Militias

thumb|Muster (military)|Mustering in the "Hempstead Rifles," Arkansas Volunteers, at [[Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 1861.]]

The Sometent (in Catalan; in Spanish: somatén) was a militia institution from Catalonia. In its beginnings it was an armed corps of civilian protection, separated from the army, for self-defense and defense of the local territory. It thus contrasted with the other Spanish militia, the miquelets, irregular troops that could also be sent to fight outside their territory.

militia organised by Ferdinand VII in 1823 after the overthrow of the liberal government in Spain

The cernide or cernida (also known as the cranide in Dalmatia) were territorial armies of the Veneto and Istria that annually received some military training. The name cernida derives from the fact that the one or two young men were chosen (cf. 'to choose, select') for every ten from among the young men resident in these areas.