| Even though military units require no upkeep, a high level of recruitment or conscription will severely weaken the economic front. |
| Loss of animal traction resulted in decreased production intensity, as did loss of labor power through migration, conscription, and death. |
| He offered the view, unencumbered by reality check, that prolonged engagement would necessitate the introduction of conscription. |
| Manpower shortages in the underpopulated Confederate states had led their Congress to embrace conscription even before the North did. |
| And conscription was only used to recruit the militia, a reserve army never now mobilized except in wartime. |
| Soon El Marichal ordered that the minimum conscription age be lowered to twelve. |
