The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-17
tBy Assoc lated Press.J

/ htAIto ~
most Of the other military parsonage
If the Two revolutions haze permltte'
their personalities, views and dan,
movements to become subject matte
for the pencils and type writers Q
the correspondents with consider
able freedom. the most intcrestin:
figure of them all Al the presen
moments is at the same time one o
the least known either in Mexico o.
out. That is Pascual OroZco. I'M
fighting head OF the present revolu
tion as well AZ of that of a year ago
Orozeo is lean. angular mai
hose personality Is rcdolcnt ol M
camp and the hills and not al all ol
The council chamber OF state nor o.
the drawing room. Outside his OWL
particular circle there are not many
" no know even how old he Is. IL i
a moral certainty that he can hog
lie" "A steer quickly and art.stieally,
that he can throw diamond hiteh
on a pack animal and that when nc
speaks he is in the habit or receiving
+, spectful attention.
For IA Mexican he is IA large man.
A life in thedeserts and mountains OF
the north has tanned him with a
parchment finish and has bcqueathed
him the loose figure that looks good
deal better on horseback than on the
ground. His hair and mustache are
black and the latter drOOps from UNI
habit. His photographs
show him slightly stopped and look
ing straight at the camera as if more
interested in it than in the results &
the snapshots.
What he thinks. what he intends
tc do become apparent chiefly in his
actions. Not that he has the reputa-
ton of being mOrOse or silent, for his
men seem to think him an ideal lead
rr; but he has never courted public
ity in any Of his campaigns He had
been fighting in the Madcro rcvolu
lion last wear several months before
he reporters found out what his name
was and began putting him in the
news. The capture OF .luarcz early
in May, 1911, less than 4 year ago,
brought him into public view Presi-
dent Madcro has been busy and con
spicuous with his organization of Il
provisional government whose rami-
ications extended all the way from
to the interior of his
Dwn country; but OrOZcO had been
LONG most OF the fighting.
Twice since then Orozco has been
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escort President Madero
20 the palace on the day of his in
luguration in September. He came
lgain quietly last February on per-
cnal business with the government.
In a period OF IA little over ii year
'ascual Orozco has removed himself
rom his rather humble station of be-
Eg Mo trusty man who could be
,ivcn the responsibility of conveying
pack-train of valuable ore through
he mountains to chihuahua city. to
position whore he expects to make
r unmake presidents. So far as any
ody knows there are no herald,
vmbols OF Spanish nobility any
here up the Orozco family tree. Men
'ho use to know him in chihuahua
hen. with a revolver and rifle. he
ook charge of his own pack train
nu delivered ore through a country
mere his main business was to
latch ont for and keep off bandits
Chihuahua. say that in those DAYS
G mad difficulty in reading anything :
nat was not set in clear type. Rut |
G prospered in material way and
'as Tar from being poor when h.
FOX up the revolutionary cause, Ills
'a'm against the Madero govern
lent for personal services and ey-
ense incurred by himself and father.
mo is now a colonel under his com. |
land, amounted to $4,000 in gold
ne assertion that only half that