Passage: Díaz created a formidable political machine, first working with regional strongmen and bringing them into his regime, then replacing them with jefes políticos  who were loyal to him. He skillfully managed political conflict and reined in tendencies toward autonomy. He appointed a number of military officers to state governorships, including General Bernardo Reyes, who became governor of the northern state of Nuevo León, but over the years military men were largely replaced by civilians loyal to Díaz. As a military man himself, and one who had intervened directly in politics to seize the presidency in 1876, Díaz was acutely aware that the Federal Army could oppose him. He augmented the rurales, a police force created by Juárez, making them his personal armed force. The rurales were only 2,500 in number, as opposed to the 30,000 in the Federal Army and another 30,000 in the Federal Auxiliaries, Irregulars, and National Guard. Despite their small numbers, the rurales were highly effective in bringing control to the countryside, especially along the 12,000 miles of railway lines. They were a mobile force, often put on trains with their horses to put down rebellions in relatively remote areas of Mexico.
How did Diaz create his political machine? How many federal forces were there? How many military men were there all together but not counting the rurales? How many more Federal Army men where there than rurales? How many things did he do that build his political machine, early on? How many total soldiers were in the Federal armed forces? What advantage did the rurales have? What things did he do that build his political machine, early on? Where did the rurales do most of their "policing" ? Which branch of the forces were put on trains? Which forces have the same number of members? Who became his personal armed force? Who dealt with most of the rebellions? Who did the civilians replace? Who had more men, the rurales or the Federal Army? Who had the fewest number of people? Who were highly effective in bringing control to the countryside? Who were put on trains with their horses to put down rebellions in relatively remote areas of Mexico?