naval militia
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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
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
The assistant secretary of the navy stands in a special relation to the naval militia through the governor and the adjutant-general of the several states.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
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
In the District of Columbia and in twenty of the states we have what is known as the naval militia.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
