term of enlistment
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She said all of them were in their first term of enlistment, so they were younger, lower-ranking personnel.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021
Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
He well and truly performed all the duties required of a soldier, and was honorably discharged with the Company on expiration of his term of enlistment at Elmira.
From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown
Nearly the whole of the 87th Pennsylvania in the 3d division re-enlisted; this was the finest drilled regiment in the service, their term of enlistment expiring in the spring.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
Third: A standing army with a reserve composed of men who have served a term of enlistment in the regular army.
From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by Maxwell, George Hebard
