"The Conscript" by H.P. Lovecraft

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After several pro-war poems in 1916 and 1917, here in 1918 he seems to be a bit more reluctant...

The picture used is from July 20, 1917, of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, blindfolded, drew the first draft number in the lottery to be called up: Number 258. From NARA's Still Picture Records Section, National Archives at College Park.

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