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Federal Troops Ready for Coal Strike Duty Nationwide
U S troops and National Guard units to back coal states on strike duty. On May 1, combat units totaled 34,246 infantry and 11,414 field artillery with engineers and aviators adding to a sizable force. Militia in 28 coal states numbers listed, plus large noncoal guards in New York Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin and California. Corps areas show distribution across New England New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and western regions with thousands of infantry cavalry artillery and engineers ready for rapid deployment.
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Continental
National Guard
Corps
District Columbia
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wisconsin
California
Minnesota
First Corps
New England
Second
Delaware
War Department
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Hitness
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
New Mexico
Ohio
Watts
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Uteh
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Engineers
Air Service
Third Corps
Fourth Corps
Mississippi River
Lading
Louisiana