At its birth, the Gold Leaf Army was disorganised and resembled more of a ragtag group than an actual militia. After the creation of the Coalition, however, settlements traded equipment, and what was once a group of patriots protecting their town became something resembling a tiny army. Nevertheless, this did not resolve the issue of the community's incessant arguing over their authority, seniority, or importance, and so Governor Samuel Winthrop took several steps to resolve this issue by introducing formal ranks, with the newfound Chief of the Militia—currently Henry Averst—taking control.

Even with so much chain of command in place, alongside foreign aid in the form of Coalition trades supplying the militia, it severely lacked funding, and so the mayor had imposed a multitude of taxes on the citizens to fund the militia and its efforts. Nowadays, the taxes are still in place, but ever since the introduction of the Commonwealth, a plethora of funds have been given to Bargetown by the Coalition's capital city, Hamilton, likely to keep up the pace with the 25th Naval Infantry detachment of the New Model Army present on the isles.

While the Gold Leaf Army enjoys a good amount of volunteers, the ever-chewing meat grinder of war-consuming Bargetown requires even more manpower. Regrettably, this manpower comes from drafts.

Healthy humans between the ages of 16 and 60 can be forced into service as a footman during the occasional draft. Draftees are paid less than servicemen, and their service doesn't have a set length—their only way out is to bribe their way out of the draft or sign militia contracts and become a fully fledged serviceman. Mutants, half-breeds, and machines are exempt from drafts, primarily due to discrimination, though certain mutant "hood rats" find their way in.

Most draftees end up on the frontlines without any training beyond being told how to shoot. For the sake of themselves and those around them, they are not allowed to have automatic weapons in Bargetown, whether fully automatic or semi-automatic, and are instead, usually given a bolt-action, pump-action, lever-action or other single-action firearm.

Corruption is no stranger to Bargetown's finest. While some lower-ranking servicemen oppose the act of taking bribes and try to be a beacon of hope in the corruption-stricken town, a vast majority of the force is guilty in that regard.

Those who partake in acts of corruption amongst the lower ranks usually extort money from criminals, take bribes, 'confiscate' items during arrests that aren't necessarily contraband, or even charge higher tolls at the town's checkpoint. It's not all that rare for others to report these people to their superiors, but with enough bribe money, those reports are ignored or buried beneath mountains of discarded paperwork, never to be read.

Far more significant and large-scale corruption scandals happen in the upper echelons of the militia. Hogging supplies, selling them to third parties, framing, or even assassinations are just the shallow waters concerning what corruption among the higher ranks looks like. If a scandal becomes public, however, the perpetrator usually ends up as cannon fodder in the ranks of Marked Men with impossible sentences, or if they're lucky, as another body hanging from the crane.