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[speciesunkn0wn]

Is it to throw them all into squads?

[Grim Portent]

Pretty much.

The only other ways they'll carry weapons is as part of the miner, hunter and woodcutter labours. None of these are all that good for an unarmored civilian when armies come knocking, but they can usually fend off random animals. In the past I did make most of my non-important dwarfs hunters so they could shoot at anything that spooked them, and a vast barrage of bolts would go flying at any hostiles that got past my soldiers and into the fort proper, but in general it wasn't hugely useful compared to just telling them all to wear helmets, mail and carry a real weapon at all times.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Yeah when crossbows were more useful it was great to make everyone a hunter or marksdwarf. They'd attempt to flee and shoot and essentially kite any aggressive enemy.

This version its better just to give them armor, shield and something like an axe. Just be aware they won't use their weapon to defend themselves unless their squad is activated they'll keep them strapped on them and try to fist fight if cornered.