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war establishment

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noun

  1. the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit

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However, there was the army, and it was my business as its Commander-in-Chief to do all that I possibly could towards rendering it an efficient part of the war establishment of India.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

The troops of all the German states are to be put on a full war establishment, and to be ready for immediate action early in the spring.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

In the report of the technical sub-committee the war establishment for an expeditionary force is planned on these lines.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

One single list shows that a company of German infantry had 139 men killed and wounded, or more than half of its war establishment.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various

Thus were we placed by Dr. Hitter, the quondam Hermesian,* quite on the ecclesiastical war establishment of the middle ages.

From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous

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