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Draft Rules For War In Bronx
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Male U.S. citizens ages 18 to 25 must register with the Selective Service System in case a draft becomes necessary. Register for Selective Service. Find a Post Office near you.
Having certain criminal records can disqualify you from military service. Felony convictions lead to automatic disqualification. Examples include assault, robbery, and . Some misdemeanor offenses, like domestic violence or drug possession, also result in disqualification.
The first reason you may not be eligible for the draft is your age. In the United States, for example, men are required to register for the draft when they turn 18 years old. However, men who are older than 26 years old are not required to register, and therefore, are not eligible for the draft.
The first to be called, in a sequence determined by the lottery, will be men whose 20th birthday falls during the calendar year the induction takes place, followed, as needed, by those aged 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 19, and 18 (in that order).
Men turning 21 in the year of the draft would be second priority, men turning 22 would be third, and so on until a man turns 26, at which time he is over the age of liability. Younger men would not be called in that year until men in the 20-25 age group are called.
Overview. If Congress and the President were to reinstate a military draft, the Selective Service System would conduct a National Draft Lottery to determine the order in which young men would be drafted. The lottery would establish the priority of call based on the birth dates of registrants.
Certain elected officials, exempt so long as they continue to hold office. Veterans, generally exempt from service in peacetime draft. Immigrants and dual nationals in some cases may be exempt from U.S. military service depending upon their place of residence and country of citizenship.
The Enrollment Act took effect March 3, 1863, requiring all male citizens and applicants for citizenship between 20 and 35 and unmarried men 35 to 45 to register for a military draft. Those men who could afford to hire a substitute could avoid the draft.
Most famously, the Irish Brigade from New York consisted mostly of Irish American and Irish immigrant soldiers. The unit served throughout the war and fought with distinction at the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. Many in the North saw the draft as violation of individual freedom and civil liberties.
The New York draft riot was also closely associated with racial competition for jobs. Northern labour feared that emancipation of slaves would cause an influx of African American workers from the South, and employers did in fact use black workers as strikebreakers during this period.