{"id":25785,"date":"2025-06-02T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=25785"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:05:46","slug":"there-were-three-us-world-war-i-draft-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/there-were-three-us-world-war-i-draft-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"There Were Three US World War I Draft Registrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were actually three registrations for the World War I draft in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first started on 5 Jun 1917 for men ages 21-31 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/research\/genealogy\/charts-forms\/ww1-draft-a.pdf\">see the card here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The second started on 5 Jun 1918 for men who turned 21 since the 1st registration (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/research\/genealogy\/charts-forms\/ww1-draft-b.pdf\">see the card here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The third started on 12 Sep 1918 for men ages 18-45 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/research\/genealogy\/charts-forms\/ww1-draft-c.pdf\">see the card here)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The cards were different. The cards for the first and second registrations had a corner that was to be cut off if the registrant was of African descent. The second card asked for the place of birth of the registrant&#8217;s father. The third did not ask for marital status. There are other differences between them as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World War I First Draft Registration Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1351\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-1536x811.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ufkes-fred-ww1-2048x1081.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World War I Second Draft Registration Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-1024x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-1536x741.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005253415_01380-2048x988.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World War I 3rd Draft Registration Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-1536x874.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/005247512_03591-2048x1165.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were actually three registrations for the World War I draft in the United States. The cards were different. The cards for the first and second registrations had a corner that was to be cut off if the registrant was of African descent. 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