The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945Manchester University Press, 1991 - 340 pages |
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... quota would then be fixed so that each county theoretically contributed the same pro- portion of its able - bodied manpower . In reality , those quotas fixed in 1757 were left unchanged until 1796 irrespective of intervening variations ...
... quota would then be fixed so that each county theoretically contributed the same pro- portion of its able - bodied manpower . In reality , those quotas fixed in 1757 were left unchanged until 1796 irrespective of intervening variations ...
Page 109
... quota effectively equalling four - fifths of those added as supplementary militia . Mindful of the opposition of militia colonels to the loss of trained men , safeguards were offered such as the ability of commanding officers to forbid ...
... quota effectively equalling four - fifths of those added as supplementary militia . Mindful of the opposition of militia colonels to the loss of trained men , safeguards were offered such as the ability of commanding officers to forbid ...
Page 110
... quota had not been filled by 1 June 1810 ( later extended to 30 June ) , by ballot . Once the men were raised , however , the ballot would again be suspended until January 1812 . The augmentation of the militia appears to have gone no ...
... quota had not been filled by 1 June 1810 ( later extended to 30 June ) , by ballot . Once the men were raised , however , the ballot would again be suspended until January 1812 . The augmentation of the militia appears to have gone no ...
Contents
The emergence of a constitutional force 16011745 | 31 |
Compulsion and its alternatives 17451802 | 61 |
From expediency to rationalisation 18021815 | 91 |
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