The Selective Service Act Of 1917 Affect. More than five million men and women b. World war 1 began in europe on july 28, 1914 and the united states entered ww1 on april 6, 1917.ww1 ended on 11 november 1918.
Males register within 30 days of their 18th birthday. All men between the ages of 21 and 30 to enlist in the army or navy. Draft of men between the ages of 21 and 30.
113 on registration day, july 5, 1917, more than 700,000 black men enrolled.
Woodrow wilson on may 18, 1917, created the selective service system, which managed the induction of some 2.8 million men into the armed forces over the next two years and abolished the much maligned bounty system. Restrict membership in the armed forces to those with prior combat experience. Selective service act of 1948, enacted june 24, 1948, also known as the: The act instituted a draft, or.