They could have given this field grade officer a direct order to deploy, and had he disobeyed what would have been a lawful order on its face, he should have been subjected to court-martial. The Army would have been entirely within its rights to discipline and make an example of this officer, should others have the same idea.
I believe to a moral certainty that improper command influence was exerted from the very top of the chain of command to protect this lying crypto Marxist usurper bastard of a counterfeit POTUS from the exposure of trial discovery.
Frank, you have a good point about the direct order.