She was rid of her Russian control, well able to maintain a small army to protect herself.

Maintaining an army put a lot of financial stress on the countries and empires.

During the 1860s conscription was seen as an effective way to maintain an army.

It is also the only house allowed to maintain an active army.

Why does it need to maintain a gigantic army?

"Every spy we've sent into the area reports that they maintain only a small permanent army."

It's not as if we were maintaining a real army.

Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.

But difficult it was, always, for Washington to maintain an army.

And if each family grew their own food, how could the government ever produce enough of a surplus to maintain an army?