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World
War I Draft Registration
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On
18 May 1917 the Selective Service
Act was passed, six weeks after the
United States officially entered World
War I (on 6 April 1917), which authorized
the president to increase the military
establishment
of the
United States.
As a result, every male living within
the United States between the ages
of eighteen
and forty-five was required to register
for the draft.
Young
men were required to register for
the draft
regardless of their U.S. citizenship
status. Not all the men
who registered as a part of the
civilian registration served
in the armed forces, and there were
some
who
served
in the war but did not register for
the draft.
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Registration
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| The World War I draft consisted of three
separate registrations.
First
Registration. The registration on
5 June 1917, was for men aged twenty-one
to thirty-one—men born between
6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896. The cards
from this first registration contain
the following information: name, age,
address, date and place of birth, citizenship
status, employer’s name and address,
dependent information, marital status,
race, military service, and physical
appearance.
Second Registration. The registration
on 5 June 1918, was for men who had
turned twenty-one years of age since
the previous registration—men
born between 6 June 1896 and 5 June
1897. Men who had not previously
registered and were not already in
the military
also registered. In addition, a supplemental
registration on 24 August 1918, was
for men who turned twenty-one years
of age since 5 June 1918. The cards
for this registration contain the
following information: name, age,
address, date and place of birth,
father’s birthplace, citizenship
status, occupation, employer’s
name and address, dependent information,
name and address of nearest relative,
and physical appearance.
Third Registration. The registration
on 12 Sept 1918, was for men aged
eighteen to twenty-one and thirty-one
to forty-five—men
born between 11 Sept 1872 and 12
Sept 1900. The cards from this
registration contain the following
information: name, address, age,
date of birth, race, citizenship
status, occupation, employer's
name and address, name and address
of nearest relative, and physical
appearance.
The complete registration
included men between the ages of
18 and 45—males
born between 1873 and 1900—who
were not already in the military.
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