Drawing the numbers for the Draft, World War I
Photo by USAMHI
"...and the number is 246..." Photograph shows the drawing of the first number for the Second Draft of men to serve in the US Army during World War I. Shown in the image is Secretary of War Newton D. Baker picking the first capsule out of the bowl. Left- to - right, starting with the second man: Captain Charles R. Morris, Major General Enoch Crowder, and Secretary of War Baker.