conscript

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Conscript units were apparently being rotated from Eastern Europe to replace the reserve forces that had spearheaded the invasions.

From Time Magazine Archive

This I esteem, O Conscript Fathers, the first great cause wherefore this novel penalty be not established as a precedent.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William

"The Conscript" is certainly one of the most impressive statements of the darker side of the national pursuit of military glory that have ever been made.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

And when the great day came and the Infanta was met at the station by the Conscript Fathers, a pæan of joy found voice in print: “He wore a tall hat.”

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

Our ancestors, O Conscript Fathers, never lacked either wisdom in design, or energy in action; nor did their pride restrain them from copying those institutions of their neighbors, which they deemed good and wise.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William