Millard County Chronicle | 1913-09-18 | Page 4 | Mexican Troops Bound for Juarez

IflCM TROOPS BOUND jiJIMEZ HUERTA WILL SEND THREE THOUSAND REGULARS WITH ARTILLERY 'TO BORDER. Mobilization of Troops Ordered by Mexican War Department Will Swell the Juarez Garrleon to ' Thirty-five Hundred Men. El Paso, Texas Within the next few days 8.000 federal regular troops will be mobilized at Juares and the military headquarters of the second military tone of Mexico, which takes In the entire stste of Chihuahua, will be transferred to Juarez, federal officials offi-cials stated Monday. General Salvador Mercado, commander com-mander of the xone, will also come to J'larez to take charge of the troops. The mobilization of the troops at the iniernatlonol boundary bns been ordered or-dered by the Mexican war department. The additional 1000 troops will swell tlie Juares garrison to 3,500 men. The sew troopa will bring heavy artillery. General Merc ado will retire aa mill Ury governor of the state, Juarez officials of-ficials said, and General Francisco ('astro, commander of tho federal troops at Juares will replace htm. General Castro departed on a special train from Juarez on Monday for Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, Tho w.ir department, in Us orders for the organization of the federal forces In the second military zona, has commanded the mobilization of all volunteer fortes In the state of Chihuahua. Chi-huahua. Genera Pascual Orozco of the volunteers will be commander of the Irregular forces, but will be subordinate sub-ordinate to General Mercado and Castro. Cas-tro. Generul June Ynex fialaiar and bJs force of volunteer federals who have composted part of the Juares garrison, gar-rison, have been ordered to give up their pursuit of Villa and to proceed directly to Chihuahua,