Word: militiaization
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...officers and a number of NCOs who may be said to belong to the Communist elite, the great majority of Chinese Communist troops that have been thrown into the battles in Korea are either former Nationalist soldiers whom the Communists do not trust or new conscripts or local militia forced in there to make up the "human sea . . ." These troops are strictly "expendables" in the grand scheme of Mao Tse-tung and his Kremlin masters...
...glory of the New Jersey orrery was short-lived. During the Revolution, the troops of King George almost "liberated" it as a trophy of war. Then American militia, who thought the funny little wheels made "handsome curiosities," ravaged its clockwork. At the turn of the century, loyal students rescued it from a fire that destroyed the books in the college library, only to have a later generation deface it with penciled signatures...
...military hero and, finally, at the ripe old age of 40, to be elected governor of New York. ("Some belated Fenians came up to sound me as to what my attitude would be if they attempted an invasion of Canada. I explained . . . that I should promptly call out the militia and clap them all in jail...
...Former members of the Nationalist Peace Preservation Corps (i.e., militia) who are now guerrillas; number...
...Workers broke windows of the Ritz Hotel and the city hall, set fire to curtains; when fire engines rattled to the scene, crowds would not let them pass. Angry men & women massed in front of the city's food-control offices, shouting for lower prices. The authorities rushed militia to the scene, to help the embattled local police. The cops charged the crowd with nightsticks and drawn pistols; many were injured...