| Volunteer soldiers came to military duty no better armed, equipped, or trained than had their earlier militia counterparts. |
| From February onward army and blackshirt militia units mobilized and embarked for the long journey through the Suez Canal to Eritrea and Somalia. |
| A dozen men armed with clubs set upon a corporal in the colonial militia when he tried to execute a sentence on a man delinquent in his duty. |
| Massachusetts enjoyed a qualified success with its militia by expending money and energy on the effort. |
| Firing at point-blank range, roughly one hundred militia men killed one of their opponents. |
| When the colonial militia deployed at Concord, the uniform was work clothes. |
