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From: Janice <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] When required to register for draft?
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 08:52:56 -0500
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Hi Anderson/Listers,

Seems two selective service laws operated as manhood conscription. The
first of these took men between the ages of 21 & 31 years inclusive. 5 June
1917, was fixed as registration day. The total # enrolled was 9,586,508.
The first selective army drawn from the # was 625,000 men.

The second selective service legislation embraced all citizens between the
ages of 18 & 45 inclusive, not included in the first draft. Over 13,000,000
enrolled on 12 September 1918. The grand total of registrants in both
drafts was 23,456,021. Youths who had not completed their 19th year were
set apart in a group to be called last, & men between 36 & 45 years were
also put in a deferred class.

The government's plan was to have approximately 5,000,000 men under arms
before the summer of 1919. The German armistice on 11th November, 1918
found 4,000,000 men actually under arms & an assisnment of 250,000 made to
the training camps.


Hope this helps,
Janice
USA
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From: "Anderson" <>
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Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 4:24 AM
Subject: [WW1] When required to register for draft?


>I have a copy of the draft registration card of a man, age 33, married, no
>children, native born citizen of the US, reportedly a continuous inhabitant
>of this country, who registered for the draft on 9 Oct 1918.
>
> Didn't the law require registration earlier than that? Or were married
> men not required to register during the earlier part of U.S. involvement
> in WWI?
>
> Andy
>
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