> > 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. > > > FDR signed the STSA in 1940 the first peacetime "draft" in US histroy. > > That's how my grandfather managed to become a tanker training on M-3 > Lee's at Camp Hood, Texas. He didn't very much enjoy the change from > being a loan officer at a bank in San Francisco California, > especially > given that there was not a war on at the time (at least, not for the > US)... > > There had been a Selective Service Committee in operation since the > mid-1920s. > > There was conscription during WW1 and the Civil War.
I believed I mentioned that. but did not know about the committees in the 20's. Besides registering and actually having conscription are different things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
