The task of organizing the U.S. Army commenced in 1775. In the first one hundred years of its existence, the United States Army was maintained as a small peacetime force to man permanent forts and perform other non-wartime duties such as engineering and construction works. During times of war, the U.S. Army was augmented by the much larger United States Volunteers which were raised independently by <answer>various state governments</answer>. States also maintained full-time militias which could also be called into the service of the army.
Who raised the United States Volunteers?
various state governments