Madrid, Apr. 12 One hundred thousand men from all branches of the military services will take part on May 2 in the gigantic parade to celebrate General Franco's triumphant entry into this city, symbolical of his final victory in Spain.
Demobilization of the armed forces will be commenced immediately after, when measures will also be taken to effect the withdrawal of all the foreign combatants who fought in the civil war.
General Franco intends to demobilize about 500,000 men for a start, while five classes will remain under arms, They will be demobilized gradually. according to the labour needs of Spanish industry The 100,000 men taking part in the May 2 parade will include first line infantry units, artillery, tanks, engineer corps detachments, squads from the alr force, detachments of workers from the war industries and nurses from military hospitals. Specimens of all the war materials put out in Spain itself during the war will also be paraded. Spanish-manufactured trench mortars, anti-tank guns and artillery guns will be included.—Havas.
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