308, n.2.Concerning the military duty imposed on them see above, p.

23.] The formerly privileged merchantile class could not reconcile itself easily to the idea of sending their children to the army.

The horrors of the old conscription were still fresh in their minds, and even in its new setting military service was still suggestive of the hideous horrors of the past.

Those who but yesterday had been dragged like criminals to the recruiting stations could not well be expected to change their sentiments over night and appear there of their own free will.

The result was that a considerable number of Jews of military age (21) failed to obey the summons of the first conscription.