 As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas).Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay.Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time service in three circumstances