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The cited articles refer to 2,000 members, with up to 40,000 in wartime. This article is therefore incorrect. Furthermore I am not sure that the organisation was illegal - it was unofficial. Similar to militias in the USA - not officially mandated, but not illegal either. Royalcourtier ( talk) 11:40, 14 June 2017 (UTC) reply

• Don´t know about the legal aspects but you´re definitely right to the wrong usage of the numbers as provided by the sources. Changed that accordingly. ... GELongstreet ( talk) 20:46, 9 September 2018 (UTC) reply