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- Prussian Conscription - History Forum
How did military conscription change in Prussia in 1871? A quote from Phillipp Elliot-Wright in his book, Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870, indicates that men faced up to 12 years of military obligations in 1870 I think that Prussia went to short-term conscription in 1871, but I can’t find how many
- Am I correct that these are the 4 biggest reasons why it was . . .
Am I correct that these are the 4 biggest reasons why it was revolutionary France that took mass conscription to the next level?
- Civil War Slang - History Forum
IRISH SHANTY : An outhouse JONAH : A soldier who habitually brings misfortune and bad luck with him LAY-OUT : Confederate term for those who hid in the woods or swamps to avoid conscription LEAD MINE : Casualty who has been shot so many times he is filled with lead LEG CASE : Slang for deserter LINCOLN COFFEE : Confederate term for
- The conscription proof job. | History Forum
The only conscription proof people were convicts also firemen and similar rescue specialists There was a good deal of resentment to the civilian volunteers in ARP heavy rescue because they were seen as draft dodging and shirking early in the war
- Which Country in Europe had the most meritocratic army during the times . . .
By 1796 the overall army numbers had been much reduced mainly by desertion (from a high of around 900,000 ( a larger peak was avoided as the process of conscription took a long time) to maybe 400,000 what exactly is counted as in the amry with various organizations is not clear) some say they were volunteers in the sense they had chosen the
- Length of Army vs Marine Corps tours in Vietnam - History Forum
The way I understand it, is that a Army infantryman served 12 months in country per tour of duty Their Marine counterparts served an additional month of duty, totaling 13 months Why the difference? One-upmanship?
- WW1 Australia conscription and social class - History Forum
When Hughes ran his conscription campaign in 1916-1917 Australia, it seemed that his supporters were mostly of the Upper and Middle class instead of the working class So my question is: why was this the case? Didn't the upper and middle class provide officers who had very high casualties? So
- Age of Recruits into the Roman Legions - History Forum
Theoretically speaking, anyone between the ages of 16 and 50 was considered of military age in Rome, in both Republican and Imperial days By the time of Augustus, however, the average age of recruits into the legions was c 18-20 From Augustus onwards, service in the Roman military was
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