoing effort;
and
WHEREAS, the Selective Service System has been tasked with assisting in
the process of improving our readiness posture by calling upon
eighteen year old male citize~s to identify themselves by simply
registering their name, address, date of birth, and social
security number with that System by spending five minutes at a
Post Office within thirty days of their eighteenth birthday; and
WHEREAS, there is no penalty for registering after the required time, but
there is a severe penalty for failure to register;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kenneth L. Weaver, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do
hereby proclaim the month of June 1985 as
SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGISTRATION AWARENESS MONTH
in Bozeman and do urge all the young men in our area to express pride in
their country and belief in its rights and freedoms by registering with
the Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective
Service Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of the
S 1 City of Bozeman, in the State of Montana,
ea to be affixed at Bozeman, Montana, this
28th day of May, in the year of Our Lord,
One T~~ Nine Hundred and Eighty-Five.