Wisconsin Naval Militia

[1] The naval militia maintained units at Ashland and Bayfield until World War I.

[2] By 1914, the naval militia had reached a strength of 160 men organized into three companies.

[3] In 1916, the naval militia was temporarily disbanded due to the inability of the state to procure a ship to be used for training purposes; however, new units were immediately reorganized in different parts of the state, funded with money raised by private donors.

A bill which would have reactivated the naval militia passed the assembly of the Wisconsin Legislature by a wide margin but failed in the senate.

Subsequent bills intended to reactivate the naval militia have also failed.