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What word beginning with c describes the system that was introduced when more soldiers were needed for world war 1 than had volunteered?
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The system of mandatory (involuntary) military enlistment is called conscription. Also known as "the draft," it was widely but not consistently used during the US Civil War.
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In the American Civil War did most soldiers volunteer or were they drafted into the army?
Both. In the beginning they enlisted (volunteered). When the reality of war struck them (the horrors of war); they had to be forced to fight (drafted).
Why did some union soldiers enter the war?
As far as I can tell, some of the soldiers were drafted, meaning they were required by law to join the army, or volunteered for the army.
Who were the volunteered soldiers lined up in clean uniforms in the civil war?
First battle of bull run
How many American soldiers are volunteers in the Iraq war?
All of them - we have a volunteer military nobody was drafted everyone volunteered.
How did the US find enough soldiers to fight in World War II?
Men volunteered in droves after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
What is the difference between paid and volunteer roman soldiers?
None. Roman soldiers were paid professionals soldiers who volunteered to join the army. There was no universal conscription. It is the same in modern professional armies. You volunteer to take up a professional career.
What simile describes dead soldiers lay?
soldiers lay like sleeping lions.
Which story describes the return on Mycenaean soldiers?
illiad
What problem did soldiers face at the beginning of the war?
i do not no
What problems did soldiers face at the beginning of the war?
i do not no
How many soldiers volunteered in World War I?
In the beginning of World War 1 Prime Minister Borden offered Britain 25 000 troops, the first division of the CEF. In the early months of recruiting more than 33 000 volunteered. By 10 months of the war being declared more than 100 000 volunteered. So many voluteered because they thought it would be a short war (home by Christmas), they would receive a heroes welcome home, they would experience an exciting adveenture over seas, and also for the pay.
How many Canadian soldiers served in Vietnam War?
Anywhere from 25,000 to 40,000 Canadians volunteered in the U.S. Armed Forces. This is according to several sites.
