Wisconsin Naval Militia
[1] The naval militia maintained units at Ashland and Bayfield until World War I.[2] By 1914, the naval militia had reached a strength of 160 men organized into three companies.[3] In 1916, the naval militia was temporarily disbanded due to the inability of the state to procure a ship to be used for training purposes; however, new units were immediately reorganized in different parts of the state, funded with money raised by private donors.A bill which would have reactivated the naval militia passed the assembly of the Wisconsin Legislature by a wide margin but failed in the senate.Subsequent bills intended to reactivate the naval militia have also failed.
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