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In any event, modern practice has allowed the militia (in its form as the National Guard) to be deployed overseas. In 1792, Congress passed the Uniform Militia Act, also known as the “Calling ...

The ultimate Federalist goal was to turn the militia into a national reserve of uniform, interchange-ble units. In 1792, Congress passed the Uniform Militia Act, which remained the basic militia ...