The Sonderbund cantons, except for Lucerne and Fribourg, sought and obtained the assent of their popular assemblies ( " Landsgemeinden " ) for general conscription.
12.
After the introduction of general conscription ( " Wehrpflicht " ) in 1868 the regiment comprised seven battalions, seven reserve companies and a battalion recruiting cadre.
13.
Shakir Sahib at-Taba'a pushed the Bey to carry out many bold but very unpopular reforms, such as general conscription from the population of large towns.
14.
Further pressure for general conscription came from peers, Conservative backbenchers ( led by Carson ) and Lloyd George, and from the Military-Finance Committee to which Lansdowne had been added.
15.
Instead a further Cabinet was held on the morning of Saturday 30 April; Asquith told them that given the mood in the House of Commons there was no alternative to general conscription.
16.
On 17 August, the Convention voted for general conscription, the " lev�e en masse ", which mobilised all citizens to serve as soldiers or suppliers in the war effort.
17.
On 17 August, the Convention voted for general conscription, the " lev�e en masse ", which mobilized all citizens to serve as soldiers or suppliers in the war effort.
18.
In 1944, Estonia, along with Latvia, became one of only two non-German speaking countries occupied by Germany where a general conscription-mobilization was carried out by the occupational authorities.
19.
The regular army reached no more than 55, 000 though; the rest was made up of various auxiliary and voluntary formations, pospolite ruszenie ( general conscription ) and urban militia, often poorly armed and trained.
20.
As a result, CS-6 concluded that the new institute would eventually lead to a National-Socialist government, which would then introduce general conscription to enable the call-up of Dutch nationals to the Eastern Front.
