Mid-May 1917 saw preparations for America’s participation in World War I rapidly progressing. June 5 had been set aside by President Woodrow Wilson for American males to step forward and register to be drafted into the Army.
On May 21, Ocean County issued a proclamation to “Call attention of the people of the County of Ocean, to the fact that the President of the United States and the Governor of New Jersey have designated Tuesday, June 5th, 1917, as Registration Day, on which day between the…
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