Mobilisation

Mobilisation, a word for the act of making an army ready for taking the field. The process consists in bringing the various units to war strength by calling in reserve men, in organising the staff of brigades, divisions, and army corps, constituting the commissariat, medical, and transport services, and in accumulating provisions and munitions. As the work of mobilising an army causes great and inevitable expense, it is only resorted to when hostilities appear imminent.