You might not have been called up, but you certainly were required to register and even train, maintain a weapon and a certain amount of ammunition in your home.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:16 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > >That's a recent thing, only since the 70s, before that mandatory > >service was the norm. > > > > Nope conscription only existed since 1948 to the 70's in the > US. Before then it was not the norm, only used in times of > national crisis, like the Civil War or WWI. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
