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Show raw puis IMDEJ! MILITIA Utah Guard Would Assemble at Fort Douglas in Event War Is Declared. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, April 25. Tentative plans have been made by General Miles, chief of the militia division of tho United Unit-ed States army, for the rapid mobilization mobiliza-tion of state militia organizations should their services be required in connection with our troubles with Mexico. Those plans provide for the mobilization of the Utah militia at Fort Douglas, tho Idaho militia nt Boise barracks, and tho Yvomiug militia at Fort Russell. The militia organizations, should their services serv-ices bo required, will bo called upon to act as reserves along tho Mexican border. bor-der. Captain John H. Gibbons has been ordered or-dered to take command of tho battleship Utah, succeeding Commander Hutch I. Cone, at present in command. Senator Smoot hns been informed, by tho state department that a report received re-ceived from Consulor Agent Carothors gives tho assurance from General Villa that Mormon colonists in Mexico endeavoring en-deavoring to reach El Paso will bo given giv-en his protection and furnished with a military escort. Torreon Refugees Safe. "EL PASO, Tox.; April 25. Ninety refugees, mostly lrom Torreon, but including in-cluding a few from Chihuahua and Pnr-ral, Pnr-ral, arrived hero at noon. Thev reported report-ed that tho exodus was general. They had not heard what had becomo of tho party which started out from Durango with Consul Hamm, but thought tho necessity ne-cessity of repairiug tho railroad might account for the delay. Reserve Enlistments. NEW YORK, April 25. Officers in chargo of army recruiting here called the attention of former soldiers to the army reserve act of 1912, which provides that men honorably discharged with a rating of "good" can enlist in the reserves re-serves if not over 45 years old and physically physi-cally capable. Quiet at Acapulco. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 25. Commander Robertson of tho cruiser Denver reported to the navy department depart-ment at 6 p. m. that all was quiet at Acapulco during tho day. |