September 2, 1921: Troops on the Move
- Title
- Troops on Move; Fighting Goes On
- Creator
- The West Virginian
- Date
- September 2, 1921
- Description
- Front page of The West Virginian with articles about Blair Mountain
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1921-09-02/ed-1/seq-1/
- Rights
- No copyright
As the miners prepared their assaults up Blair Mountain, General Harbord ordered four units, previously selected for the task, to West Virginia. Eleven officers and 201 enlisted men of the Nineteenth Infantry and 15 officers and 224 enlisted men of the Tenth Infantry Regiments came by rail from Camp Sherman and Columbus Barracks, Ohio. The first troops of the Nineteenth Infantry arrived in West Virginia on September 2. From Camp Knox, Kentucky, General Bandholtz ordered 36 officers and 384 men of the Fortieth Infantry Regiment to West Virginia, while further orders prompted the dispatch of 47 officers and 158 men of the Twenty-sixth Infantry Regiment from Camp Dix, New Jersey. In addition to the above forces, all of which arrived on September 3, a detachment of Chemical Warfare troops equipped with tear gas were dispatched from Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. All told, General Bandholtz commanded a federal military force of 2,106 troops. To supplement this federal force Governor Morgan directed on September 3 that all "state and county officers . . . deputies, assistants, and other subordinates" cooperate with and obey General Bandholtz and his subordinates. (Laurie, 1991) To the left, is an article with pictures from the battlefront.