[thackney]

"Then Madison was referring to more than the Militia when he spoke of number able to bear arms."

First of all, in your quote, Madison is talking about a federal standing army, NOT a Militia.

When Madison wrote "one twenty-fifth part of the number able to bear arms", the number able to bear arms is not a federal standing army or the militia. It is a large number of people than either of those.

[thackney]

Sorry, typo It is a large larger number of people than either of those.