Illinois Naval Militia

Illinois Naval Militia
Active1898–1988
2006 (reauthorized)
Country United States
Allegiance Illinois
TypeNaval militia
Sizec.600 (1917)

The Illinois Naval Militia was a naval militia created by the Illinois General Assembly in 1893, and finally dissolved in 1988. The naval militia was reauthorized by Governor Rod Blagojevich through an executive order in 2006.[1] As a naval militia it was a state defense force and not part of the Illinois National Guard or National Guard of the United States.

  1. ^ "Governor : Executive Order 2 (2006)". www.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2010.