Division of Archives and Records Service

On May 18, 1917 the President signed the Selective Service Law which authorized registration of men between the ages of 18 and 46 for potential service. A system of district and local boards was created to register, select, examine, and induct men into service. These are photocopies of the registration records of local boards collected by the Military Records Section as part of their duties as a repository for information about Utah veterans. A county might have more than one local board. The forms include registration lists giving the individual's name, number, and address, and sometimes race. There are also forms showing induction into service which give various identification numbers, name, occupation, classification, date,

name of camp to which the man was being sent, and a place to check if he failed to report. Finally there are forms to show the name and date the man reported to the mobilization camp and if he was accepted or rejected there. All the counties include registration forms, and most the induction forms, but few contain the mobilization ones. Finished copies were mailed to the Provost Marshal General Office in Washington, D.C.

This series contains copies of basic military draft board registration data for Utah counties during the first World War. These records were photocopied from the holdings of local draft boards, arranged by county, and microfilmed by the Military Records Section of the State Archives. Since 1957, the Military Records Section had been responsible for collecting all types of records about Utah veterans from any source and for acting as a separate repository for information about Utah veterans

On May 18, 1917 the President signed the Selective Service Law passed by the U.S. Congress which authorized the registration of men between the ages of 18 and 46 for potential service in the war against Germany. A system of district and local boards was created to register, select, examine, and induct men into service. These are the records of the local boards. A county might have more than one local board.

The forms include registration lists (federal form 101 PMGO) which list the individual's number, name, and address given on the registration card. An updated form allowed notation of the man's race. These lists were simply a register of cards in the possession of the local board. The lists were signed and dated by the chairman and/or secretary of the board. There are also forms documenting induction into service (federal form 1029 PMGO) showing order number, serial number, name, call number, occupation, classification, date, the camp to which the man was being sent, and a place to check if he failed to report to military authorities. Finally, there is federal form 164-A which shows order number, person's name, red ink number, date and time the person reported, date the person actually reported to the mobilization camp (or to check if failed to report), and date rejected at mobilization camp or date of final acceptance at mobilization camp. All the counties include the registration forms, and most the induction forms, but few contain the mobilization data. Finished copies were mailed to the Provost Marshal General Office in Washington D.C.