Illinois Code § 20 ILCS 1805/83

Whenever there is a tumult, riot, mob or body of persons acting
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together by force with attempt to commit a felony, or to offer violence to
persons or property, or by force or violence to break or resist the laws of
the State, or when such tumult, riot or mob is threatened it shall be
deemed that a time of public disorder and danger then exists, and it shall
be the duty of the Governor thereupon to order such military force
as he may deem necessary to aid the civil authorities in suppressing such
violence and executing the law.

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