Posted on 04/11/2007 7:53:33 AM PDT by bedolido
The German Army sent a draft notice to a four-week-old baby named Lucio, ordering him to report for duty within the next 10 days, before realising it had blundered.
An army spokesman said the notice had been sent erroneously because a clerk typed in the wrong date of birth for the boy from Aubstadt, in southern Germany.
"It was an accident," an army spokesman said.
"Somebody entered the wrong number into a computer. There was no harm done.
"We realised the error the same day and called up the family to tell them to throw the notice away when it arrived."
Since the Bundeswehr exists. So, for over 50 years now.
Geez, even the Spartans waited until the kids were seven.
Since the 1930s, with a brief gap in the late 40s, I believe.
You can get out of the draft by doing 10 months community service.
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