| The deal merely apportioned the cabinet posts among power contenders without dissolving the factional militias. |
| The war effort was built upon volunteer companies and the amorphous state militias behind them. |
| Two days ago, these regulars and militias were almost hysterical with tension. |
| These he mixed with reproductions of old group portraits, of militias and the governors and governesses of charitable institutions. |
| Orwell joined the militias and went to the front where he was seriously wounded. |
| The soldiers will be from local militias and local reserves, with all the tangled politics that implies. |
