Word: militiaization
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...based this assertion on the method by which armies are raised and maintained : the voluntary system, the militia system, the compulsory service system...
...said, 17 European powers maintained armies. Of these, 15 used the compulsory system, Britain the voluntary, Switzerland the militia. In 1925, there are 25 powers which maintain armies. Of these, 14 have the compulsory system, five the voluntary, six the militia. If figures be adduced, "there has been no material diminution in the number of armed men maintained in Europe today as compared...
...Militia System: The militia system, which originated in Switzerland, trains a nation's whole man power fit to bear arms for fixed periods in each year, diminishing as time goes on. Under this system, all hale male nationals are liable to do military service between certain ages, usually between 19 and 48. The six countries which have adopted this system: Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Denmark and Finland (only a semi-militia system). The respective terms of military service for the first years are: 65 days, 48 days, 150 days, 160 days, 150 days, one year (owing to Finland...
...been practicing law for 29 years. He is a member of the firm of Butler, Mitchell & Doherty. His chief excursions outside of the law have been into military life. He served as a lieutenant in the Spanish American War, at one time commanded the state militia. During the World War, he organized the Sixth Minnesota Infantry and was made its Colonel, only to resign and enlist as a private in the Artillery Corps of the Regular Army where he remained until the end of the War. The job of Solicitor General consists chiefly in representing the Government before the courts...
Land of Egypt. Joseph Smith Jr. had broken loose and Nauvoo, with 10,000 Mormons, swelled larger than any city in the state. Smith ruled by revelations -invariably convenient ones-by hellfire threats and a genial disposition. Besides being Prophet, he was judge, mayor and general of his own militia. When he said God had told him to start up polygamy as it had been in the days of Abraham and Solomon, none dreamed that the motive was not pious procreation, though a crony of the Prophet's was a "professor of midwifery," and Smith, a handsome six-footer...