He returned to Australia after being wounded and continued to serve in the naval militia while working as a clerk.
On 1 May 1914, she was loaned to the State of New Jersey to be used in training that state's naval militia.
Many states also have state defense forces and a naval militia, which assist, support and augment National Guard forces.
A naval militia in the United States is a reserve military organization administered under the authority of a state government.
Michigan formed a naval militia in 1893; the militia quickly became a popular pastime for wealthy Detroiters.
Currently, only Ohio and New York have uniformed naval militia.
He served in the naval militia in the Spanish-American War.
In contrast, Ohio's naval militia is unarmed.
All told, some 263 officers and 3,832 enlisted men of various state naval militias answered the call to arms.
She moved north to Boston where she served as a school ship for volunteer seaman of the local naval militia until the following November.