Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-26
HIS STAFF AND ENTIRE FORCE
LEAVING STATE OF TAMAULI-
PAS, AND SAID TO BE GOING
TO STATE OF PALISCO.
BLANC0 WILL JOINT LATER
CCNSTITCTION-ILTST LEADER
NOW WITH GEN. V. CARRANZA,
REBEL CHIEFTAIN. But WILL
MEET TROOPS IN PAL!sCO.
Especial to The HerdId.)

eral LuciO BlancO, formerly Constitn-
tiOnalist commander in the state of
Tamaulipas and NuevO Leon. today are
beginning a movement to the west or
southwest. COnstitutiOnaliS officers say
their destination is the state of Jalisco.
in the south central part Of the republic
where they will be joined upon their
arrival by General BlancO. who is now
in Sonora
The forces of General Pablo Gonzales
who recently captured Cuidad Victoria
and General Jesus Carranza, will con
time to occupy the state of ~Tamaulipas
maintaining divisional headquarters in
the city of MatamOros, and main head
quarters in the state capital. Victoria
General Gonzales is now at Victoria.
while General Carranza is i'm MatamOr-
OS.
The work of moving the horses of the
departing troops has ben underway
several days trainloads having
been transported to Herrcr-
as, seventy-twO miles this side of Mont
terrey. There the troops will detrain.
according to the best information OBJ
tainable, for their march across coutrv
to the state Of JaliScO.
Only a few hundred of BlancO's men
remained in MatamorOs the major por-
ton of his command of late having b. en-
stationed along the Mexican National
line between M%atamoros and IIerreras.
and at CerralvO, an inland town in the
state of NuevO Leon. Constituencies
officers are authority for the information
that more than 1000 troops. comprising
his command. are the number CT him
that are being taken to another section
of the republic. The other troops will
be gathered by the trains as they move
to HerreraS, and include troops ut Las
Rucias, Rio Bravo. Camargo. Aidermas
and other points.
Various reports are in circulation as
to the-real meaning of the movement of
these troops, and it. has been rumOred
they they are really going to assist in
an attack against Monterrey or Lare-
do. or that they will r, infOrce the rebel
troops reported to be fighting about the
city of San Luis Potosi. If it is true
the troops are going to Palisco their
direction of travel will be through the
vicinity of Cuidad San Luis POtosi.
General Blanco has mace a reputa-
ton for himself more as an organizer
than as a fighter. He first made his
appearance in northeast Tamaulipls at
Las Aldamas, about I'D miles from Mat
amorOs. last April. At that time he had
with him about two hundred followers.
and he began his march through Tam
-I.N. - Co., No xat. IL
southwest of MatamOros. by putting the
Mexican National out of commission so
he could not be followed by federal
troops.
At San Fernando his troops were
heard from as having taken possession
of about 500 horses which had just been
purchased by the Mexican government
for army use. Various exciting reports
were then heard straight along from a
band of men who were playing havoc i'll
various parts of the state. i'll the virin-
ity of San Fernando but no effort was
made by the federal garrison to stop
the proceedings.
The band was then lost sight of. I'M
til they suddenly appeared at Reynosa
on the afternoon of May 10 and engaged
in battle with Il federal troop train that
had left MatamorOS for some point near
Aldamas the morning of the same day.
for the purpose of repairing the Mex
lean National tracks. The federals were
routed. many were killed and a number
of prisoners were taken. and the revOlu-
ton had officially been brought to the
jurisdiction of the federal garrison at
Matamoros.
The Blanco troops now grown to a
force of five hundred took charge of
the tow of Reynosa. and the following
!. day, Sunday. began their march to Rio
Bravo. the headquarters of a large irri,
CATION and land company. where Gener-
al BlancO made his headquarters until
he began his march against MatamoroS
with possibly a thousand men. on June
/. The success of the BlancO troops at
Matamoros on June 3 and 4 was the
browning victory over a series of lesser
victories. and brought Blanco and his
followers recognition by the chief of the
constitutionalists. General VenuStian0
CarranZa.
\ With the troops today there d"""~+"'
Major Francisco Jose Muiica. chief of
staff to General Blanco. who IS Tcputcd
to nave been the guiding hand through
the financial difficulties. of the Blaaco
command, Col. Andres Saucedo, one of
the widest fighters of the command,