tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8759840677654460065..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: 100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Membersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-74064423004936956032016-02-10T11:28:19.161-08:002016-02-10T11:28:19.161-08:00Very good article. Though I am not an admirer of W...Very good article. Though I am not an admirer of Wilson, given the overwhelming opposition to the plan, he bowed to the inevitable and shelved the plan. The Mexico intervention provided some training to the National Guard, but entering the war against Germany the nation was woefully unprepared. Virtually every problem with mobilization had plagued the British and French. The Continental Plan bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-36658363378152647382016-02-10T10:16:22.893-08:002016-02-10T10:16:22.893-08:00Without the Mexican crisis, showing the states and...Without the Mexican crisis, showing the states and everyone else where the glaring problems were with the Guard would have been impossible. And that was just a month away. But, too, Wilson's reelection campaign would have suffered because his "he kept us out of the war" slogan would have rung somewhat hollow with a draft getting started.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-17376394162831144822016-02-10T09:23:14.697-08:002016-02-10T09:23:14.697-08:00how can this article say the plans failure was for...how can this article say the plans failure was for the good since only a year or so later the country was scrambling to put together a national army for overseas duty; as we have seen with the end of each major conflict in USA history the military is substantially reduced and not ready for the next conflict - especially qualified noncoms and young officers.beedubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844102161646725777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-51995793750477320702016-02-10T06:03:15.160-08:002016-02-10T06:03:15.160-08:00Margaret, indeed the WW1 draft boards were set up ...Margaret, indeed the WW1 draft boards were set up along civilian lines with local control to avoid a repeat of the rioting that had occurred during the Civil War.<br /><br />I can't wait to read the book of letters you are editing.<br /><br />KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-71394352219589907152016-02-10T05:05:27.658-08:002016-02-10T05:05:27.658-08:00Another fascinating link to understanding history!...Another fascinating link to understanding history! I've just finished a manuscript in which I edited my grandparents' letters during WW I. My grandfather was a captain in the National Guard, and his brother at home was chairman of the draft board. I read that the local draft boards were established because in the Civil War, the officers who delivered draft notices were often beat up (theamazingbirdcollectionhttp://amazingbirdcollection.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com