sentences:  From that time, regiments began to be garrisoned in towns instead of being spread all over the province with a training ground as the only common meeting place.As croft soldiers were contracted by the government for as long as they wanted and were fit for service, and as they could not be dismissed, some soldiers lived under the allotment system long after 1901, the last one retiring as late as 1961.Through the reform, the regiments' local connections were partially lost, as conscripts were not necessarily from the regiments' respective provinces.