One passage of 'Proclamation of Conscription': 'A man should devote himself to the nation mentally and physically. The Westerners call it blood tax. This means a man should devote himself to his country with his own blood.'
「徴兵告諭」の一節：「人たるもの固（もと）より心力を尽し国に報ひざるべからず。西人（西洋人）之を称して血税と云ふ。其生血を以て国に報するの謂なり」