File No. 812.00/17831
General Funston to the Adjutant General
1230. Following received from General Bell, El Paso:
Following for your information; believed to be true:
Am informed that Mexican Secretary of War orders to his chiefs at border such points along the Rio Bravo as follows:
“In case of intervention you will destroy all rail connection between the U. S. A. and Mexico in your district and at present allow only necessary locomotives at border points, idle locomotives to be held in reserve at interior points.”
There were 27 locomotives at Juarez belonging to Mexican Central about two weeks ago, but to-day there is only one.
Above information is based on reliable reports from special agents.