Thank you for the information. I now live in West Virginia so I'll have to use the local LDS. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: J. A. Lanagan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:31 PM Subject: World War I Draft Registration >TO CAROLYN MARRIOTT or anyone else interested in WWI draft registrations: > >Dear Carolyn, >The World War I draft records came available about >3 years ago. I don't know where you live but the first to have the complete >set within reasonable range of Shelby County was the Regional National >Archives in Fort Worth, Texas. Now, the Dallas Public Library on Young St. >(and for some time) has had them. Undoubtably, the Clayton Library in >Houston probably has them and POSSIBLY the Shreve Memorial Library in >Shreveport. If these are not convenient, any LDS church will be glad to >order them for you to their location. > >Yes, the men were red-blooded back then and draft registration was required. >If they registered my maternal grandfather in the Village of Pleasant Hill, >Louisiana--a scrapping 500 souls--then they PROBABLY registered your >ancestor if he qualified by age. As in other wars, registration didn't >guarantee that he served. > >This Selective Service Act was passed in May 1917; >There are 24,000,000 cards of men who registered >(23% of the population in 1918). As I stated above, >not all of those that registered served. Conversely, >not all of those who DID serve registered for the draft. There were three >registrations, the first on >June 5, 1917 with a minimum age of 21. At the 3rd >registration on Sept. 12, 1918, the age category was 18-45. > >The twelve items (paraphrased) on the registration are: > >1. name in full, age in yrs. >2. home address >3. date of birth >4. type of citizen in regard to natural born, etc. >5. Where were you born? >6. If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen? >7. What is your present trade, occupation or other? >8. By whom employed? > Where employed? >9. Have you a child, sister, brother, etc. under 12 yrs? >10.Married or single? > Race (specify which) >11. What military service have you had? Rank? > Branch? etc. >12. Do you claim exemption from draft? specify grounds > > signature of registrant > >The registrar then made a report of 3 items: > > 1. Tall, medium or short > Slender, medium or stout > 2. Color of eyes > Color of hair > 3. Has person lost arm, leg, sight, etc.? > > signature of registrar, > precinct, county, city, state, date > >I hope that this helps you with your quest. > > Tony Lanagan, descendant of Carroll, Booth, >Paul > > >