On 30/06/2013 5:04 PM, ecunningham wrote: > Matt: Hate to jump into the middle of this but need a > clarification. Do you KNOW he was drafted. The card you are > referring to is a REGISTRATION CARD. It does not mean he was > drafted. If he was, get his military records (if they didn't burn > in St. Louis). However, you needed this card to work during the > ww1 years and could be stopped on the street by patriotic bullies > and made to show the card. Many men never registered but did serve. > ecunningham@att.net > I find this interesting because the last trace I've found of one of my grandfather's half uncles (who had been born in Guelph, Canada and had been living on the west coast of the US since at least 1905) is a US draft registration card dated September 12, 1918. He's down as a "non-declarant alien, citizen or subject of Great Britain". I often wonder what the chances were that he actually served in WW I. AW

During the VietNam war era non US citizens had to register, I believe it was called at the draft board. I recall my late British cousin's story of standing in line to register, and he overheard the person in front of him giving details of previous military service and the man's response was Ze Luftwaffe. While this does not refer to WW1 it seems as if all registered aliens had to get registered at the draft board. Now non-US citizens are in the military fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan... -----Original Message----- From: genbrit-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genbrit-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ann Watson Sent: Monday, 01 July, 2013 8:51 AM To: genbrit@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Help required with handwriting please On 30/06/2013 5:04 PM, ecunningham wrote: > Matt: Hate to jump into the middle of this but need a clarification. > Do you KNOW he was drafted. The card you are referring to is a > REGISTRATION CARD. It does not mean he was drafted. If he was, get his > military records (if they didn't burn in St. Louis). However, you > needed this card to work during the > ww1 years and could be stopped on the street by patriotic bullies and > made to show the card. Many men never registered but did serve. > ecunningham@att.net > I find this interesting because the last trace I've found of one of my grandfather's half uncles (who had been born in Guelph, Canada and had been living on the west coast of the US since at least 1905) is a US draft registration card dated September 12, 1918. He's down as a "non-declarant alien, citizen or subject of Great Britain". I often wonder what the chances were that he actually served in WW I. AW ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENBRIT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6454 - Release Date: 07/01/13