The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 18, 1917.It was drafted by Brigadier General Hugh Johnson after the United States entered The Great War.... , or Selective Draft Act, (40 Stat. 76) which was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 18, 1917
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 14 1940, becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history when President Franklin D.... , (54 Stat. 885) which was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 16, 1940
