WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War, the U.S Congress passes the Selective Service Act on May 18, 1917, giving the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Congress quickly established a draft, and more than 4, 600 Selective Service draft boards screened 10 million men to find the strongest and most fit soldiers and sailors. The military grew from just 378, 000 strong in April 1917 to more than 4.7 million by war’s end, with an Army of 4.1 million and a Navy of 600, 000.

Detailed explanation-3: -On May 18, 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act ( Pub. L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.

Detailed explanation-5: -The reason for the Selective Service Act, though, was that American men had not volunteered en masse or certainly not in the numbers needed to raise, train, and deploy an army quickly after the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.