Με την ολοκλήρωση τεσσάρων μηνών στο στρατό, οι στρατεύσιμοι επέστρεφαν στην πολιτική ζωή ως μέλη μιας εφεδρικής δύναμης 60.000 ανδρών.
They received only two months of actual training and were then mostly used as a labour force or as guards. Upon completing four months of service, conscripts resumed civilian life as members of a reserve force of 60,000.