Nathanael Greene told Washington that `` Lafayette was charmed with the spirited behavior of the militia and riflemen ''.

While this was being discussed, we saw the militia to the west of us fanning out and breaking into little clusters of two and three men as they approached the road.

After a promotion in the militia in 1841, Johnson was often locally referred to as " Colonel ".

In addition there was a huge militia force, of limited value, numbering 30, 000 noblemen of the levée en masse.

The right wing was composed of men of arms and militia parish of Burgundy, Champagne and Picardy covered by the mounted sergeants from Soissons.

As a result, the national militia of Cuba, established by the Constitution and a potential instrument for liberal agitation, was dissolved, a permanent executive military commission under the orders of the governor was created, newspapers were closed, elected provincial representatives were removed and other liberties suppressed.

He was interested in cooperation between the regular army and militia or partisan forces, or citizen soldiers, as one possible — sometimes the only — method of defense.

The Tutsi militia was soon joined by various opposition groups and supported by several countries, including Rwanda and Uganda.

Anti Jewish sentiment was intensified by the Bavarian Soviet Republic, a Communist government which ruled the city of Munich for two weeks before being crushed by the Freikorps militia.

When the earlier disputes broke out into the so-called Mormon War of 1838, Atchison was appointed a major general in the state militia and took part in suppression of the violence by both sides.

" storm of the people " or " Folk-Storm "; " People's Army " or " National Militia ") was a German national militia of the last months of World War II.

The Volkssturm had existed, on paper, since approximately 1925, however it was only after Hitler ordered Martin Bormann to recruit six million men for this militia that the group became a physical reality.

* Fatah Hawks – The Fatah Hawks was an armed militia active mainly until the mid-90s.

Secondly, the Ethiopian army's feudal organization meant that nearly the entire force was composed of peasant militia.

Lawrence's position as Adjutant General ( militia leader ) of Virginia was divided into four offices after his death.

Washington was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie as one of the four district adjutants in February 1753, with the rank of major in the Virginia militia.

His militia numbered 2, 000-3, 000 and was

After the plot, the army was regarded by the government as a centre of potential subversion, and the militia was developed as a counterforce to any military threat to the government.

The militia had grown out of a 1961 Democratic Party of Guinea ( PDG ) decision to create workplace ‘ committees for the defence of the revolution .’ These committees were encouraged by party officials to report dishonest practices such as theft and embezzlement of funds which might ‘ endanger the achievements of the revolution .’ The PDG youth arm, the Youth of the African Democratic Revolution ( JRDA ) was especially exhorted to report irregularities and crime to party or police authorities.

In 1969, the militia was officially granted a role equivalent to the army, as a counterbalance in any military coup d ' état.

Thus the militia was re-organised in multiple tiers, with a staff in Conakry, some combat units, and the remainder of the permanent element serving as a cadre for reserve militia units in villages, industrial sites, and schools.

The 1929 Palestine riots ( see also the Hebron Massacre ), led Ze ' ev Jabotinsky to create a right-wing militia group called the Irgun Tzvai Leumi ( National Military Organization, known in Hebrew by its acronym " Etzel ").

The Militia Act of 1903 divided what had been the militia into what it termed the " organized " militia, created from portions of the former state guards to become state National Guard units, and the " unorganized " militia consisting of all males from ages 17 to 45, with the exception of certain officials and others, which is codified in.

The rise of the National Guard: the evolution of the American militia, 1865-1920.

Among the militia groups were the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ), United Somali Congress ( USC ), Somali National Movement ( SNM ) and the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ), together with the non-violent political oppositions of the Somali Democratic Movement ( SDM ), the Somali Democratic Alliance ( SDA ) and the Somali Manifesto Group ( SMG ).

A National Security Act was passed, the recruitment of a volunteer military force for service at home and abroad was announced, the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, and a citizen militia was organised for local defence.

The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of National Guard militia members or units of each state and territory, plus the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States.

( a ) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.

:( 1 ) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia ; and

:( 2 ) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

The traditional state militias were redefined and recreated as the " organized militia " – the National Guard, via the Militia Act of 1903.

The term used is “ federalized .” Federalized National Guard forces have been ordered, by the President to active duty either in their reserve component status or by calling them into Federal service in their militia status.

" National Guard " was destined to become the name of the U. S. militia.

With the Militia Act of 1903, part of the militia was federalized and renamed the National Guard and organized as a Reserve force for the Army ; this is the official founding of the National Guard.

Zouaves gradually vanished from the U. S. military in the 1870s and 1880s, as the militia system slowly transformed into the National Guard.

Decazes, perhaps the most moderate minister, moved to stop the politicization of the National Guard ( many Verdets had been drafted in ) by banning political demonstrations by the militia in July 1816.

This cockade became part of the uniform of the National Guard, which succeeded the militia and was commanded by Lafayette.

The ZANU-PF government of Robert Mugabe sponsors a " youth militia " -- the National Youth Service, members aged between 10-30 are known as the " Green Bombers ".

The militia was not designated as the official National Guard of Washington until January 1888, and as such the armed forces available to Semple at the time of the Roslyn strikes were still poorly trained and poorly equipped.

Popular affection for Zhou was underestimated, however, leading to a confrontation between the radicals ' militia allies and Beijing citizens seeking to honor Zhou during the traditional Qingming festival.

* South Vietnamese Popular Force, a local defense militia formed by South Vietnam during the Vietnam War

There is reason to believe that attacks by the government-supported militia, the Popular Defense Force ( P. D. F.

Manpower was distributed as follows: the PSP militia and the LCP militia ( the Popular Guard ) each had 5, 000 men ; the SSNP militia had 4, 000 men ; and the pro-Iraqi Ba ' athists, the pro-Syria Ba ' athists, and al-Mourabitoun militia 3, 000 each.

Before 1973, the organization may have staged few attacks compared to its urban guerrilla peers, but it tried to infiltrate the Chilean Armed Forces in anticipation of a coup d ' état against Allende and discussed plans to replace the existing police and military with a militia recruited from the Popular Front's supporters.

During the Lebanese Civil War Hawi, who used the kunya-style nom de guerre " Abu Anis ", established the Popular Guard, the LCP militia, which was aligned with the Lebanese National Movement ( LNM ) of Druze leader Kamal Jumblatt in its opposition to the Maronite-dominated government and Christian-backed militias.

During the early 1970s, the LCP established a well-trained militia, the Popular Guard, which participated actively in the fighting at the start of the Lebanese Civil War ).

Some sources also mention the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ), and the Muslim Lebanese al-Murabitun militia among the attackers.