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WWI Draft Registration

On May 18, 1917, the Selective Service Act was passed authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States. The Selective Service System, under the office of the Provost Marshal General, was responsible for the process of selecting men for induction into the military service, from the initial registration to the actual delivery of men to military training camps...The information included on each registration differs somewhat but the general information shown includes order and serial numbers (assigned by the Selective Service System), full name, date and place of birth, race, citizenship, occupation, personal description, and signature. 

National Archives and Records Administration,  http://www.archives.gov/

Draft Registration Index

 

Registrant	Age	Parents
Bernard Joseph Buckley1	25	Bernard J. & Ellen Conway Buckley
George Nicholas Buckley2	20	Bernard J. & Ellen Conway Buckley
William Peter Buckley3	22	Bernard J. & Ellen Conway Buckley
Charles Buhler4	36	Charles A. & Martha Chestnut Buhler
George Henry Buhler5	27	Charles A. & Martha Chestnut Buhler
Philip Buhler6	21	Charles A. & Martha Chestnut Buhler

Notes:

1. Bernard Joseph Buckley registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 2. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  31. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

2. George Nicholas Buckley registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 2. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  31. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

3. William Peter Buckley registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 2. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  31. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

4. Charles Buhler registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 13. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  43. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

5. George Henry Buhler registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 13. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  43. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

6. Philip Buhler registration card, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (La.) City of New Orleans, Local Board No. 13. National Archives micropublication  M-1509, roll  43. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. [Image scanned 5 Dec 2003 by George L. Buhler Jr., 16034 Glenbrook Knoll Lane, Houston, Texas, 77095, from a copy in possession of same.]

updated 25 November 2005