[Carry_Okie]

I understood that such was how it works, but the details were unknown to me, thank you. What you described is a completely Federalized system, and not what the founders intended having a distaste for standing armies.

I haven't availed myself of the history of how the military was Federalized from State militias or when (my guess it was after 1933), but it looks like it might be an interesting investigation.

[Carry_Okie]

BTW, the Palo Alto Daily reports that Steven Williams has resigned as of today. Given that Hannity made such a big deal of the original story, perhaps he might be interested in a denouement.

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There was a standing Federal Army at least prior to the Civil War....I remember stories of Robert E. Lee being assigned in different places. Once he was assigned as commander of a force to deal with John Brown who had raided Harper's Ferry.

The Congress early on established West Point to provide military officers to the standing Federal Army. That was pretty early, I think. Maybe as early as the 1820's.