In addition to the Texas State Guard, there is also a "Reserve Militia" which is defined as "persons liable to serve, but not serving in the state military forces." The persons who are liable to serve are defined in Tex. Govt. Code sec. 431.081. This section includes, in general, all able bodied residents 18 through 60 years of age. Some other states also have a "reserve" or "unorganized" militia which exist only on the books and until they are called out. Although there are some differences, these are the last descendants of the original lawfully recognized militias which brought their own weapons to muster. Ray
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: Charles Curley Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Continuing vitality IN LAW of the unorganized militia Texas has a State Guard, considered part of the state militia, with a commander appointed by the governor, but a few years ago the people of Texas removed the power of the governor to command militia himself. Various statutes leave command by default of county militia to the sheriffs, but does not require them to exercise it. Being a common-law state that leaves it to local communities to elect their own militia commanders in a public election, which can be by popular convention. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
