Louisiana Naval Militia
[1] During a yellow fever epidemic in 1905, the Louisiana Naval Militia was activated during a series of quarantines enacted across the region.In one incident, two ships from Mississippi, Grace and Tipsy, attempted to cross into Louisiana from a quarantine zone.The Louisiana Naval Militia boarded the ships and arrested the officers and crew.[2] The naval militia remained stationed on the Mississippi River to guard against possible incursions by Mississippi state troops crossing into Louisiana waters in their attempts to quarantine their own state from Louisiana fishermen; the naval militia remained on active duty until the federal government took over control of managing the quarantine response.[3] In 1909, the Louisiana Naval Militia sailed USS Isla de Luzon on a training cruise.