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    Dick Act of 1903, ch. 196, § 1, 32 Stat. 775, 775
    (1903)
    This militia consisted of all able-bodied male citizens between 18 and 45 years of age, and also aliens who have declared intent to naturalize. The "organized militia" was the National Guard of the several States. Everyone else was part of the "reserve militia," which later statutes labeled the "unorganized militia."