Talk:FAQ/@comment-176.16.245.218-20141002000858/@comment-27723099-20141002195909

There would be a point of hiring unarmoured people, at least for hobbits and dwarves.

You can hire them, move with them to another base, disband them there and marry them to make them persistent. They will also get childs and build a growing population for your new base. I already made a dwarven fortress in the Misty Mountains with this method.

This is also the only use for the disband option that I can think of.