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
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 subject of the organization of a naval militia or reserve had been discussed for some time before Secretary Tracy assumed his office.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.
Accordingly a Civil War Monitor, with one smooth-bore gun, managed by a crew of about twenty-one naval militia, was sent to the city in question, under convoy of a tug.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
