Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1894 — Militia of the States. [ARTICLE]

Militia of the States.

The entire organized militia of the various States number 112,190, divided as follows: Alabama, 2,960; Arkansas, 981; California, 4,9++; Colorado, 827; Connecticut, 2,751; Delaware, 330; Florida, 1,011; Georgia, 3,535; Idaho, 232; Illinois, 4,777; Indiana, 2,633; lowa, 2,315; Kansas, 1,666; Kentucky, 1,‘331; Louisiana, 1, 249;.Maine, 1,064; Maryland, 2,118; Massachusetts, 8,566; Micnigan, 2,801; Minnesota, 1,801; Mississippi, 1,705; Missouri. 2,415; Montana, 526: Nebraska, 1,086; Nevada, 493; New Hampshire, 1,255; New Jersey, 3.915; New York, 12.810; North Carolina, 1,782; North Dakota, 479; Ohio, 6,125; Oregon, 1,575; Pennsylvania, 8,614; Rhode Island, 1,476; South Carolina, 5,440; South Dakota, 779; Tennessee, 1.794; Texas, 2,784; Vermont, 784; Virginia. 3,221; Washington, 1,702; West Virginia, 900; Wisconsin, 2,721; Wyoming, 415; Arizona, 470; New Mexico, 46y; District of Columbia, 1,563. The aggregate men available for military duty unorganized is given as 8.223,697. Of this latter class New York and Illinois contribute the largest numbers, being put down for 650,000 each.