tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post8982822170297249222..comments2024-03-09T12:18:51.016-05:00Comments on TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.: 1917: TRENTON DURING THE CIVIL WAR ERATom Gloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-14284716230070495242013-01-23T22:09:30.852-05:002013-01-23T22:09:30.852-05:00SO DO I, ED. I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVE...SO DO I, ED. I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVERNMENT LET THOSE PEOPLE OFF, BUT IT WAS LEGAL BACK THEN.<br /><br />TOMTom Gloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-83037204418205160122013-01-23T13:52:43.006-05:002013-01-23T13:52:43.006-05:00Tom, that "easy money" was the price tha...Tom, that "easy money" was the price that the wealthy kept their dear lads from going to war. Yet a starving Irish lad off the boat would take that chance, of necessity to just survive and send a bit to the family. I have seen a few of the "honorable certificates of service" presented to those who bought their way out of the draft, almost making them out to be heroes. I have quite a different term for them.<br /><br />Ed MillerickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com