Halifax County native Jacob Thomas Currie was employed as a special officer at the Victor Talking Machine Company—a popular manufacturer of records and audio playing equipment like the Victrola—when he was called upon to register for the draft under the Selective Service Act.
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On July 20, 1917, Secretary of War Newton Baker reached into a large glass bowl and plucked from it a single capsule—like the one shown here—as film cameras spied the scene. The fates of more than 9.6 million men between the ages of 21 and 30 hung in the balance, and that immense burden of responsibility was not lost of Baker.