Why not, I bring up stuff from the revolutionary era all the time. > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:56 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > Are you really bringing something up from Civil War era? > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, how about grabbing immigrants as they got off the boat, forced > > them into service and sent them south to fight in the civil war? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:18 AM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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