The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
CAPTAIN BREMEN BACK FROM MEXICO Tells of His Adventures Un-
 der Mader0 AGUA PRIETA BATTLE Irish Adventurer Has Had Romantic Life, Having Fought in Boxer
 Uprisings-Studied Law
 and Theology
AGUA PRIETA BATTLE

Capt. M. J. Bremen, formerly of Bir- mingham. who has been fighting under Madero in the Mexican revolution. arrived from the scene of battle yesterday, and | is showing to his friends and acquaint- ances here his uniform stained with the blood of wounded soldiers and his shoes clotted with the gore of the field of war.
 Many thrilling experiences are being told by Captain Bremen of the operations l in Mexico, and none of the incidents are more exciting than those he narrates of the capture of Agua Prieta, where he barely escaped capture at the hands of the l federal troops, who invested the city after having first taken the main point of van | tage occupied by the insurrectos at the famous bull ring.
 Captain Bremen until several months ago was connected with the Patent Mer- cantile Roofing company as their repre- sentative in the state of Georgia. He says that he first came to have a sympathy for the cause of the insurrectos by saturat- ing his mind with the tale of "Barbarous Mexico," a recent publication, with the additional accounts of the disturbances in that republic which he read in the papers.
 Dropping his business and going from Augusta to San Antonio he first offered his services to Gustavo Madero, who re- fused to give him a commission because of the neutrality desired by the insur- rectos on the part of the United States. Captain Bremen then went to Ell Paso, where he reported to Secretary of State | aia htr he to1ya into the cause of the insurrectos and as- | signed to station at Douglas. Ariz.
 Battle of Agua Prieta
 At this juncture it became known that the federal troops were advancing on Agua Prieta so Captain Bremen hastened to the scene of the proposed attack He was stationed with several other expert rifiemen on the extreme left of the city in the entertainments which came to a 1 point like an "L" directly in front of the pull ring. On the whole of Sunday during the attack Captain Bremen and his party picked off the men operating the machine guns, which finally were si- | fenced altogether
 1 Not knowing, however, toward night | fall that Red" Lopez had yielded the l bulring and that the city had been taken, | Captain Brennan, with two other men, Texas" and Jack Condra, ventured back | to the main point of attack for the pur- pose of determining what was portended by the Hull gradually settling over every thing. -r-
 Hair Breadth Escape
 Tn the vicinity of the bull ring they
 found the trenches deserted and took this
 to mean that some system of strategic
 operations had begun. They undertook | nj ba in tpS
 by calling to them with the counter sign,
 Viva Madero," but each time they were answered with a lonely bugle call They arrived almost at the gates of the bull ring before they perceived that the place had been evacuated and left to the pos session of the federal troops.
 They were given hot chase by a party
 of federal troops, which resulted in the capture and subsequent court-martial of
 Texas" one of the men who had &C., companied Captain Bremen. Many other
 experiences of just such hair-breadth escapes can be told by Captain Bremen.
 In the opinion of Captain Bremen, Ma dero will be chosen president of Mexico at the general election to be held in Sep
 tember, when the. insurrectionist party,
 which has never stood on any platform
 except that of personal liberty, will have , formulated some kind of party principles
 which they will represent. Madero, in
 the opinion Of Captain Bremen, is a man
 of strong personality. He Is well edu- cated, memorable in his stand for liberty
 and somewhat inclined, says Captain Bremen, to be visionary.
 Remarkable Career
 Captain Bremen has himself had a re- } markable career, having fought in the , Boxer uprising in 1900, and been wounded , and left for dead on the field of battle
 near Yong Tsung after a bursting shell
 which tore through his hat down the side
 of his neck had cut his gun barrel off He also served in the Philippines. Capt. M J. Bremen is a full bloodet , IIishman, having been born in Galway
 He was educated in his younger days fol priesthood, spending five years in theo logical seminary, finally switching off tC study for barrister during three years lacking the final term which would have f entitled him to degree.
 2 MERGER CARRIES FORD TO CHICAGO