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... have to. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries (with a brief Federal draft during the Civil War... available to the Federal government in time of war, insurrection, or domestic disorder. The modern... in war in any manner, by reason of religious training and belief. In its 1775 resolution mandating what... in a lackadaisically-enforced sort of way. But as our manpower requirements in peace and war steadily and inexorably increased..., so did the categories of those eligible for exemption. The World War I draft law authorized excusal