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The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, [1] was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday ...
The previous iteration of the Selective Service System was established by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. After two extensions, the Selective Training and Service Act was allowed to expire on March 31, 1947. In 1948, it was replaced by a new and distinct Selective Service System established by this Act.
The Selective Service System ( SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription (i.e., the draft). Although the U.S. military is currently an all-volunteer force, registration is still required for ...
1940, the Selective Training and Service Act was passed to become the first "peacetime" Selective Service Law in our history. Even so, this law was promoted by the threat of war for
Chapter 2 discusses the history of compulsory military service to meet national emergencies, the first draft laws, The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, and women and the draft. Chapter 3 reports on draft laws during World War I and the 1948 Selective Service Act.
The World War I system served as a model for that of World War II. President Roosevelt's signing of the Selective Training and Service Act on September 16, 1940, began the first peacetime draft in the United States. The 1940 law instituted conscription in peacetime, requiring the registration of all men between 21 and 35.
(Section 3(a), Military Selective Service Act) BACKGROUND. The Selective Service System is an inde-pendent agency within the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. The Director of Selec-tive Service is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The legislation under which this agency. operates is the Military Selective Service Act
the compulsory features of the Selective Training and Service Act of. Septem-ber 16, 1940. That Act provided reemployment rights for persons inducted for. military training and service .,fter May 1, 1940. During the same. period, on. August 27, 1940, the Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service. Law was