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Show I MHOS ME I NOW MOVING ON I MEXICAN CAPITOL H f -t- H CHIHUAHUA, Moxlco, March H 8. Via El l'aBO). Tho van- M -t- guard of tho lnsurrocto army M -- mobilized horo departed for M -f the south In two train a today. H 4- It was tho roal beginning of H -f- tho campaign to tako tho City H of Mexico, although tho lmmo- H -f dlato destination of tho column H -f- "was announced at Jiminez, H 4- about half way between (his fl city and Torreon. H H Six bridgos between horo and m Jiminez must bo repaired, by tho H troops as they proceed, and It is Hj thought that tho trip wilt require at H least two days. H Tbero wcro about eight hundred Hl men In the detachment. This leaves H a thousand men here, but General H Pasoual Orozco states that recruits H are joining him in crowds During tho M next week, ho declares, two thousand H additional men will bo entrained for H Jiminez. Most of tho men now at H Juarez under General Rojas Will bo H brought here. Hl A messenger from tho camp of H General Villa, the federal cora- 1 mander, brought word that 200 of tho 1 lattor's men wished an opportunity to HJ join the rebel ranks. The forco sent Hl in search of Villa has not encoun- H tercd him. Jose do la Luz Soto, who M was at tho head of a federal command H ut Parrai, Is now openly a robel Ho M sent a message to Orozco today, stat- H lug that he had heard that Villa was H approaching Parrai, but that tho robel H garrison was equal to the task of ro- M pulsing him j Orozco Is awaiting tho arrival of H rifles and ammunition from Juarez H with which to equip his recruits. H A report reached tho robel camp H today that President Madero is con- M templntlng certain cabinet changeo Hl -with a -view of placating tho insur- Hj gents. Thoso changes, It is said, Hf would Include the restoration to tho Hl cabinet of Dr. Francisco Vasquez Go- M inez, who, tho rebels, declare, was Hj created out of tho election as vice-M vice-M ' president under Madoro. H General Orozco declared in an in- H tervlew that nothing except the reslg- H nation of Madero would stop tho war. H "Ho must follow Diaz.' said the H rebol commander-in-chief. Hj Unable to Check Revolt. H EL PASO, Tex., March 8. Tho ap- H parent inability of the Mexican gov- H ernment to chock the growth of the Hl revolution in 'the northern stntos is Hl moro apparont them real, according to H some of tho best Informed Mexicans Ht In this city. They doclare that Oroz- Hj co will have to flghtfc a declelre battle Ht In tho neighborhood, of Torreon wlth- H In a week or so. H FricndB of the Madero administrates administra-tes tion admit that tho desertion of fed-H fed-H cral soldiers to Orozco is a serious H feature of the situation. A fedoral H soldier la paid a peso, about equal to H 50 cents In United States money, a H day. His brother in the rebol ranks Hj gets double that sum, besides which 1 there is tho prospect of looL Inas-M Inas-M much as most of them don't know Hl what tho fight is all about, anyway, H the opportunities offered an insur-H insur-H recto haTe a vory potont appeal. H The loyal troopB from the City of H 'Mexico are being led by a martinet of m Lho Diaz sohool. General Blanquot. who H Is relied upon by President Madero to Hj maintain discipline. If there is a man H in Mexico who can control tho 60l-Hl 60l-Hl diers, It Is declared that Blanquot is H that man. H When the opposing forces moct, H Orozco will ho confronted with artil- M lery much superior to his own. Blan- H quot is said to bo Bupplled plentifully H with rapid -firers and noldpleccs, "while H at present the rebels have but two H rapld-firers and two antiquated muz-B muz-B vlo-loadlng fioldpleces. B General Rpjas, commanding tho H rebel garrison at Juarez, was in a m merry mood tonight over the possos- Hl glon of two hundred rifles and sult- H able ammunition. H Tho arms woro addressed to tho H Madera Lumber company, und were rfor tho uso gf tho Americans there Bhoilld they. le calldjitupon to "defend, iheinolves orhen prqpcjtyA Colone E. Z. Sjcovor, cprnmanding thp bqrdot guard, allowed jtho Shipment to pnsrfj and Rojas proniyolniraancleercilllt.l Tho passenger 'train from1 Chihuahua' tonleht brought about 100 "pasBqngers, only a half-dozen of whom woro Americans. Want U. 3. Troops at Preoldlo. PRKSIDrO, Tex., March S. Because "or threatening conditions, the .Business .Busi-ness Men's club of Presidio county has applied to General Josoph W. Duncan, commanding tho department of Texas, for troops to patrol tho Rio Grande- OJInaga, across the border from Presidio, Is tho only port of entry In tho state of Chihuahua remaining In tho hands of the Moxlcan government. TroopB aro being recruitod to defend de-fend the town, and General Sano.hoz, commanding the garrison, says It will bo hold at all cost, BecauBc of tho proximity of OJinaga to this city it is regarded as Imperative that United States soldiers be Gent post haste. Americans In Torreon Are Safe. WASHINGTON", March 8 Apprehension Appre-hension for the safoty of Americans cut off from communication at Velar-deno, Velar-deno, Mexico, nppoars to havo been groundless, according to a report from Consul General Hanna at Monterey, Mon-terey, who Investigated tho case at the instance of tho state department. From his report it appears that tho Americans were all right so recently as March 5. Tho Americnna cut off in Torreon were all reported safo last Tuesday. |