k wrote:
] ] Three years after he was honorably discharged from the
] ] Army, Frederick Pistorius was surprised to learn he was a
] ] deserter.
] ]
] ]
] ] But there it was, on his doorstep: a letter from Barry W.
] ] Kimmons, Deputy Chief, Deserter Information Point
] ] Extension Office of the Army Reserve Personnel Command.
] ]
] ]
] ] "On 12 July 2004 you were involuntarily mobilized to
] ] active duty in the United States Army," the letter says.
] ] "To date you have not reported to your mobilization
] ] station as required by your orders." Possibly Pistorius
] ] had not responded for two reasons. The Pistorius family
] ] had moved from the address in Sharon, Pa., to which the
] ] Army had sent its first letter. More saliently, having
] ] served honorably in not one but two branches of the U.S.
] ] military, with no additional obligation showing on his
] ] discharge papers, Pistorius would have had no reason to
] ] think he was subject to anything but his civilian job at
] ] a local steel plant.
]
] [ Not a particularly encouraging story... -k]

I would call it less than encouraging. "Back-door draft" is starting to look more and more like "indentured servitude" or maybe even "press gang."

RE: The Army's long arm