 The name was briefly revived in the Military Training Act 1939, in the aftermath of the Munich Crisis.Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, wished to introduce a limited form of conscription, not known in peacetime Britain since the militia of the early 19th century and previously.It was thought that calling the conscripts 'militiamen' would make this more acceptable, as it would render them distinct from the rest of the army.