A Brief Interlude from Richard Cohen
"For all the boredom, the tedium and — most important — the lack of air conditioning, I found a single virtue in my service: I slept in a barracks with 50 other guys" -- Richard Cohen, a funny guy.
"For all the boredom, the tedium and — most important — the lack of air conditioning, I found a single virtue in my service: I slept in a barracks with 50 other guys" -- Richard Cohen, a funny guy.
That barracks was FULL of privates.
"Drafting" people to do stooped labor, menial jobs, and lower-skills tasks?
I think we tried that a few centuries ago. It eventually led to some difficulties, if I remember right.