Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-17
Lean, Angular Fighter, Not
Many Years Ago in Rugged
Chihushua Gould Not Read
Nor Write; Personality Re-
dOlent Of the Camp aud the
Hills Rather Than That Of
the State Drawing Room.

(mg EvenfnH Hernla 4. y fseassa Vvsreb
Mexico City, April i7.--while most
OF The other military pcrsonagos Of
the two revolutions have permitted
their personalities. views and daily
movements % become subject mat
Ser FOR the pencils and typewrltcrs ot
the correspondents with considerable
freedom, the most interesting figure
OF thom al a. the presefr moment A.
az the same time one OF the least
known either Ia Mexico OF out. That
81 Pnsou0l Oroaco. the fighting head %
the present revolution as well 90 Of
a year ago,
Orozoo Is lean, angular man whose
personality Is redolent Of the camp
and the hills and not nc an OF the
council chamber of state nor Of the
drawing room. outside his own par
tlcular circle there are not many who
know even how old he r.. II r. a
moral certainty tant he can "hog-tie"
"A steer quickly and artis'icaliy, that
ne can throw a diamond hitch on q
pack animal and that when he speaks
no u Ia the habit OF receiving respect
fui attention.
For Mexican he Is a large man.
A life Ia the doacrte and mountains %
the north has tanned him with a
parchment finish and has hequeathed
him the loose figure that looks good
deal better on horseback than on the
ground. Ills hair and muslache are
black nn6 tho latter dr0ops from un-
restrained ha0lt. His photogra pta
show him slightly stopped end look
ing straight az tho camera as V mere
Interested IA Il than in the results OF
the snapshots
what he thinks, what ne intends 10
do become apparcnt chiefly In nls ac-
tons 40 thni he hes me rcpnin-
ton OF beifa incrose on slient for hia
mon seem 10 think him an ideal
leader. but ho has novcf courled pub
licity In any OF his cumpniens ne
had. been nghtlng in the Madero revo-
lutlon last year several months before
the reporters found out what his name
was and hogan putting him in the
news Tho capture of JuareS early IN
May 1871, less than a year ago,
brought him into public view. Pres
ident Madero hBd been busy and con-
npicuous with his organization OF a
provisional government whose rHhi-
fratlons extended an the way from
Washington 10 tie Interior Of his own
country, but Oro2co had been doing
most Of the nghting.
Twice Slice tncn Orogcu has been
in Mexico city fic came lrst 20 per-
sonnlly escort President Mndoro %
the palace on tho day Of his Inaugural
ton ln September He came again
quietly iaet February on personal buzz
mess with the government
IL q period Of over q little over a
year paseual Orofco has renewed him-
SELF from his rather humble station
OF being the trusly man who could ne
given tho responsibility OF convoyinH
a pack train OF valuable ore through
the mountains 90 chihuahua city, "a
a positlon whore he expects 20 make
or unmake presidents So far az any
body knows thoro are no heraldig
symbols Of spanish nobility anywhere
up the Or0zco family tree. Men whe
used 10 know him ln chihuahua when
with n revolver. and rifle he tooA
charge OF hts own pack train ana oe'
iivcred ore through country wnef'
his main business was 90 watch on
for and keep on bandits in chihnaipo
say that in those days he had diiu
Guilty ln reading anything that was not
set Ia clear type. but be proapore'
in a material way and was far from
being pooF when be took up tac rev
dictionary cause. his claim against
the Mndcro government for personal
services and expense Incurred py HIM
solf and father, who q now a cclonc
under hia command. amounted q
100000 aold THE assertion That ont
half that anOunf was allowed ma
been reported % nave done much q