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.

The militia was re-titled the National and Popular Militia in 1974 and its regular section scaled down, as the President announced that the country could not afford the large standing force that he believed was necessary to deter what he saw as the constant threat of invasion.

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.

Although muster rolls were prepared as late as 1820, the element of compulsion was abandoned, and the militia was transformed into a volunteer force.

The next governor, Isaac Pyke ( 1731 – 1738 ), had a tyrannical reputation but successfully extended tree plantations, improved fortifications and transformed the garrison and militia into a reliable force for the first time.

By the end of the war, the Chetnik movement transformed into a collaborationist Serb nationalist militia completely dependent on Axis supplies.

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

Following the Soviet withdrawal it remained in control of the Afghan military, which transformed to private militia.

The second line terços were only transformed into militia regiments in 1796.

It transformed the militia from individual state forces into a Reserve Component of the U. S. Army-and made the term " National Guard " mandatory.

In July 1775, George Washington took command of the assembled militia and transformed them into a more coherent army.

He built up the Ashante army based on the Akan state of Akwamu, introducing new organization and turning a disciplined militia into an effective fighting machine.

Hurriedly Madison called on Congress to put the country “ into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis ,” specifically recommending enlarging the army, preparing the militia, finishing the military academy, stockpiling munitions, and expanding the navy.

President Bashir Gemayel agreed to send troops from his Phalange militia into camps to clear out 2, 000 PLO fighters.

In the late 1980s, Charles Taylor assembled rebels from Gio and Mano tribes in Ivory Coast into a militia, invaded Nimba County in 1989, and by 1990 a full-blown tribal war was taking place.

* 1886 – The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.

In 2007, it was reported that the DDR programmes had dismantled 274 paramilitary organizations, reintegrated over 62, 000 militia members into civilian life, and recovered more than 84, 000 weapons, including heavy weapons.

With the escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War, local villagers under threat of attack were formed into localized militia to protect their families and homes.

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.

By the 1880s, Sahle Selassie, king of Shewa ( the later Emperor Menelik II ) allied with Ras Gobena's Shewan Oromo militia to expand his kingdom to the South and East, expanding into areas that hadn't been held together since the invasion of Ahmed Gragn.

Paraguayans were forced into the colonial militia to serve extended tours of duty away from their homes, contributing to a severe labor shortage.

The Independent State of Croatia was established as a Nazi satellite state, ruled by the fascist militia known as the Ustaše that came into existence in 1929, but was relatively limited in its activities until 1941.

* November 23 – Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners ' strike.

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.

: Whenever an insurrection occurs in any State against its government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of its governor call into Federal service such of the militia of the other States.

: Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, assemblages, or rebellion make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State or Territory, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State.

On December 13, 1648, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony had ordered that the Colony's scattered militia companies be organized into North, South and East Regiments — with a goal of increasing the militias ' accountability to the colonial government, efficacy, and responsiveness in conflicts with indigenous Pequot Indians.