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The Missouri Naval Militia is the currently unorganized naval militia of Missouri. Along with the Missouri Army National Guard, the Missouri Air National Guard, and the Missouri Reserve Military Force, the Missouri Naval is recognized under Missouri law as part of the organized militia of Missouri. Like the members of the National Guard, members of the naval militia who also serve in the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve have a dual federal and state status, serving as members of the naval militia under authority of the state government until they are called into federal service, at which time they are relieved from their state obligations and placed under federal control for the duration of their federal deployment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=10 U.S. Code § 7853 - Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components )〕 ==History== The Missouri Naval Militia was first created in 1902. It was first activated and deployed in 1903 to guard buildings in East St. Louis near the waterfront after a flood of the Mississippi River. In 1906, the Missouri Naval Militia received the USS ''Huntress'', a former private yacht which had been purchased by the federal government to serve in the Spanish–American War. By 1910, the naval militia was organized into four divisions. In 1910, the Missouri Naval Militia petitioned for, and received, the USS ''Amphirite'' from the Navy Department.〔 The transfer of the USS ''Amphirite'' from the United States Department of the Navy to the Missouri Naval Militia doubled as the summer exercise for the naval militia; naval militiamen were responsible for crewing the vessel from New Orleans to Memphis as sailors from the Navy supervised. In 1912, the naval militia was deployed by Governor Herbert S. Hadley to assist in rescue operations in Caruthersville following flooding on the Mississippi River. Following the response to the flooding, the naval militia sailed the USS ''Amphirite'', which had been taking on too much water in the freshwater environment of the Mississippi River, to Memphis, where it was traded to the Louisiana Naval Militia in exchange for the USS ''Isla de Luzon''. The USS ''Isla de Luzon'' remained with the Missouri Naval Militia until 1915, when it was transferred to the Illinois Naval Militia. In 1914, sailors from the Missouri Naval Militia served aboard the USS ''Rhode Island'' alongside naval militia from other states during a training exercise, and practiced firing the 3-inch guns aboard the ship. In 1915, the Missouri Naval Militia participated in a summer drill, serving aboard the USS ''Kentucky'', during which time they practiced firing 5-inch guns.〔 On April 6, 1917, following the declaration of war against Germany by the United States, the Missouri Naval Militia was mobilized in St. Louis. The USS ''Huntress'' was recalled into federal service, and was sailed to New Orleans by naval militiamen; the remainder of the Missouri Naval Militia was ordered to the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois for their federal service.〔 The naval militia began shifting its planning towards modernization in 1937 when it petitioned the Appropriations Committee of the Missouri State Senate for the funds to purchase heavy duty boats which could be used in flood rescue work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Missouri Naval Militia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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