The purpose of Selective Service is to secure an orderly, just, and democratic method whereby the military manpower of the United States may be made available for training and service in the land and naval forces of the United States, as provided by the Congress, with the least possible disruption of the social and economic life of the Nation.
Executive Order 8545—Selective Service Regulations
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