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Show DE FACTO SOLDIERS ORDERED TO CAPTURE PLOTTERS IN REVOLT EL PASO. Tex., Aug. 5. General Francisco Gonzales, commandant at Juarez, ordered 700 cavalrymen today to comb the hills south of "that city in an effort to apprehend Mariano Tames, who with six men of the volunteer defense de-fense corps deserted yesterday with the announced intention of joining Francisco Fran-cisco Villa in the Mapimi district. Tames was given amnesty by the do facto government last December. hi Juarez it was said Tames recently attempted at-tempted to organize a revolt-Seven revolt-Seven more men concerned in the plot of Tames were apprehended today in Juarez, where they were hiding in the hope of being .able to escape from the town and join Tames. "Wo now think we have got to the bottom ot the plot," said General Gonzales. Gon-zales. "The instigators were members of tho reactionary faction in El Paso, who have been trying lately to encourage encour-age a revolt. "My orders to the men now after Tames" are to bring back their bodies. The fate of the men .taken this morning morn-ing will be fixed by court-martial.' General Gonzales said that these men, including Tames, wero mustered out of tho volunteer force a few days ago and ' the plot was formed while they were in tho service of the de facto government. govern-ment. Tamos, prior to the recent crisis between be-tween the United States and the de facto government, had no connection with governmental affairs, being a member mem-ber of the middle class, engaged in merchandise mer-chandise business in Juarez. At tho time of the crisis, however, he was entrusted with the formation and command of the volunteer defense corps of Juarez, which numbered about 100 men. |