Dawson County NEGenWeb Project

The following was published in The Clipper-Citizen, Lexington, Nebraska in the fall of 1917. The names are not in alphabetical order. You will find (?) placed where the print was hard to read. The first 128 names were taken from the Farnam Echo, Farnam, Nebraska, Aug. 16, 1917. The names in the Farnam paper did not always match the poor copy of the first section in the Lexington paper, when trying to proof the names.

For more information on how the plan of draft was worked out, please check out this article from the July 20, 1917, Garden County News

PLAN OF DRAFT IS WORKED OUT

   The following named persons are hereby notified that, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, they are called for military service of the United States by this Local Board.
   The serial numbers and the order number of each of such persons is shown below. They will report at the office of this Local Board for physical examination on the 6th day of August, 1917, at 8 o'clock a. m.
   Any claim for exemption or discharge must be made on forms which may be procured, or the form of which may be copied at the office of the Local Board, and must be filed at the office of this Local Board on or before the seventh day after the date of posting of this notice.
   Your attention is called to the penalties for violation or evasion of the Selective Service Law approved May 18, 1917, and of the Rules and Regulations which may be consulted at this office.

Swept February, 2000