The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "World War I draft" using the following search strategies:

• Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
  draft, conscription, registration, Selective Service, Selective Draft, Enoch Crowder, American Protective League, conscientious objector, as well as the pejorative words slacker and evader
• It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1917 and 1919.