Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-27
FEW TRAINED D !.
men TAKE PART
IN REVOLUTIONS
Civilians are Practically the
Only Men Causing Dis
turbance in Mexico.

Juares, March 27.-Revolutionary
war in Mexico has been conducted
largely by civilians during recent
years. Since the downfall of the
rHuerta government. few trained mill
tary men have participated in the
revolutionary movements or have
held commissions in h federal
army. s51-
General Carranza, president of the
republic was a planter In Coahuila
before the Madero revolution began
ernor Of that state. While he holds
the rank Of general. President Car
ranza's military experience is limited
to reviews and observations of battles
from behind the lines. He prefers to
wear civilianNclothes to uniforms.
The late President Francisco Ma
dero was an overseer on his fathers
h%aciendas in Coahuila before he
started the revolution. He. was a
student and preferred the accounting
part of.the work to active life in the
field, as he v was strong physic-
ally. He disliked the title Of general
and frequently reproved correspond
ents attached to his headquarters for
calling him General Madero.
Francisco Villa was never schooled
VI l1lC dIS VI wal tCACCpS to IC lCdtAlCU
it at first hand by lodging dag
rurales as a bandit or in combating
the forces Of Diaz and Huerta as d
revolutionist: Villa was a +, vaquero
Cowboy on the Chihuahua llanos
and was a butcher for a short time.
He never wears. a uniform II he al
avoid it..
General Francisco Muirguia, who
has defeated Villa more times than
any other Mexican commander and
who is now commanderGof the states
Of chihuahua, Durango. Coahuila and
Zacatecas. was q commercial pho
ItoeTapher before he Joined the, Car
rama army. He worked at his trade
|tnsthe United States at n time and
AWAY carries a number of expensive
cameras with him In the field, making
/ his own pictures of the campaigns.
General Alvero Obregon, former
minister of war, is a planter in the
state Of Sonora, having a large ranch
at Navajoa where he raises large
crops of garbanzos. a kind of native
pea which sells in the Mexican, Cuban
and Spanish markets. He prefers the
farm to the field or cabinet office and
retired to resume charge of his
haciendas,
General Gabrial Gavira, the new
commissioner assigned to this district,
was a carpenter in Vera Cruz before
he entered the army. -
General Francisco Gonzales, COM
n1ander assigned to this district, was
Ia barber when a young man and
worked in Laredo, Texas. at one time,
General Candida Agiular, secretary
of foreign relations. was a professor
before he entered the army with his
father-in-law. President Carranza.
General Manuel Dieguesz. COM
mander of the eastern division of the
army, was a smelterman employed al
Cananea. Sonora, before the outbreak
of the revolution. =
General Pluarco Elias Gales, mill.
tary commander of Sonora, was q
school teacher. He has established
schools throughout the state since be-
coming governor general.
l.; General Luis Caballero., governor.
elect of Tamaulipas, commander OF
troops in that state, was a travelling
salesman.
Gen. Eduardo Hay, chief of staff to
Madero and now a member of the
house of deputies, was a civil engi-
neer at the outbreak Of the Madero
revolution and was educated in ar
American college. He has been
wounded IA times.
General Pablo Gonzales, command.
err of the southern zone, was a flour
miller as a young man and sees that
| the mills in his zone grind -four for
his troops.
Gene raj Felipe Angeles, Villas ar
tillery chief during his revolution. was
a graduate of French and Mexican
military schools but entered the
dairy business when Villa was de-
feated.