They were all volunteers in an era long after the end of national conscription.

It was the military officer in charge of national conscription, collection of war contributions, equipment, provisioning, payroll and military discipline.

The Confederacy passed the first American law of national conscription on April 16, 1862.

The samurai era ended in 1868 with the Meiji era, the Japanese turned to a national conscription army with modern weapons and uniforms.

The United States first employed national conscription during the American Civil War.

Before the First World War it favoured an army formed by national conscription.

There has been no national conscription since 1997.

Some commentators are even arguing for national conscription for the military and for homeland defense efforts like border patrol.

On the national conscription (Zenkoku Cyōheiron, 1884)

The Labour Government ended national conscription and New Zealand's contribution to the Vietnam War upon coming to power in 1972.