General French Ordered To Send Troops
This July 23, 1877 article in the Baltimore American notes Secretary of War George W. McCrary's order to General William H. French to send troops to Cumberland, Maryland to "suppress the riot."
WASHINGTON,
July, 21.
—The
Secretary of War, after consulting with the President, has directed General
French, after consulting with the
President, has directed General
French, commanding the United States troops at
Martinsburg, West Virginia, to send a portion of his forces to
Cumberland, Md., to suppress the riot. The troops were ordered to that place in response to the request of
Governor Carroll, of
Maryland, to have them sent there.
