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Show WRECKED ROADS DELAVJR00P8 Villa Expects Soon to Capture Zacatecas and Aguas Cali-entes Cali-entes Must Rebuild Lines. PLAN GENERAL MOVE Huerta Forces at Capital to Meet Combined Army of 80,000 Men. Torrron Mexico, June 16. (By Courier to El Paso) The wrecking I by the federals of the railroads so far has been one of the greatest obstacles ob-stacles to the constitutionalist troops. Mid officials here today. But after jl the capture of Zacatecas, now beinp I attacked, and of Aguas Calientes, General Villa expects to have little difficulty on this accouut in the move-1 move-1 ment south. The country in Chihuahua and Coahulla is greatly arid and there is little water and no forage for the horses, and infantrv would perish in the vast stretches of waste lauds that; Jie muat be crossed. This has made the ich use of the railroads necessary Villa ag hopes, however, that farther to the On south he will not have to rely on the jt' railroads That part of Mexico is ed, well watered and roughly cultivated, rs and long marches easily can be .made Hi. in it. MB i Obregon to Co-operate. op In his campaign in the youth Gen! ar- eral Villa will have the co-operation eo of the division of the west. It is ex- lot pected. This force is commanded by General Obregon and numbers about I 40.000 At the same time General' Pablo Gonzales, commanding the dl j ... vision of the east, will move dow n J the cast coast with about 14.000 men and it Is understood that General Zapata will adanco on the federal? from the southwest. The force commanded by Zapata is given as between 25 000 and 30,000, making the total strength of the army I !n which the Huerta government will have to meet In the vicinity of Me-l Me-l ico City about 80.000 men |