United States. Selective Service System. Grant County Draft Board (Wis.): Records of the Draft Board, 1917-1919
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Summary Information
Title: United States. Selective Service System. Grant County Draft Board (Wis.): Records of the Draft Board
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1919

Creator:
  • United States. Selective Service System. Grant County Draft Board (Wis.)
Call Number: Grant Series 29

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:
Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Records including correspondence, memoranda from state headquarters, and many lists of men prepared by the local board. There are also a few records of the Council of Defense and the Liberty Loan Committee. County draft boards registered eligible men and administered the draft under state legislation of May 9, 1917, and federal legislation passed May 18, 1917. Wisconsin used the regular election machinery for the first registration, June 5, 1917. All registrants received serial numbers. A lottery held July 20, 1917 determined the order of call up. Local boards supervised registrations, classified registrants, filled quotas for draftees, and sent men off to training camps. There was also a system of district appeal boards and local legal and medical advisory boards appointed by the Governor.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gran0029
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Contents List
Box   1
Folder   1
W. A. Johnson, Chief Clerk of Board, Correspondence Concerning Local Registrars, August-September, 1918
Box   1
Folder   2
W. J. Brenan, Board Member, Correspondence, December 1917-February 1918
General Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   3
Sept. 1917-August 1918
Box   1
Folder   4
Sept. 1918-March 1919
Box   1
Folder   5
Records Relating to the Dissolution of the Board, 1919
Box   1
Folder   6
Grant Co., Council of Defense, September 20, 1918
Box   1
Folder   7
Records of Grant Co. Liberty Loan Committee
Box   1
Folder   8
Lists of Draft Eligibles Registered for some Grant Co. towns, September 12, 1918?
Box   1
Folder   9
Lists of Men Scheduled for Examinations, February-November, 1918
Box   1
Folder   10
Lists of Men Prepared by Local Board

Scope and Content Note
  • “Competent orders, No Board Papers”
  • “State Normal School, Platteville”
  • Monthly Registration Reports, Nov. and Sept. 1918
  • List of “those attaining 21 and registering Wednesday for Military service,” June 5, 1918
  • Student Army Training Corps lists
  • “Classed V-G Without Physical Examination” -- Names, nos., physical disability and how board knew of it
  • “Men Enlisted Since Dec. 15, 1917”
  • Census of men age 18-20 and 32-45 by age and town or ward Lists of men rejected for military service
  • “List of Persons Inducted into Military Service who have failed to report for military duty upon due and lawful notice to do so”
  • “Final list of Delinquents and Deserters, Jan. 30, 1919”
  • “List of Persons who failed to” Report for Physical Exam/Submit Questionnaire
  • Two lists unidentifiable
Materials Relating to Draft Calls
Box   1
Folder   11
No. 79 to No. 955
Box   1
Folder   12
No. 956 to No. A1599
Box   1
Folder   13
“X2,” “SAT,” and Miscellaneous calls
Box   1
Folder   14
Miscellaneous Materials