Naval Reserve, U.S.
Naval Reserve, U.S.The U.S. Naval Reserve was created by several statutes enacted in the period 1915–18 as the successor to the “naval militia”—naval versions of the National Guard—of several states. The naval militia, as was the case with their army counterparts, was established in the late nineteenth century as part of a general attempt by state military forces to seek higher status and readiness and obtain more federal recognition.
The Naval Reserve did not become a force of federally controlled “citizen‐sailors,” who underwent periodic peacetime training, until the 1920s and 1930s. During those decades, the reserve provided core crews for ships not in commission and personnel to augment crews of both active U.S. Navy ships and the navy shore establishment upon mobilization for war. (In addition to these organized reserves, many people who served on active duty in World Wars I...
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