Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-15
CAPTAIN GEORGE ]. HEAD WAS
At FRONT WITH P. GONZALES
Gen. EulaliO Gutierrez Maintains His
Capital At Doctor Arroyo, And Is
Still Provisional President.

resigned thr provisional presidency of
Mexico. that General Lucio Blanco T. not
dead. that General Pablo Gonzales ha- q
we'll controlled. well uniformed army of
men, even within the limits ~ the city ~
Monterrey. are some of the interesting
tain George \. Head oi the Texas National
Guard. who returned today after an un-
through the ~tatc- vi Tamaulpa~ and
Nurvo Leon. aud N. TAR west a- the city
- Monterrey itself.
Captain Head states that General Gu
tierrcz with several members "a hi rahi-
net and hiS army, have established the
\ Mexican provisional government IA Doctor
Arroyo, village, oil the railroad, and To-
Gated III the extreme southern part of the
state Of Leon. General BlancO i, very
much alive. according n" the captain. who
stated. however. that he knew nothing OF
the present Whereabouts ~ Blancu.
Captain Head has spent much of hi.
time the past two weeks with General
Pablo Gonzales, who l. maintaining head
quarters on \ special train moving between
Nontemorelo- and the immediate vicinity
of Monterrey. IIe expressed himself a.
greatly surprised ~ the fact that the army
ot General Gonzales b. net only absolutely
under the full control OF General Gonzales,
but D. well uniformed and well fed. Dur
ing the past two year. Captain Head has
seen much NJ the average rebel army of
I Mexico. and he declare that the present
army NJ Gonzales j. the br~t that he ha~
yet seen. lie complmentcd Gonzales ~
Y commander most highly.
Captain Head lett Monterrey last Tues
day Just ~ the fighting was stopped ~
RAIN. lie confirmed repeated reports that
the cun-titutiunuli~t~ have actually c-tab-
li-hed their lines within the city. stating
that ~ rode upon an artillery train di-
rectly up o. thee brewery. which J. iu~t at
the edge ~ the city. IT, wa under fire at
the time Topo Chico. suburb Of the city.
~ said. J. w the hands NJ General Con
zale-.
The beautiful Mexican National railroad
station ~ Monterrey. the finest IN North
Mexico. has been destroyed, and only IT,
walls are left standing. according to Cap
tain Head. who saw the walls from the
artillery train. lc stated that the depot
wa~ burned since the c"n-titutiOnali~t~
evacuated the city. hut whether IL wa
burned w civilians. w Villa troops or ~
whom lie could not state. lle said that
General Angele- ha- established hi head
quarters at or near tins destroyed station
Ar Tumpico rcrcntly Captain Head
talked personally wAh Captain Duff Of the
steamer MORO Castle. which wa~ M the
port ~ Progrc~o recently when the gun
boat Progrr~o was blown up. II J. believed.
BY dynamite. OF the destruction of the
Prugrr~o Captain Head says there was ~
doubt IN the mind of Captain Duff that u
wa~ don w enemies W the constitutional
i~t~. ri gunboat had been loaded with
three aeruplaue~ which we're destined u w.
shipped % General Gonzales army by way
lof Tampico. The arropIanr~ went down
with the gunboat. About thirty-iive people
were killed.
Referring ~ the situation in the north
east IN general. Captain Head said that u
appeared ~ him being complicated. IIc
would not express an opInIon a. to the -Ize
uf either the run~iitutinnali-t or the Villa
forces. nor could ~ ~ay whether there Wa
~ reasonable certainty that the con~titn-
tionali~t~ would ultimately take Monterrey
Though h. was not on the west side ~
Monterrey he laid that h. had been in-
formed that the city wa~ entirely sur
rounded. and did not know positively
whether trains were being run into the cirv
from the direction ~ Torrron. IIc laid
that General Villa wa not AZ Monterrey
last Tuesday. and whether ~ had reached
there since then ~ could not state. A
news dispatch Saturday from III Pa-o
stated that Villa wa~ M Monterrey.
Captain Head said that hi trip was
merely for the purpose ~ seeing what wa
: going on ~ the northeast y and that II wa
not made officially. IIc stated. however.
: that he would probably advise Governor
, Ferguson a. 10 conditions ~ the northeast.
Crude Oil Dropped Cents.