Established: By the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76), May 18, 1917. Functions: Administered, by means of local civilian boards responsible to state headquarters under the general supervision of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG), War Department, a selective draft based upon liability to military service of all male citizens, and all males not alien enemies who had declared their intention to become citizens, between the ages of 21 and 30 (expanded in 1918 to males between 18 and 45).
In general, the registration cards included the following information:
- Full name
- Home address
- Date and place of birth
- Age, race, and country of citizenship
- Occupation and employer
- Physical description (hair and eye color, height, disabilities)
- Additional information such as address of nearest relative, dependent relatives, marital status, father’s birthplace, or previous exemption from service
- Signature
Records by State
Ray Banks contributed Civilian Draft Registrations to the USGenWeb Archives. Some states do not have these records.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Alabama
- Alaska (Read Introduction)
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida World War 1 Draft Registrations
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho World War 1 Draft Registration
- Illinois World War 1 Draft Registration
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas World War 1 Draft Registration
- Kentucky
- Louisiana World War 1 Draft Registration
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan Table of Contents
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska World War 1 Draft Registrations
- Nevada World War 1 Draft Registration
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota World War 1 Draft Registration
- Tennessee World War 1 Draft Registration
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia County Index
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming