NOUN | conscription | - | |
SYNO | conscription | draft | muster | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- During World War I, the country was split on the issue of conscription.
- Potential draftees may self-injure to have a health deferment to conscription. This was practiced as conscription abstinence by some Jewish conscripts in the Russian Empire.
- In accordance with the Law, male citizens achieved conscription age on the next January 1 after his 18th birthday.
- Suffisant Naval Base has facilities used for conscription in the Caribbean.
- Continuing to pursue Irish interests in parliament, he vehemently condemned British mishandling of Irish affairs, during the April Conscription Crisis threatening in a dramatic anti-conscription speech in the Commons "to fight you if you enforce conscription on us".
- In June, Borden introduced conscription and, of the French Canadian Members of Parliament, only three voted for the conscription bill, including Sévigny.
- During World War I, Lemieux opposed conscription and supported Laurier during the Conscription Crisis of 1917.
- The election was fought entirely on the issue of conscription and Canada's role in World War I.
- In Sweden, the occupation led to the organization of national conscription, and Gotland National Conscription was the first unit 1811.
- Gregory has been critical of conscription and expressed skepticism of Andrew Bacevich's argument that conscription would reduce support for war.
- He returned to politics in the 1917 federal election on conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1917), Sinclair ran on as part of the anti-conscription "Laurier Liberals" but was again defeated.
- Borden then called an election for December 1917 on the issue of conscription (see also Conscription Crisis of 1917), running as head of the "Unionist Party" composed of Borden's Conservatives, independent MPs, and members of the Liberals who left Laurier's caucus to support conscription.
- In 1901, Sweden introduced conscription. The conscription system was abolished in 2010 but reinstated in 2017.
- Due to the fact, that civil conscription was very unpopular, the government under the ruling party Syriza abolished civil conscription in 2015.
- The 1909 constitution introduced compulsory conscription, and abolished any payment in lieu of conscription; so the bedl-i askeri ceased.
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