El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-14

charge Of all of the arrangements, re-
celVed the callers at the home and
selected the coffin for his father. Lieut..
Sol- LUIS tuentes, soninlaW Of Gen
HueFta, in a house coat and comfy
slippers, assisted his brOtherinlaW and
mere was an endless coming and go
ing OF Mexican servants carrying
trays OF steaming milk and coffee to
the chambers above. The trained
nurse who had been with Gen. Huerta,
left Few minutes before the body
was removed and chaplain Francis P
Joyce, Of the Fourth Field artillery,
who had been with Gen Huerta con-
stantly. slipped out of the house and
to camp TO get a little sleep. after his
, long nights vigil beside the dying
generals bed.
His Last Statement.
Cen Huerta made no statement
! Thursday night before his death He
had been unconscious all day and Dr.
NJ P Schuster said he knew little
that was going on around him during
the "a hours preceding his death His
last conscious act was when he made
his cross to the typewritten viii pre-
pared by mayor Lea Wednesday night.
As he signed, he threw his arm over
the mayors shoulder and whispered in
Spanish. 4 am deeply obligated to you
for all you have done for me. senior
mayor" After he had signed the will,
Gen Huerta whispered again I for
give an OF my enemies and I am at
/. peace Win the world. InlS was MS
last conscious statement
Note in Pillow.
However. when the body was re-
moved from the bed by the undertake
rushed from his mothers room,
grabbed a pillow from the bed and took
a slip Of paper from ii. What was in
this paper, whether it was a dying
statement or note TO his family was
not made public The last viii made
sonora Huerta the executrix of the es-
tate without bond and left all Of the
generals property. which is in Mex
children a nominal amount
Gen Huerta was 81 years of age.
Was Loyal to POrfiriO Diaz.
Vlctoriano Huerta became provisional
president Of Mexico. following the ar
rest Of president Francisco l. Nadero
on Feb IS, 1913 He supported many
Mexican presidents before he took the
chair himself
Gen. Huerta was loyal to president
Porfirio DiaZ. the grand old man OF
Mexico" as some referred to him or
the dictator" as others regarded him,
until president Diaz resigned Gen.
Huerta was held in great esteem by
president DiaZ, who \ had frequently
sald that Gen Huerta was military
genius
Under the Porfirio Diaz regime. Gen.
Huerta was in command of the federal
forces fighting Gen Francisco I. Ma
dero- He did not prove to be a glar-
ing success as a federal commander.
shortly before his resignation, presi-
dent Diaz sent for Gen Huerta and told
MN that he had considered abdicating.
Gen Huerta cOunseled against il, and
said that If he had 5000 good men he
could recoup the federal losses
Federal fortunes went completely to
smash shortly after this, and president
Dlaz concluded to depart from Mexico,
Whereupon Francisco de Ia Barra as
eended the presidential seat, which
Diazs rule had given the aspect of a
tnrone- Gen. Huerta's loyalty to his late A,
chieI was so great that he accepted I
command Of the military force that es-
eorted PorfiriO Diaz to Veracruz, where I
Diaz. left Mexican soil forever
Porfirio Diaz once on the water
pound for Europe, Gen. Huerta was
found declaring his loyalty to pro-
Visional president de Ia Barra- He re- |
NAMED loyal to de Ia Barra until Fran I
cisco /. Madero was elected president
Gen MaderO then became loyal to Ma /
dero. whom he had told Diaz he could 1
wipe out Of existence if he only had /
5000 good men,
Tries to Aid EaderO.
The man whom Huerta had fought to 4
the best OF his ability. and to whom he I
had many times contemptuously re- |
pata and Orozco." accepted Huerta's /
vows Of allegiance probably because !
Of the fact that he like Porfirio Diaz. I
believed Huerta a military genius, and ,
Mexico was badly in need Of military /
geniuses TO suppress the innumerable /
groups Of bandits posing as "revolu- (
tiOnists"
In March. 1912. Gen. Gonzales salas,
Madero's commander Of the federal :
army committed suicide following the 4
defeat by OrozcO of the federals under 1
him at Coralitas near Jiminez- Gen. /
Huerta had been in charge of the fed \
eral troops in the state OF Morelos- Fol-
lowing the death OF Gen. Salas, presi-
dent Madero made Huerta commander
in chief and sent him forth to put an
end to the perpetual revolutions Of
PascuaI Orozco, jr. Gen. Huerta. viz
tually extinguished OroZcO. When
Huerta succeeded later to the presi-
dency, Orozco became one Of his gen {
erals
When Gen. Felix Diaz was released
from prison in Mexico City by cadets
Of a military college and led his revo-
luton against the Madero administra-
ton. Gen. Huerta remained loyal to
AIadero. for a time. On Feb is, 1s1S)
president MaderO was arrested in the
national palace by Gen. Banquet one
Of his own generals. He was forced to
sign his own resignation Preceding
he arrest there had been over a week
IF fierce fighting in the streets OF
Mexico City. with Felix D'az getting a
decided shade the better of it
On that same day Cen Huerta went