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127 Appendix 1 Post Returns for Fort Bliss, 1910–16 Table A.1. Fort Bliss Post Returns for 1910 Month and Year Number of Soldiers Listed in Fort Bliss Corresponding Event January 1910 62 (December 1909, 352) The F.S. and Band and 1 “Bat” 19th Inf. left Post at noon January 31, 1910 en route to Phil Islands for station. February 1910 57 March 1910 57 April 1910 381 Headquarters, band, Co’s E, F, G, X, V, M Platoon 92nd Infantry arrived at Post April 24, 1910. May 1910 340 June 1910 336 July 1910 338 August 1910 329 September 1910 328 October 1910 304 November 1910 307 Francisco I. Madero calls for an uprising and the Mexican Revolution begins with several insurrections taking place across the country including Chihuahua . December 1910 254 Source: Fort Bliss Post Return 1910, Fort Bliss Archives and Museum, El Paso, Texas, data compiled by Angie Chávez and Jennifer Nielsen; “Mexican Revolution Timeline,” México, 1810/1910 UTEP 2010, University of Texas at El Paso, http://academics.utep.edu/Portals/1719/Publications/ MexicanRevolutionTimeline.pdf. 128 appendix 1 Table A.2. Fort Bliss Post Returns for 1911 Month and Year Number of Soldiers Listed in Fort Bliss Corresponding Event January 1911 275 Madero establishes his headquarters in Caples Building in El Paso, Texas. February 1911 336 March 1911 57 April 1911 381 Madero establishes provisional capital of Mexico in an adobe building near Monument Marker #1 in El Paso, Texas near the ASARCO plant. May 1911 340 Battle of Juárez; Madero is made interim president of Mexico. June 1911 336 July 1911 338 August 1911 329 September 1911 328 October 1911 304 Madero elected president of Mexico. November 1911 307 December 1911 254 Source: Fort Bliss Post Return 1911, Fort Bliss Archives and Museum, El Paso, Texas, data compiled by Angie Chávez and Jennifer Nielsen; “Mexican Revolution Timeline,” México, 1810/1910 UTEP 2010, University of Texas at El Paso, http://academics.utep.edu/Portals/1719/Publications/ MexicanRevolutionTimeline.pdf. [44.222.87.38] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 12:05 GMT) post returns for fort bliss, 1910–16 129 Table A.3. Fort Bliss Post Returns for 1912 Month and Year Number of Soldiers Listed in Fort Bliss Corresponding Event January 1912 352 Federal troops in Juárez mutiny. American troops sent to Fort Bliss. February 1912 367 March 1912 360 Pascual Orozco breaks from Madero and leads new revolt against Madero and his forces. Taft administration announces embargo on arms to Orozco. April 1912 352 Several hundred if not thousands of Juárez residents move to El Paso as refugees. May 1912 353 June 1912 792 Fort Bliss becomes a regimental post for the first time. July 1912 928 European refugees fled Chihuahua for El Paso escaping anti-Americanism sweeping northern Mexico. August 1912 909 September 1912 869 Villa bribes his way out of prison and flees to El Paso. October 1912 849 November 1912 824 December 1912 846 Source: Fort Bliss Post Return 1912, Fort Bliss Archives and Museum, El Paso, Texas, data compiled by Angie Chávez and Jennifer Nielsen; Leon Metz, El Paso Chronicles: A Record of Historical Events in El Paso, Texas (El Paso: Mangan Books, 1993). 130 appendix 1 Table A.4. Fort Bliss Post Returns for 1914 Month and Year Number of Soldiers Listed in Fort Bliss Corresponding Event January 1913 846 February 1913 1,046 Victoriano Huerta breaks from Madero and leads a coup d’état against him. Madero is assassinated and Huerta assumes power but is not recognized by US president Woodrow Wilson. Fort Bliss receives the 22nd Inf. Reg., the 2nd and 13th Cav. Reg., a battery of artillery and a company of Signal Corps, thus converting the base into a full regimental cavalry post. March 1913 1043 April 1913 1037 May 1913 978 June 1913 960 July 1913 933 August 1913 1,025 Mexican refugees cross border at Columbus, NM and make their way to El Paso. September 1913 1,006 October 1913 1,069 November 1913 1,132 December 1913 1,101 Source: Fort Bliss Post Return 1913, Fort Bliss Archives and Museum, El Paso, Texas, data compiled by Angie Chávez and Jennifer Nielsen, Texas; Leon Metz, El Paso Chronicles: A Record of Historical Events in El Paso, Texas (El Paso: Mangan Books, 1993); “Mexican Revolution Timeline,” México, 1810/1910 UTEP 2010, University of Texas at El Paso, http://academics.utep.edu/Portals/ 1719/Publications/MexicanRevolutionTimeline.pdf...