Essay On Mandatory Military Draft

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Obligated Military Draft? Military draft is also called conscription Currently, the United States is not practicing conscription; it has an all volunteer military, meaning active troops serve on their own accord a but is good number of soldiers and officers are not re-enlisting. This makes many think that Congress will be forced to reinstate the draft. The United States created a militia in 1792. It was mandatory for every white male age 18-45. In April 1862, the Confederacy adopted the draft. The draft was controversial, especially among the working class, because the rich could "buy their way out" for $300 or hire a substitute. The draft stopped in early 1973. In 1980, Congress re-instated the requirement that young men register with the Selective Service System. In 1975, President Gerald Ford suspended compulsory draft registration. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter approved it again. At present the United States military operates using only volunteer troops. In there is a war or a strong necessity, the president can call the reserve troops and the National Guard as supplement soldiers. When all the…show more content…
The last time there was a draft, typically, congress persons' sons nearly always found a deferment, an "essential" job status, Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) commissions (that did not involve going into a war zone), or some other way to not have to serve in an actual war. That draft harvested hundreds of thousands of poor and minority group members, not the sons of those in power. Those congress persons were still able to vote to send boys off to war ("with a clear conscience?") without fear for their own sons' safety. I should know . . . I was a draft counselor, a bona fide conscientious objector, and ultimately an emigrant to Canada, because my cheating draft board did not believe in conscientious objector status unless you were a Quaker or a
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