Assertion: militia | /r/CapableOf | provide country's main force
Facets:
value: in the event of war
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The army – which, by the time of King James II's accession in 1685, comprised seven regiments of foot and four mounted regiments – was officially part of the royal household and had no basis in law; both king and Parliament were careful to refer to the regiments as 'guards', based on their role as bodyguards to the king, and it was still intended that the militia would provide the country's main force in the event of war.