conscribe
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August 15th.—I learn an order has been issued to conscribe all commissary and quartermasters’ clerks liable to military service.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
“If you conscribe them, they will evade the law by all possible means, and you will turn honest men into law-breakers.”
From Burning Sands by Weigal, Arthur
Her commerce would be increased to an incalculable extent, and she would have naval populations from which to conscribe the crews for fleets that she would be prompt to build.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
A number of Italians gathered round, one of whom I discovered to be a priest, conscribed to serve with the Medical Corps.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron
Most of them had been conscribed to fight in the Austro-Hungarian Army, but had crossed over to the Italian lines at the first opportunity.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron
They would be conscribed, and receive only $12 per month.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Vance is furious at the idea of conscribing magistrates, constables, etc. in North Carolina.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
The latter were horror-stricken by the general conscription, and fled by thousands to take refuge among the mountains from the conscribing officers.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
