FEDERAL REGULAR ARMY Theoretically, 33,780 men in 1912, expanded to 148,100 men by 1914. Organisation: 1912 30 Infantry Battalions 12 Cavalry Regiments 3 Artillery Battalions 1 Mountain Artillery Battalion 1 Zapadore ( Assault Engineer ) Battalion 11 Military Districts: Mexico City Yucatan Tampico California Campeche Tabasco Acapulco Coatzacoalcos Salina Cruz Sonora Chihuahua 14 Military Zones: 1st Military Zone: Sonora and Beja 2nd Military Zone: Chihuahua 3rd Military Zone: Coahuila 4th Military Zone: Sinaloa, Tamulipas and Nuevo Leon 5th Military Zone: Durango 6th Military Zone: Mexico City and Morelos 7th Military Zone: Zacatecas 8th Military Zone: San Luis Potosi 9th Military Zone: Vera Cruz 10th Military Zone: Guerrero 11th Military Zone: Puebla 12th Military Zone: Tlaxcala 13th Military Zone: Oaxaca 14th Military Zone: Chiapas ( with 30 Mando Territoriales, or sub-zones ) GUARDIA NACIONALES 27 States furnished 110,000 infantry, 18,000 cavalry and 2,000 artillerymen. CUERPOS RURALES DE LA FEDERACION These irregular formations existed in the States of Sonora, Coahuila and Chihuahua. DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL FORCES, 1913 1st Military Zone: ( Sonora ) 4th Federal Auxiliary Infantry Battalion 30th Sonora Infantry Battalion 5th Sonora Infantry Battalion Sonora Volunteer Infantry Battalion de Fieles de Huirires Infantry Battalion Voltiguers de Rio Sonora Infantry Battalion (Vol. =Volunteers, Volt. ? TDH) Volunteers de Matape Infantry Battalion Volunteers de Aripe Infantry Battalion Volunteers de Cananea Infantry Battalion Cuerpo Auxiliary Federal Infantry Battalion 4th Irregular de Sonora Cavalry Regiment 3rd Irregular de Sonora Cavalry Regiment 48th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment ( Baja ) 8th Federal Infantry Battalion 2nd Military Zone: 13th Federal Infantry Battalion 15th - 22nd Federal Infantry Battalions 24th Federal Infantry Battalion 25th Federal Infantry Battalion 28th Federal Infantry Battalion 18th Federal Cavalry Regiment 3rd Federal Mountain Artillery Battalion 9th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 12th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 13th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 17th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 24th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 2nd Irregular Cavalry Regiment 3rd Military Zone: 15th Federal Infantry Battalion 17th Federal Infantry Battalion 23rd Federal Infantry Battalion 40th Federal Infantry Battalion 15th Federal Cavalry Regiment 17th Federal Cavalry Regiment 40th Federal Cavalry Regiment 3rd Federal Artillery Battalion 8th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 56th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment Carabineros Cavalry Regiment Coahuila Cavalry Regiment 4th Military Zone: ( Sinaloa ) 1st Sinaloa Cavalry Regiment 2nd Sinaloa Cavalry Regiment 3rd Sinaloa Cavalry Regiment ( Tamulipas ) 60th Federal Infantry Battalion 90th Federal Infantry Battalion 60th Federal Cavalry Regiment 70th Federal Cavalry Regiment 80th Federal Cavalry Regiment 17th Irregular Cavalry Regiment 27th Irregular Cavalry Regiment ( Nuevo Leon ) 6th Federal Infantry Battalion 23rd Federal Infantry Battalion 39th Irregular Infantry Battalion 8th Irregular Cavalry Regiment 5th Military Zone: 21st Federal Infantry Battalion 10th Regiment of Rurales Infantry 14th Federal Cavalry Regiment 27th Federal Cavalry Regiment 31st Federal Cavalry Regiment 14th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 21st Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 22nd Cuerpos Rurales Regiment 6th Military Zone: ( Morelos ) 49th Federal Infantry Battalion 119th Federal Infantry Battalion 120th Federal Infantry Battalion 5th Federal Artillery Battalion 7th Cuerpos Rurales Regiment ( Mexico City ) 1st Guardia Presidential Federal Cavalry Regiment 2nd Guardia Presidential Federal Cavalry Regiment Gend. Montado Cavalry Regiment Zapadore Battalion 16th Federal Infantry Battalion Guardabosque de Chapultepec Infantry Battalion Seguiridad Publica Infantry Battalion Plomeria Valezzi Infantry Battalion Academia Metro Policia Battalion 18th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion Parque de Ingenieros Battalion 1st Federal Artillery Battalion Calzada de la Taja Artillery Battalion de Balderas Artillery Company Tolsa Artillery Company Carcel de Belem Artillery Company YMCA Volunteer Infantry Battalion ( Toluca ) 29th Federal Infantry Battalion 7th Military Zone: 42nd Federal Infantry Battalion 117th Federal Infantry Battalion Gend. del Ejercito Cavalry Regiment 1st Regiment of Cavalry, del Ejercito Americano 1st Volunteer Montado Brigade 2nd Volunteer Montado Brigade 8th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 4th Federal Artillery Battalion 8th Military Zone: 9th Federal Infantry Battalion 17th Federal Infantry Battalion 37th Federal Infantry Battalion 39th Irregular Infantry Battalion 56th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 