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Charles Dick, for whom the Militia Act of 1903 was named.. The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), [1] also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create what would become the modern National Guard from a subset of the militia, and codify the circumstances under which the Guard could be federalized.
The Militia Act of 1808 provided funding for arms and equipment to state militias. The Militia Act of 1795 was, in turn, amended by the Militia Act of 1862, which allowed African-Americans to serve in the militias. [citation needed] The 1792 and 1795 acts left the question of state versus federal militia control unresolved.
Dick was Chairman of the Militia Committee, [9] and sponsored the Militia Act of 1903 (the Dick Act). [10] This act codified the circumstances under which the National Guard in each state could be federalized, provided federal resources for equipping and training the National Guard, and required National Guard units to organize and meet the ...
The National Defense Act of 1916, Pub. L. 64–85, 39 Stat. 166, enacted June 3, 1916, was a United States federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard. The principal change of the act was to supersede provisions as to exemptions. [1]
Militia Act (Ireland) 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 22 (I)) Militia Act 1797, to create a uniform Scottish militia; Militia Act of 1808, United States; Militia Act of 1855, Canada; Militia Act of 1862, United States; Militia Act of 1903 (Dick Act), United States; Militia Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3. c. 90), United Kingdom; Militia Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. 50) Act ...
Since the Militia Act of 1903, many states have created and maintained a reserve military force known as state defense forces; some states refer to them as state military reserves or state guards. They were created to assist, support, and augment National Guard forces during peacetime conditions.
Also called the Dick Act, for sponsor Charles W. F. Dick, the 1903 law updated the Militia Act of 1792, though it left unresolved the key question of how to compel service of the militia outside the borders of the United States, which did not fall under the constitutionally permitted uses of the militia "to execute the laws of the Union ...
From 1903 to present, following the Militia Act of 1903, the Texas Militia is legally empowered by Title 32 of the United States Code and Article 4, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Texas to "execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions".