[KC_Lion]

Well no, but what I ment was we still had State Militia Volunteer forces that made up the Majority of the U.S. Army during war time.

The Spanish-American War used this system.

But the progressives stuck their filthy nose in it with the Militia Act of 1903 which transformed the STATE national guard into federal subsidized troops, which means Uncle Sam gets to rid rough shot over the individual states military.

[kearnyirish2]

I see what you mean; I was under the impression that it happened earlier (though through Reconstruction I’m sure the Southern states had no standing militias anyway).