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Show CASTRO LEADS LARGE ARMY. Former Dictator Said to Command Twelve Thousand Fighting Men. Port of Spain, Trinidad Ex-PresI-dent Ciapriano Castro, in his revolutionary revolu-tionary campaign to overthrow the Gomez administration and regain the presidency of Venezuela, has under his command, according to latest advices here, about 12,000 men. He now is said to be marching against Barquisi-meto, Barquisi-meto, capital of the state of Lara, at the head of 4,000 men. An army of 7,000 men, comprising three' brigades divided into seven regiments reg-iments of infantry and one of artillery, artil-lery, left Caracas on. Tuesday to operate oper-ate against the rebels. |