{"id":384,"date":"2006-07-17T22:57:42","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T05:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/17\/world-war-i-draft-registrations-of-david-sarvetnick-and-david-savitt\/"},"modified":"2019-02-16T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T02:46:46","slug":"world-war-i-draft-registrations-of-david-sarvetnick-and-david-savitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/384","title":{"rendered":"World War I Draft Registrations of David Sarvetnick and David Savitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <a title=\"1930 Census\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/14\/the-bandleaders-changing-birthdate\/\">1930 Census<\/a> Record for the Joseph Savitt family, there are two David Savitts listed .\u00a0 One is the son of Joseph Savitt and the other is listed as the nephew of Joseph Savitt .\u00a0 Both of these Davids registered for the World War I Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph&#8217;s son David registered on September 12, 1918 as David Savitt.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"WWI David Savitt Front\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Savitt-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image378\" style=\"width: 465px; height: 565px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Savitt-Front.jpg\" alt=\"WWI David Savitt Front\" width=\"465\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"WWI David Savitt Back\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Savitt-Back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image379\" style=\"width: 464px; height: 580px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Savitt-Back.jpg\" alt=\"WWI David Savitt Back\" width=\"464\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>World War I Draft Registration for David Savitt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WW1-Savitt-David-1918.pdf\">WW1 Draft Card for\u00c2\u00a0David Savitt &#8211; 1918<\/a>. The document\u00c2\u00a0states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Savitt&#8217;s Serial Number was 1233 and his Order Number was 3316<\/li>\n<li>David&#8217;s permanent address was 1326 South Reece Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>David was 18 years old and his birthday was August 15, 1900<\/li>\n<li>He was a White, Non-Declarant Alien and a citizen of Russia<\/li>\n<li>His occupation was laborer and his employer was Sonia Fleischer<\/li>\n<li>His place of employment was 1217 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>His nearest relative was his mother, Ida Savitt whose address was 1326 South Reece Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>He was described as short, of medium build, with brown eyes and black hair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David, who was described as Joseph&#8217;s nephew in the 1930 Census, registered on June 5, 1917 as David Sarvetnick.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"WWI David Sarvetnick Front\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Sarwetnick-1896F.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image381\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 566px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Sarwetnick-1896F.jpg\" alt=\"WWI David Sarvetnick Front\" width=\"460\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"WWI David Sarvetnick Back\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Sarwetnick-1896B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image382\" style=\"width: 461px; height: 580px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WWI-David-Sarwetnick-1896B.jpg\" alt=\"WWI David Sarvetnick Back\" width=\"461\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>World War I Draft Registration for David Sarvetnick<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/WW1-Sarwetnik-David-1917.pdf\">WW1 Draft Card for David Sarvetnick &#8211; 1917<\/a>. The document states that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three numbers appear on David&#8217;s registration card:\u00a0 708, 4829, and 37-6-1<\/li>\n<li>David&#8217;s permanent address was 1326 South Reece Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>David was\u00c2\u00a021 years old and his birthday was march 4, 1896<\/li>\n<li>He\u00c2\u00a0had declared his intention to become a citizen and was born in\u00c2\u00a0the Valucz Guber (Volhynia Gubernia) in\u00c2\u00a0Russia<\/li>\n<li>His occupation was\u00c2\u00a0shoe worker\u00c2\u00a0and his employer was Edwards Shoe Company<\/li>\n<li>His place of employment was 12th and Wood Streets, City (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)<\/li>\n<li>His father and mother in Russia were dependent on him for support<\/li>\n<li>He was single and of the white race<\/li>\n<li>He was described as of medium height, of slender\u00c2\u00a0build, with blue eyes and black hair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the 1930 Census record, this David was reported as Joseph&#8217;s nephew .\u00a0 This may be the same David Sarvetnick whose <a title=\"passenger manifest\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/16\/the-immigration-of-david-sarewetnik\/\">passenger manifest<\/a> reported him as Joseph&#8217;s brother .\u00a0 On the passenger manifest, he was 17 years old in 1911, indicating he was born in 1893-1894 .\u00a0 On the 1930 Census, he was 31 years old, indicating he was born in 1898-1899 .\u00a0 On this World War I Draft Card, he was born on March 4, 1896.<\/p>\n<p>Although the dates don&#8217;t match, these three records are for the same person, since\u00c2\u00a0the address on the Draft Card was the same as Joseph&#8217;s son David Savitt, his occupation was the same as the David in the 1930 Census, his year of immigration was the same in the passenger manifest and on the 1930 Census, and his birthplace (Volhynia Gubernia, Russia) was the same on the passenger manifest and on the Draft Card.<\/p>\n<p>The question remains, however, is this David the brother or the nephew of Joseph?<\/p>\n<p>Blank <a href=\"https:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/search\/db.aspx?dbid=6482#Cards\">World War I Draft Registration Cards<\/a> are available at Ancestry.com so that you can read what the questions on the cards were .\u00a0 Three different cards were used during different registration campaigns:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Registration on June 5, 1917 for men born between June 6, 1886 and June 5, 1896<\/li>\n<li>Registration on June 5, 1918 for men born between June 6, 1896 and June 5, 1897 with a supplemental registration on August 24, 1918 for men born between June 6, 1897 and August 24, 1897<\/li>\n<li>Registration on September 12, 1918 for men born between September 11, 1872 and September 12, 1900 who had not previously registered<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Men already in the military did not have to register, but all other male residents of the United States\u00c2\u00a0between the ages of 18 and 45 were required to register, whether or not they were citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. 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