Show Selective Service Law Brought Out 24 Million THE r first selective service or 1 draft law of the World war was passed May 18 1917 It applied to all men of the ages of twenty-one twenty I Ito to thirty inclusive and nd was later amended to provide for two supplementary supplementary supplementary supple supple- drafts June 5 1918 and August 24 1918 in addition to the original draft of June 5 1917 By a astill astill still sUIl later enactment in August 1918 1018 notes the Indianapolis News the draft ages were extended to include eighteen to forty five years and the first registration held heldon on September 12 1918 produced about registrants The first registration June 5 1917 brought out nearly young men the second on June 5 1918 brought a arid and d the third August 24 24 1918 a a total of nearly Americans of ot military mill mill- tary age The administration of the law was in the hands of the War department under the supervision of the President President President Pres Pres- ident and with the assistance of local draft boards with appe appeal l boards for each congressional dis The Pr President issued his first instructions instructions instructions in in- to the exemption boards July 2 1917 and the first men drafted drafted draft draft- ed were called to service September 5 The order in which the reg reg registrants registrants were to be called to determine determine determine deter deter- mine their availability for for military service was settled by a drawing of numbers at Washington in th the senate senate sen sen- ate office building on July 20 Quotas were apportioned to each of the states and territories and the District of Columbia t |