Legal Opinion
Ex parte Foley
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided June 25, 1917PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In the matter of Ivan Foley. Fx parte application by Mrs. Pearl Foley for a writ of habeas corpus against William A. Colston, Colonel of the First Kentucky Regiment of the National Guard.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, District Judge.
By the act of Congress entitled “An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1916, it was provided (section 58 [Comp. St. 1916, § 3044]) that:
“The National Guard shall consist of the regularly enlisted militia between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and of commissioned officers between the ages of twenty-one, and sixty-four years.”
It was further provided (section 69 [Comp. St. 1916, § 3044h'j) that:
“The period of enlistment in…
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