Who are the Militia?

[jimmy the one]

121. trainband is a trained band

hans: try reading, it works for those who do

I know you can read, hans, it's comprehending what you read that you have trouble with.
you first wrote: Read the various state militia acts, they had both train bands (those currently in training) and call lists

You were pretty clearly thinking trainbands were 'in training' groups. No, they were generally trained militia, & while they 'trained' in your sense for new developments or periodically, you can't apply that to trainbands as you intended. You jumped to a conclusion without reviewing the facts about trainbands.

hans 'refutation'(?): train-band: From US v. Miller General Court of Massachusetts, 1784 provided for the organization and government of the Militia. It directed that the Train Band should ‘contain all able bodied men, from sixteen to forty years of age, and the Alarm List, all other men under sixty years of age, ....’ Also, ‘That every non-commissioned officer and private soldier of the said militia not under the controul of parents, masters or guardians, and being of sufficient ability therefor in the judgment of the Selectmen of the town in which he shall dwell, shall equip himself, and be constantly provided with a good fire arm, &c.’

OK hans I give up, I can't find anywhere in there that contends that trainbands are 'currently in training'. Pls point it out, thanks.

1 MeriamWebsters: Trainband:TRAINBAND a 17th or 18th century militia company in England or America Origin of TRAINBAND alteration of trained band First Known Use: 1630
2 OED: train-band, i.e. train'd band, a band of trained men, Cowper, Joh Gilpin, used by Dryden and Clarendon" Skeat's Etymological Dict English Language (Oxford1879)
3 Collins English Dict: a company of English militia from the 16th to the 18th century Word Origin altered from trained band