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<\/a>Lyle Denman, my maternal grandfather, registered and was drafted and I have written briefly about his service before<\/a>.\u00a0 Henry Salt, my paternal grandfather, registered for the draft but was not apparently drafted.\u00a0 When I look at the two registrations I see some similarities.\u00a0 Both were young married men, and I know by history that neither yet had any living children.\u00a0![\"\"](\"https:\/\/genealogygals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Salt-Henry-Clifford-WWI-reg.jpg\")
<\/a> Both were working, Lyle at a bank and Henry was farming.<\/p>\nHowever, there are also interesting differences in the index cards.\u00a0 They registered on the same day, June 5, one year apart, and in the same state (Ohio), however the forms are slightly different.\u00a0 On Henry\u2019s there is a question about what military service you have had, and another asking if you claim exemption and on what grounds.\u00a0 Lyle\u2019s registration does not ask these questions.\u00a0 These differences are likely to be a function of registering in two different years.\u00a0 Henry registered in 1917, being 26 years old on June 5 but Lyle did not register until 1918 having turned 21 after the first registration in 1917.<\/p>\n
When I first looked at these registrations I didn\u2019t pay attention to the differences.\u00a0 On a closer look, however, I was intrigued to see that Henry claimed 6 months of service in the National Guard as a private guard (I think that is what was meant).\u00a0 I haven\u2019t been able to discover much yet about such service, but it seems likely that in the time period between his 18th birthday (in August, 1908) and when he got married in 1913, Henry might have joined.\u00a0 He was living in Cincinnati by 1910 and working as a machinist.\u00a0 I do not think that such military service would have exempted him from the draft, but farming and having a wife who would have had difficulties supporting herself might have exempted him.\u00a0 At any rate, Henry Salt did not get drafted or serve in the War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I remember it being called Armistice Day when I was young, and the holiday was always celebrated on November 11, the day the Armistice ending World War I was signed and went into effect.\u00a0 I had two grandfathers eligible for …<\/p>\n