N.Y. Military Law § 2: Militia of the state; division and composition

§ 2. Militia of the state; division and composition. 1. The militia of

the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the state reserve

list, the state retired list and the unorganized militia. The organized

militia shall be composed of the New York army national guard; the New

York air national guard; the inactive national guard; the New York naval

militia; the New York guard whenever such a state force shall be duly

organized and such additional forces as may be created by the governor.

2. The unorganized militia shall consist of all able-bodied male

residents of the state between the ages of seventeen and forty-five who

are not serving in any force of the organized militia or who are not on

the state reserve list or the state retired list and who are or who have

declared their intention to become citizens of the United States,

subject, however, to such exemptions from military duty as are created

by the laws of the United States.

3. The state reserve list and the state retired list shall include the

persons who are lawfully carried thereon on the effective date of this

act and such persons who may be transferred thereto or placed thereon by

the governor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

4. The terms "organized militia," "all or any part of the organized

militia," "organized militia or any part thereof" and "organized militia

or any force thereof," whenever used in this chapter, unless a different

meaning is plainly required by the context, shall be deemed to include

any unit, command, component, element, headquarters, staff or cadre

thereof as well as any member or members.