Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...During the World War, Great Britain relied on voluntary enlistments until May 1916. In 1914, 1,186,000 volunteered in 1915, 1,280,000 In the first four months of 1916, 401,000 enlisted. In charge of the draft in Lloyd George's Government was an inconspicuous half-brother of famed Sir Austen Chamberlain, 47-year-old Neville Chamberlain...
...draft of cold air, a warm drink, or even gentle stroking of a finger on a "trigger" spot may bring on an attack...
...certain that many thousands of your readers would be interested in knowing the range of ages which the War Department has made plans to register for draft service in the event of our becoming involved in war in Europe...
...TIME'S grapevine information on U. S. draft ages in the event of war: 1st call, 21-30; 2nd, 18-21; 3rd, 18-45 (everybody...
...officer" read a telegram from "the Commander of the Sixth Corps area." It ordered all young men to report their names at once, be prepared for a war draft. As the collegians sat speechless, up jumped one of their number to cry: "You'll be fools to enlist!" From a hundred throats came a roar: "Yellow!" In a trice Cornell's student body was on its feet, shouting, screaming, stamping. In the midst of the uproar the leader of Cornell's swing band leaped on the platform, saxophone in hand, and began to jam. As Cornell...