2nd Federal Artillery Battalion 6th Federal Cavalry Regiment 12th Federal Cavalry Regiment 8th Irregular Cavalry Regiment 17th Irregular Cavalry Regiment 27th Irregular Cavalry Regiment 3rd Volunteer Montado Brigade 4th Volunteer Montado Brigade 9th Military Zone: 18th Federal Reserve Infantry Battalion 19th Federal Reserve Infantry Battalion 3rd Guardia Nacional Infantry Regiment 5th Federal Cavalry Regiment Navales Infantry Regiment 10th Military Zone: 38th Federal Infantry Battalion 41st Federal Infantry Battalion 42nd Federal Infantry Battalion 9th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 32nd Federal Cavalry Regiment 11th Military Zone: 43rd Federal Infantry Battalion 44th Federal Infantry Battalion 87th Federal Infantry Battalion 5th Guardia Nacional Infantry Regiment 10th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 33rd Federal Cavalry Regiment 12th Military Zone: 46th Federal Infantry Battalion 6th Guardia Nacional Infantry Regiment Angeles Irregular Cavalry Regiment 13th Military Zone: 61st Federal Infantry Battalion 62nd Federal Infantry Battalion 28th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 4th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 14th Military Zone: 16th Federal Infantry Battalion 8th Guardia Nacional Infantry Battalion 6th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion Zone "Yaqui": 1st Federal Infantry Battalion 6th Federal Infantry Battalion 13th Federal Infantry Battalion 15th Federal Infantry Battalion 22nd Federal Infantry Battalion 24th Federal Infantry Battalion 25th Federal Infantry Battalion 28th Federal Infantry Battalion 9th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 12th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 13th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 17th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion 24th Cuerpos Rurales Battalion Rio Grande ( 4th Military Zone ) 23rd Federal Infantry Battalion 40th Federal Infantry Battalion 60th Federal Infantry Battalion 90th Federal Infantry Battalion 15th Federal Cavalry Regiment 17th Federal Cavalry Regiment 40th Federal Cavalry Regiment 60th Federal Cavalry Regiment 70th Federal Cavalry Regiment 80th Federal Cavalry Regiment 1914 ( Organisation ) 90 Infantry Regiments, 45 Cavalry Regiments 5 Machine-gun Regiments 22 Caballeria de Exploracion 5 Field Artillery Regiments 10 Mountain Artillery Regiments ( Disbanded 1914-1920 ) 1920 ( Organisation ) 62 Infantry Regiments 95 Cavalry Regiments 2 Presidential Guard Inf. Batts. 3 Artillery Regiments 2 Presidential Guard Cav. Regts. 1 Mountain Artillery Regiment CONSTITUTIONALIST REBELS Carranza 1912 Gonzales and J. Carranza guerrilla columns ( 720 men ) 1913 Organised three ( 1,500 men ) Brigades consisting of; Gloria Machine-gun Regiment, Prieto Artillery Regiment, Zapadore Battalion, and guerrilla columns Uribi, Vela, Quintanilla, Ricant, Elijondo, Barrera, Maycotta, Garza and Osuna. 1914 Army of the Northeast ( 28,000 men ) 8 Divisions 1st Division General Antonio Villarreal 2nd Division General Francisco Murguia 3rd Division General Teodoro Elezondo 4th Division General Cesareo Castro 5th Division General Luis Caballero 6th Division General Alberto Torres 7th Division General Francisco Cross 8th Division General Juan Castro Alvaro Obregón 1913 1st and 2nd Sonora Cavalry Regiments, plus the Trujillo and Buelna guerrilla columns. 1914 Army of the Northeast ( 22,000 men ) 3 Divisions Hill Division Diequez Division Cabral Division Plus 2 Glenn Martin Bi-planes Miguel Gil 1913 Yaqui Division ( 2,000 men ) Guerrilla columns Reyes, Hosterlizki, Moreno and Ojeda. Pánfilo Natera 1914 Central Division Herrera and Lisvano Artillery Battalions, with guerrilla columns Banuelos, Dominguez, Cerrantes, Caloca, Triana, Arrieta, and Carrillo. Pablo Gonzales 1913 East Division ( 7,000 men ) Composition unknown, 2 Morane Saulnier monoplanes. "Pancho" Francisco Villa 1912 Guerrilla columns Juarez, Zaragoza and Leales de Camargo, Los Dorados, and Chao Artillery Battalion. 1913 North Division ( 6,000 men ) 4th Rebelde Regiment, and guerrilla columns; "Clenche" Campos, Rojas, Toro, Terrazas, Caraveo and Fernandez. 1914 Army of the North ( 23,000 men ) Cruz Machine-gun Regiment, Servia Artillery Regiment, guerrilla columns Ortega, Cuauhtemoc, Conteras, Madero, Hernández, J. de Durango, Guadelupe Victoria. Also 5 Wright "L" Bi-planes. LIBERATION REBELS Figueroa 1913 1,000 Yaqui Indians with machetes and bows. Emilio Zapata 1912 Guerrilla columns; Salazar, Juan, Tepepa, Vasquez, Garcia, Proculo, Inez, Sanchez, Merino, Montano, Rafael, Neri, Silva and Capastran. ( 15,000 men approx. ) 1913 Army of Liberation ( 25,000 men approx. ) As above but with these additional guerrilla columns; Leyva, Medina, Maya, Mendoza, Navarro, Marmolejo, Zapata, Lis, Aquilar and Argumendo. Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 5, Mexican Army 1900-20 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com