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  2. Conscription in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It set up under the Union Army an elaborate machine for enrolling and drafting men. Quotas were assigned in each state, the deficiencies in volunteers required to be met by conscription. Still, men drafted could provide substitutes, and until mid-1864 could also avoid service by paying commutation money.

  3. Conscription - Wikipedia

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    Every man aged 20 years or older had to enlist. By means of drawing lots it was decided who had to undertake service in the French army. It was possible to arrange a substitute against payment. Later on, conscription was used for all men over the age of 18. Postponement was possible, due to study, for example.

  4. Drafter - Wikipedia

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    Traditional drafter at work A drafter in Portugal in the 1970s, using a drafting machine. A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman, drafting technician, or CAD technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or CAD designs for machinery, buildings, electronics ...

  5. Some Ukrainian men are doing everything to avoid a draft as ...

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    Still, they have also been feeding the fears of some draft-eligible men who are left apprehensive about venturing into public spaces and are trying to avoid any contact with authorities.

  6. Draft evasion - Wikipedia

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    As of 2020, deliberate draft evasion is a rare phenomenon, since absence from a drafting event, in most cases, leads to an immediate search warrant. Evaders are taken by police officers to the draft board, or to the regional military office.

  7. Lessons to take for the 2024 NFL QB draft class - AOL

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    All while two extremely seasoned players with refined passing skills — Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. — still have an opportunity to climb into the first round and make ...

  8. Fantasy Football: Should you still wait on drafting a QB? - AOL

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    Fantasy football, like any other crusty old American institution, has its dogma.. One of the guiding principles in our game for many years was that you did not want to be the first manager in your ...

  9. Drafting - Wikipedia

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    Drafting or draughting may refer to: Campdrafting, an Australian equestrian sport; Drafting (aerodynamics), slipstreaming; Drafting (writing), writing something that is likely to be amended; Technical drawing, the act and discipline of composing diagrams that communicates how something functions or is to be constructed. E.g.: Architectural drawing