Registration day,June 1917,World War I,WWI,United States Draft,Uncle Sam

Title: Registration day
Creator(s): Pease, Lute, 1869-1963, artist
Date Created/Published: [1917 June?]
Summary: Cartoon shows Uncle Sam leading the way with a drum labeled 'Registration Day' followed by eager young men leaping a barrier labeled 'Age Twenty-One.' When the United States entered World War I, a draft bill was passed and President Wilson issued a proclamation requiring men, age 21 to 35, to register for the draft on June 5, 1917. Most eligible men complied with enthusiasm on Registration Day.
Notes:
(DLC/PP-1954:R2.60)
mm / 860529; ljr / 950608.
Source: DeWeerd, President Wilson fights his war, p. 206; New York Times, May 19, 1917, p. 1; June 6, 1917, p. 1 ljr.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States.
Draft--United States--1910-1920.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
Drawings.
Editorial cartoons--American.
Bookmark /acd1996005958/PP/
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