Source:  The Hamilton County Record, articles published during the years of 1941 and 1942, with an introduction researched and written by Lisa Slaski.  The articles herein were those found by quick scanning the paper from Jan 1941 to Dec 1942.  A complete reading of each newspaper may well yield other similar articles which were missed during this quick perusal!

The Selective Service System was started in 1940 as a peacetime draft.  On 16 Oct 1940 the first required registration of all men between the age of 21 and 36 (inclusive) was performed.  On 29 Oct 1940 a national lottery was held to determine the order in which the men would be considered for the draft.  Each local draft board received an ordered list of men.  As required by the state draft board, each local board would send out questionnaires to a required number of men from this list, starting from the beginning.  The questionnaire would determine the individual's eligibility for military service.  After receiving the questionnaire's and ranking the men into separate classes, the local board would then determine the list of selected men for induction, based upon their lottery order and eligibility.  These men would then be sent to an induction station and would either be accepted or rejected by the armed forces.  For every man rejected at the induction station, another alternate would be sent by the same local board as a replacement.

The following are the Selective Service System required draft registrations that I know of:

First registration was held on 16 Oct 1940 for all men 21 to 36 years of age.

Second registration was held on 1 Jul 1941 for all men who turned 21 since 16 Oct 1940.

Third registration was held on 14-16 Feb 1942 for all men who were 20 before 31 Dec 1941 and not older than 45 by 16 Feb 1942.

Fourth registration was held on 25-27 Apr 1942 for all men who turned 45 on or before 16 Feb 1942 and not older than 65 on or before 27 Apr 1942.

A registration was held on 30 Jun 1942 for all men born after 1 Jan 1922 and before 30 Jun 1924.

A registration was held in Dec 1942 for all men who turned 18 by 31 Dec 1942.

Starting on 1 Jan 1943, men are to register on their 18th birthday, or first business day after it, if it occurs on a weekend or holiday.

The first 4 registrations were labeled as such by the articles that I found that listed the requirements.  The following three registrations did not indicate which one they were, thus there could be other registrations dates held that I do not have information on.

Many of those who were sent questionnaires were not drafted.  Eligibility was based on marital status, whether they had children, their occupation and things such as disabilities, etc..  As the war progressed and the need for eligible men increased, the restrictions for eligibility were loosened.  A man who was married might have been ineligible one year only to become eligible later in the war, etc..

In some cases, I also found lists of inductees which I have included here as well.  Again, not all inductees would have been accepted by the armed forces.  Of course, many men may well have enlisted voluntarily prior to being drafted.  Some would have done this in their enthusiasm for fighting for their country and others might have done so in order to choose the branch of the service (such as Navy or Marines) that they wished to participate in.  Thus, these lists do not provide names of soldiers, but rather names of individuals who were being considered for the draft and some of those who were inducted during 1941 and 1942.

Lake Pleasant - First local draftees selected for induction were:

James Patrick O'Keefe
Michael James Downey

alternates:

William McCleary Dunlop
Andrew Simonds

List of men selected for induction on May 13, 1941

V356 - James LeRoy Springs
264 - Stanley George Lanphear
267 - Arthur Martin Locke
256 - James Harrison Roblee
280 - Harry Amos Moulton
308 - James Benjamin Hall
312 - Walter Becker
313 - William James Houghton
319 - Duane Russell Fredette
323 - Joseph C. Rowlands
336 - Robert Lobdell, jr.
342 - Robert Wilbur Corey

Between 180 and 190 questionnaires were mailed to selective draft registrants in Hamilton County last week.  This completes the list of those who registered last October.

List of selected men for induction to report on 16 Jun 1941:

111 - John Ralph Brasile
117 - Laurence Erwin Davis
194 - Daniel Jay Eldridge
210 - Archie Soloman Mead

alternates:

228 - Harold William Page
302 - Thomas Edward Wilkie
341 - Adolph G. Sabattis
362 - Edgar Maxwell Lanphear

At the second selective draft registration, held July 1st, the names of twenty four men were added to the roll of the Selective Service Draft Board of Hamilton County, as follows:

The follwoing men from Hamilton county were inducted into the United States Army:

In the near future cards will be mailed giving the Order and Serial Numbers to the registrants that registered on February 14, 15 and 16, 1942.

The following boys who were accepted by the army on August 7th, and granted a fourteen day furlough were returned to active duty on August 21.