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The militia shall be divided into active and reserve forces. The active militia shall be called the national guard of the State of New York, and its number determined by law ; but shall not in time of peace exceed thirty thousand. It shall be always armed, equipped and disciplined. All enrolled persons not belonging to the national guard shall constitute the reserve force. All persons who after one year’s service, shall have been honorably discharged from the army, navy or volunteer forces of the United States, shall be in time of peace exempt from service in the militia; and all citizens who from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, may be exempt therefrom upon conditions to be provided by law.