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This 5 page paper discusses the Constitution and how it is related to the military and military officers. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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personnel. This paper considers the U.S. Constitution and how it relates to the military and military officers. Discussion The process of ratification of the Constitution was long and contentious; those
who wanted a strong central government were opposed by those who feared the consolidation of power and wanted many powers reserved to the states (Wright and MacGregor, 1987). The question
of the military establishment, comprised of "an army, navy, and militia, was a central topic in these debates" (Wright and MacGregor, 1987). The final product was uniquely American: it was
made up of colonial modifications to European traditions: "a federal system of checks and balances that divided responsibility between the states and the national government ... and a clear subordination
of the military to the elected government" (Wright and MacGregor, 1987). During the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention, held in 1787, delegates hammered out the new government, including the military
establishment. After discussing the branches of government, the system of checks and balances and other matters, a "seven-page document consisting of a preamble and twenty-three articles drawn liberally from various
state constitutions, the Articles of Confederation, and the Pinckney Plan, and incorporating the basic text of the amended Virginia Plan" was drafted in July; all the delegates considered it in
August, 1787 (Wright and MacGregor, 1987). Unfortunately, the delegates never reached a decision to ban slavery outright, and its often said that the failure of the Convention to abolish the
"peculiar institution" as the nation was founded laid the foundation for the Civil War that would rage 70 years later. There was no bill of rights in this first draft,
either (Wright and MacGregor, 1987). When it came to the military, the Constitutional Convention recognized three threats to the nation that required the formation of a regular military establishment: civil
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