naval militia
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When the Spanish-American War broke out, Henderson commanded the first detachment of naval militia to enter Federal service since the Civil War.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had not Joe Kennedy himself once threatened that the naval militia might one day be called on to keep steam up during maritime strikes?
From Time Magazine Archive
At the beginning of the year 1898 there were more than four thousand men and officers in the naval militia.
From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Beebe, Mabel
Besides the regular navy of the United States there is a naval militia organized in eighteen states.
From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Beebe, Mabel
The naval militia holds the same relationship to the navy that the national guard does to the United States army.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
