| Show selective service law brought out 24 million THE HE first selective service or draft law of the world war was passed may 1 1917 it applied to all men of the ages of twenty one to thirty inclusive and was later amended to provide for two supplementary drafts june 5 1918 and august 24 1918 in addition to the original draft of june 5 1917 by a still later enactment in august 1918 notes the indianapolis news the draft ages were extended to include eighteen to forty five years deais and the first registration held on september 12 1918 produced about registrants the first registration reci june 5 1917 brought out tt nearly young men the second on june 5 1918 brought and the third august 24 1918 a total of nearly americans of military age the administration of the law was in the hands of the war department under the supervision of the president and with the assistance of local draft boards with appeal boards for each congressional district the president issued his first instructions to the exemption boards july 2 1917 and the first men drafted were called to service september 5 1917 the order in which the registrants re 0 were to be called to determine dete r their availability for military service was settled by a drawing of numbers at washington ington in the senate office building on july 20 quotas were apportioned to each of the states and territories and the district of columbia i |
