Labor won the Federal Election and became an enthusiastic ‘win-the-war’ party in government. Supporting the initial pledge of 20,000 men, the new Government watched an extraordinary rush to enlist all around the country and soon promised an increase in the expeditionary force to take the total to 50,000 men.…
While this was portrayed as more fair than the existing system of conscription by age, public opinion had already soured on…
World War I saw the United States’ first attempt at running a massive national army of citizen soldiers. Through the conflict, the military authority structure for running this army was still solidifying, and the enlisted men, a.k.a. the “doughboys,” had a substantial amount of power in dictating the nature of the relationship between themselves and the structure that commanded them. The military higher-ups found themselves on many occasions having to coerce the soldiers to comply with orders. This push-and-pull, explored in-depth in Jennifer Keene’s work Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America, was significant in its effects on how the US military structured itself, and on how the soldiers involved, who went on to become one…
By the Spring of 1812, Congress authorized emergency enlistments of 15,000 soldiers. By the time war had come upon America, a meek 7,000 men were enlisted. (Watson, 7). Barbuto, the author of 1812: The United States Builds a Regular Army, describes how unprepared America really was.…
This creates a large problem for Canadian prime minister Robert Borden, who has pressure to send troops for ally and imperial nation Britain, but is lacking a sufficient quantity of soldiers willing to do so. Borden passes the War-Time Elections Act which extends the right to vote to more citizens than ever before, not coincidentally the same citizens that would likely favour his platform of conscription. He is re-elected in on December 17, 1917, and subsequently passes a bill for conscription in the new year. This is the first draft Canada has ever witnessed within its borders, and it is not well-received by people today. These individuals deem it unfair to forcefully recruit soldiers into a war, an argument that does have some merit.…
Currently less than one percent of America's population is unfairly shouldering the burden of war” (Doc. 6). It is going to be required, before they are drafted that these people, to perform up to two years of service in either a war…
The military draft, or conscription, has been used four times in American history during times of national and international conflict. Some people feel that the American government should reinstate the military draft. We should not reinstate the military draft because there is currently no need for a draft, the draft requirements are unfair and inconsistent, and those who are unwillingly drafted would demoralize the overall military with their lack of commitment and cause a break down of comradery and teamwork between soldiers. The military draft has been used four times in American history: the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War (including the Korean and Vietnam War).…
When a country enters a war, it needs lots of people to help out. This may be done in many ways but serving in the armed forces is one of the biggest way to help. If the country that is in battle doesn’t have enough troops, they may need to institute a draft to help defend the country. One example is during the Vietnam War when few people were enlisting and the US needed to get more troops, so they began the first draft. The US did this not for a stupid reason but to help protect the country and the people’s freedom.…
The twin Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg both took places on anniversaries celebrated by both the North and South, which caused many people to view it at God’s displeasure with the South. The Northern home front’s morale was also boosted though, in which they considered both campaigns a victory. Also, people would later look back and view the Gettysburg as a decisive turning point in the war, and also as the beginning of the end of the Confederacy. 2. The Conscription Act made a majority of the northerners furious, mainly because of the commutation fee of three hundred dollars to buy their way out of service.…
Vietnam and World War II were two of the most dramatic wars that America faced. The way America felt about World War II and Vietnam was a dramatic difference once they were both over. Many Americans had come out of the World War II certain that they had won a good war, but that same was not said about the Vietnam. World War II was the Second World War that was considered the “good war” where involving over 60 different countries and 75 million troops coming from all parts of the world. World War II was a major war that brought about leaps to major technology and post-war social changes.…
Thanks for the box of socks and supplies, I really appreciate them and it is much needed when in the trenches here. Conscripts are my enemy as well as the Germans, I don't believe in this way of war where I was working one day in my town and now fighting in a completely different country with blood all over my face. I wish now i wasn't young for then i would be home and not in these trenches where Heavies blow up everyone i get close too. Last night I thought it was going to be the end of me when I went on a trench raid with 6 other fellow soldiers I know, it was a heavy and risky task to do knowing any minute flare lights would bring us into enemy sights in no-man's land and our grenades and wire cutters would be useless against the artillery…
One of the longest and considerably one of the most controversial wars that the United States was involved in was the Vietnam War. The war lasted almost twenty years and arose due to the fear of Communism spreading to other parts of the world. The United States adopted the policy of containment during the Cold War and as a result of the adoption of this policy, the United States felt it was necessary to intervene in Vietnam when it was separated into North and South Vietnam and when it was known that Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, and his anti-communist allies, the Viet Cong, sought to unify Vietnam under Communism. Ho Chi Minh and his allies had the opportunity to completely unify Vietnam after the anti-communist president of South…
During the Vietnam War, conscription was prelevant within Australian society causing conflict society and challenging Australia’s stereotypical national identity. Conscription was a contributing factor to the Vietnam War moratoriums, as the lack of freedom and choice during this era, rallied large numbers of people against the Vietnam War. During the Cold War there were several stages of conscription for young men. It first started again in the 1960’s when in 1965 selective conscription was introduced to the army, for 20 year old men, they had to complete three years in the regular Army and two years part time in the Army Reserve. Selective conscription involved, “males having to register in January or July if their birthday fell in the…
Boys as young as eighteen years old were then quickly and forcefully drafted into the war. The war eventually traumatized and ruined the emotional and physical identities of these young men…