Selective Service System
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
|
2001
|
© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Selective Service System the U.S. federal agency that organizes the mobilization of armed forces. Conscription was first used in the United States during the
Civil War by both the North and South. Those who were able to could buy their way out of conscription, and the practice was abandoned once the war was over. Mandatory service was employed during
World War I with the
Selective Service Act of May 18, 1917. All men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty were required to register. Selective Service was not used during the peacetime following the war until 1940, and it was employed during
World War II, the
Korean War, and the
Vietnam War. Selective Service was ended in 1973 and an all-volunteer military established in its place. Draft registration was reinstituted in 1980 for eighteen-year-old men.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
|
Word from the Selective Service: 'No Draft on Horizon!'
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...facto media contact for the Selective Service System, Dick Flahavan is the...Chatfield, director of the Selective Service, said Friday that "we try...that we're prepared." The Selective Service, he said, needs to...
|
|
Sign up with Uncle Sam Even with the draft's demise, Selective Service still wants you 18-year-olds.(Rap)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 10/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...subject was signing up with the Selective Service. "What," asked Mark Mathews...member or teacher appointed as Selective Service registrar. "We had one until...many ways to register with the Selective Service System that you have to be a...
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments.
PR Newswire; 3/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...accounting. Ms. Brinck joined Selective in November 2002 as a senior...manager. Mr. Costa joined Selective in July 2006 as a regional...than 28 years with Insurance Services Office (ISO), Kemper Insurance...reserving. Mr. Kollar joined Selective in October 2004 as an actuarial...
|
|
Selective Cites Cat Losses for Dip in Net Income.
News Wire article from: A.M. Best Newswire; 8/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...19% in the quarter, and Selective wrote $48 million of new...company said. Revenue for Selective's continuing diversified insurance-services businesses was $21 million...800,000 a year earlier. Selective has obtained a new reinsurance...
|
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Announces Senior Executive Promotions.
PR Newswire; 2/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...offers medical claim management services; human resources benefits and...administration and claim services. Selective maintains a website at http://www.selective.com/ . CONTACT: Sharon Cooper, of Selective Insurance Group, +1-973...
|
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Announces Pricing of Debt Offering.
PR Newswire; 10/31/2005; 700+ words
; ...offers medical claim management services; human resources administration...administration and claim services. Selective maintains a website at http://www.selective.com/. In this press release, Selective and its management discuss and...
|
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Completes Sale of $100 Million of Senior Notes.
PR Newswire; 11/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...offers medical claim management services; human resources administration...administration and claim services. Selective maintains a website at http://www.selective.com/. In this press release, Selective and its management discuss and...
|
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Names W. Marston Becker Director.
PR Newswire; 2/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...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...
|
|
|
Selective Insurance Group Announces Executive Appointments.
PR Newswire; 3/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...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...
|
|
|
Selective Calls for Redemption of Senior Convertible Notes.
PR Newswire; 11/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...the company provide claims, human resources and risk management services. Selective maintains a website at http://www.selective.com/. In this press release, Selective and its management discuss and make statements based on currently...
|
|
Selective Service
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...register with the Selective Service, since there is no place...to induction into the armed services. The mere act of registering...a draft was in place, the Selective Service would classify registrants...its mission statement, the Selective Service would devise an ...
|
|
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...
|
|
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...
|
|
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...
|
|
Selective Draft Cases
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...the constitutionality of the Selective Draft Act of 1917 and national...conscription in general in the Selective Draft Law Cases (officially...the power to compel military service was inherent in any state...the judiciary modified some Selective Service procedures, particularly...
|
