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days. At Gallup the 18th Engineers
Corps was in action against the
strikers for the same period A d.
vision of field artillery was in the
war against the workers and brought
the total period Of military action on
this front up to POI days.
At different points in Utah, bat
! teries of field artillery and troop of
cavalry served against the miners for
a total period Of 228 days.
The Railroad Strike
When the Railway Shop Craftsmen
went on strike in 1922, the full mill
tary powers of at least dozen states
were thrown in against them. Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Georgia,
Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Texas, and Wyoming modified their
National Guards against the railway
workers. How far flung the battle
I line was on this sector of the class
war front can be seen when one COM
pares the total area of this group of
states with the area of some Of the
countries which participated in the
great World War. The twelve states
cover an area of 1858, 1896 square
miles, or little more than the COM
bined area of England, France. Ger
many, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bull
garia, Norway. Denmark. Lithuania
and Esthonia.
In Alabama infantry divisions
served 548 days against the railway
workers; cavalry forces $50 days, mo-
! tor transport companies 2 days; and
machine-gun divisions 10 days. All
in all the military forces in this state
were in action for a total period of
$40 days, or more than two years.
In Arkansas there were modified
a machine-gun company and an anti
air craft artillery battery against the
railway workers for one day.
In California, the entire national
guard was modified in July 1922 and
held in readiness for all emergencies
in Connection with the railway strike.
In this military force there were re-
presented a strength of 2119 infantry
men, 359 field artillery men, 200 ca
valry men, 172 officers, and other
military detachments totaling 3437
men.
In Georgia infantry forces were
marshalled against the workers for
80 days.
The Idaho National Guard modified
infantry companies for z days.
The Kansas National Qua. -->ar-i
shalled infantry forces against the
railroad workers for 753 days. Caval-
ry squadrons were lined up against
the strikers for a total period Of Sis
days at various points on the strike
front. The total period during which
the military forces of the state were
employed by the railway corporations
against the rail workingmen in this
state was 1888 days.
In Missouri, companies of infantry
men were thrown in against the strik-
ers and served for a total period of
613 days. Batteries of anti-air craft
artillery were in action AZ days in
various parts of the state. Field artil-
lery corps saw service IS days. A
howitzer company faced the strikers
two days. A machine-gun company
was in action 54 days. All together
the various subdivisions of the Mis-
souri, National Guard saw strike
breaking service for SOP days.
In New Hampshire, anti-air craft
artillery forces were on strike duty
for 80 days and a field artillery bat
terry for 81 days, or a total of SO days. |
The North Carolina National Guard
pitted infantry divisions against the
railway strikers for SO days; cavalry
forces 26 days, and battery of field
artillery days. Thus for period of
about three months, 124 days, the
North Carolina military forces were
fighting the strikers.
In Oklahoma, a company Of infan-
try men and howitzer division to-
gether serves "a days against the
shop craft strikers.
In Texas, LAG days Of strikebreak-
ing service We're rendered by the in
fantry men. A company Of howitzer
men saw 92 days of action. For 23S
days these two subdivisions Of the
Texas National Guard were in action
against the railway strikers.