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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.
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 ...
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.
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".
It was created by the Militia Act of 1903. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, elevated the National Guard to a joint function of the Department of Defense. The 2007 NDAA, from the previous year, elevated the chief of the National Guard Bureau from a lieutenant general to a four-star general.
Militia Act of 1808; Militia Act of 1862; Militia Act of 1903; Militia Acts of 1792; Bill Murray (CIA officer) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The National Guard and the state defense forces both trace their roots to the state militias which made up the majority of the United States Armed Forces prior to the implementation of the Militia Act of 1903 and the subsequent creation of the modern National Guard of the United States as a federal reserve force.