4 Nov
2001
4 Nov
'01
3:14 p.m.
At 02:07 PM 11/4/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Reese wrote:
Working for the governor of their respective states, unless you're saying they've been called up by the Army and federalized. There is a long list
States are prohibited from having troops. Any(!) troops in the US (be they military, guard, or militia) ARE responsible to Congress and Congress only until Congress assigns them to the President (and only the President) as CinC.
States are not prohibited from having a militia, the National Guard is an organized militia, until such time they are federalized, at which point they fall under the Army's Chain of Command. Why do you think all or nearly all states have a National Guard, if it is prohibited as you claim? Reese