he was "armed" only with a riding crop. Bandholtz locked the doors and placed signs that read, "This door sealed by Order the Inter-Allied Military Commission. H.H. Bandholtz, President of the Day, October 5th, 1919." The Romanian aim was to recover artefacts taken from the Library of the Romanian Academy during the Central Powers' occupation of Bucharest and from the Transylvanian museums (from a territory which was claimed by the Kingdom of Romania) by the retreating Austro-Hungarian troops. On February 13, 1920 Bandholtz was interviewed by the correspondent of The New York Times in Paris, during which he stated he stopped by himself the Romanian military from entering the Hungarian National Museum, and thus preventing a "gold treasure" from being stolen. However, in his own memoirs An Undiplomatic Diary by the American Member of the Inter-Allied Military Mission to Hungary, 1919–1920, he did not mention any gold treasure, only museum artefacts. At the protest of the Romanian authorities, Bandholtz retracted his statements from the interview, and the US Department of State sent a verbal note to the Romanian Legation in Washington, according to which the correspondent of The New York Times attributed statements to Bandholtz "gratuitously and without his approval". After returning to the US, Bandholtz commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade at Camp Funston in Kansas. This camp had been established for troops to be trained for World War I. In 1920, a rebellion among miners broke out in Mingo County, West Virginia after two mineworkers were assassinated on the McDowell County courthouse steps. President Warren G. Harding sent Gen. Bandholtz and Gen. Billy Mitchell to control the situation. Bandholtz threatened protesting mineworkers that they would be tried for treason. Mineworkers tried to compromise, saying that they would stop fighting if federal troops would come and enforce the law evenhandedly, but this was initially refused by Bandholtz. Eventually federal troops were deployed and mine workers quickly ceased fighting. Several treason trials were eventually held, at private expense, The prosecution failed to gain convictions and the trials of citizens outraged much of the larger US society. The 13th Brigade was deactivated in August 1921 and Bandholtz assumed duty as commanding general, Military District of Washington. On January 28, 1922, Bandholtz assisted in rescue operations at the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre during the noted Knickerbocker Storm. In the end, 98 people were killed and 133 were seriously injured. For his effort