"Certainly NOT an impression given by the Government of the day or at any recruiting office"
An impression deliberately given by those getting the men to sign on the dotted line, such as and an impression accepted by those issuing documents on agriculture, but most importantly, one that was accepted by those joining up - which brings us back to the nonsense that they did so because the believed in the war - some may have done, but that doesn't stop it from having been the family quabble over political power and territory that it really was.
More unqualified pronouncements - do you believe this stuff you spout without backing evidence?
Jim Carroll