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Show President 11 la a' IMan. City ok Mexico. Sept. 7. President Pres-ident Diaz Is maturing a plan for a reduction of the army, which It I Intended shallbe composed solely of volunteers. It is believed, as far as can be judged at present, that It would have the t licet of eliminating eliminat-ing tlie criminal and other undesirable undesir-able elements from thearmy,wh!cb, it is said, will hereafter be princi-ally princi-ally used on the northern and southern south-ern frontiers, and In the territory occupied by Indians. Them are a large number of officers suporteil on the retired list, and if tl.ee are disbanded it will causo a saving to the country of several millions annually. an-nually. So as not to olTrnd the more tlian one hundred and fifty generals and other ofllcent In pro portion, If the president's plan is carried Into cOect, it Is supposed that many of these officers would find employment in the National Guard and In other service of tlie State |