appears the first militia kicked ass..........Arkady is substantially right about that, by definition!
Militia are by definition military, or paramilitary entities / organizations.
By being "organizations", they are by definition "organized".
I believe the current legal standard is not merely a formal command structure,
but in addition a formal command structure that is faithful to the U.S. president.
Without that, it's just a band of thugs.
* Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.
have a feeling majority of militia would be Veterans (w/training) and train the civilians