selective service system
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selective service system, first-ever US peacetime draft of personnel for the armed forces, approved by Congress in September 1940. Under the Selective Service Act every US male citizen aged between 21 and 36 had to register and from November 1942 the ages were 18–45. From those who registered some were selected to serve for a year (later extended) but they had to be employed within the
western hemisphere or in US possessions, which included the Philippines. Initially, deferment was granted to students, but this was stopped in July 1941. After
Pearl Harbor the territorial restrictions were removed and during the war years a total of ten million men were inducted, with officers serving at an average of 39 months and enlisted men 33 months. The Act prohibited racial discrimination in drafting recruits and in their training, but as the army banned integrated units few
African Americans were drafted by the time the USA entered the war.
The Selective Service Act also defined
conscientious objectors. About 25,000 of these served in non-combatant roles (after 1943 they were confined to the medical corps), while 11,950, who objected to wearing a uniform, were drafted to civilian public service camps.
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Selective Insurance Group Names W. Marston Becker Director.
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; ...election by shareholders at Selective's Annual Meeting in...reinsurance and financial services organizations," said William M. Kearns, Jr., Selective's Lead Director and...We welcome him to Selective and look forward to his...
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Selective Insurance Group Announces Executive Appointments.
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; ...president of Information Technology Services. Prior to joining Selective, he was an information systems...resources and risk management services. Selective maintains a website at http://www.selective.com/ CONTACT: Cindy Heismeyer...
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Selective Calls for Redemption of Senior Convertible Notes.
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Selective Service
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Selective Service Act
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT The Selective Service Act was passed by Congress in May 1917; it required...shifted to the "all volunteer army," the draft ended. The Selective Service System remained in place, however, in case the U.S. ever...
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selective service
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
selective service in U.S. history, term...in World War I with the Selective Service Act of 1917...time, and it limited service to 12 months&mdash...were inducted. A new selective service act was passed...
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Selective Service System
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM The Selective Service System is responsible for supplying U.S. armed forces...established in its first form in 1917 and is authorized by the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C.A. app. 451 – 471a...
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Selective Draft Cases
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
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