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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 41437, member: 23&quot;]My husband&#039;s family are Bowdoin graduates for three generations.&nbsp; After the Civil War, many colleges and high schools started cadet programs.&nbsp; Joshua Chamberlain, a Civil War hero, returned to become President of Bowdoin.&nbsp; His experience showed that young men who&#039;d been drafted didn&#039;t know anything about the military and it caused huge loss of life.&nbsp; He and others like him wanted to ensure that young men would be prepared in the event of another conflict.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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