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===Selective Service===

During the war America was in dire need of troops; so the US senate proposed selective service. Selective service requited the military's control over drafting and imposed it to a local draft board made up of local civilians. Any man age 21 to 30 was required to register in the draft; once they signed up the board members looked over them and determined whether or not they were fit for war. Ultimately this method produced the bulk of the military for WWI with just under 2.8 million troops.