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The Confederacy passed its first of 3 conscription acts 16 April 1862, and scarcely a year later the Union began conscripting men. Government officials plagued with manpower shortages regarded drafting as the only means of sustaining an effective army and hoped it would spur voluntary enlistments.
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CONSCRIPTION to military service is a system whereby the state requires all men (and in a few cases women) to serve a period in the armed forces. Begun in Prussia in the 18th century, it was developed by Napoleon in France and thence spread throughout continental Europe.
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All the government needed to do was to change the Defence Act to extend the existing power of conscription for home service, to overseas service. All it had to do to achieve that change in legislation was to pass an amendment through both houses of parliament - the Senate, and the House of Representatives.
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Definition of conscription from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "conscription" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Southern conscription was the first attempt to create a modern military system. ... An overlooked draft in the North that was underway almost simultaneously with the first rebel conscription.
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Pin back buttons supporting 1 side or the other in the 1916 conscription referendum. ... However, conscription by ballot was only to be used after a call for volunteers. In the event, the ballot was never used and the South Australians who fought in South Africa 1899-1902 were volunteers.
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conscription n. Compulsory enrollment, especially for the armed forces; draft. A monetary payment exacted by a government in ... National conscription came to America in the Civil War. With fewer people, the South adopted conscription in 1862, eventually applying it to white males seventeen to fifty years of age.
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