Yes, from our modern perspective it is. Today's National Guard has a true professional officer corps and well-trained non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. With relatively little preparation they can be married up with a regular army division and deployed on active duty.

It's a far cry from the pre-Civil War militia. Officer appointments tended to be political favors, required no real military ability, and involved very little time away from business. Even among the first Confederate volunteer companies it was not uncommon to elect officers based on political, financial or social prominence. The volunteers quickly learned that leaders were made, not born; thus, when the regiments reorganized for the war, in many cases there was an almost wholesale change in officers when elections took place. A politician, banker or planter might be a nice guy to have in charge in peacetime, but when you're in a war, a carpenter, blacksmith or farmer who had proved himself in combat was the one you wanted to lead the charge.