Registration Day

On June 5, 1917, all the usual polling places opened their doors at 7 o'clock in the morning, and from then until 9 o'clock at night received a stream of young men — 21 through 30 years of age — registering for the draft.

About a month later, the News printed this list of the Hobart men who had registered and the serial numbers assigned to them:


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Unfortunately, it did not include a similar list for the 132 men who had registered in Ross Township.


Sources:
♦ "Big Registration for Hobart." Hobart Gazette 8 June 1917.
♦ "New Serial Draft Numbers for Hobart Conscripts to Be Drawn." Hobart News 12 July 1917.
♦ "Seven Points About Registration." Hobart Gazette 25 May 1917.