The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-14
FROM CHIEF OF STAFF TO A
 BUS DRIVER

ciated Press) From Chief of Staff to General Felipe Angeles, member of Provisional President Lagos Chaz- aro's cabinet, recipient of the French Cross of the Legion of Honor, and owner of a large fortune and estate, to the business of driving a jitney bus was the experience of Colonel Frederico Cervantes as related by him. Colonel Cervantes told the story of his experiences in Mexico during the six years revolution as witness in his own behalf in the fed eral court where he was charged and convicted of setting on foot military expedition to join his former chief in tho field in Mexico.
 Speaking in academic English, the famous Mexican military leader and aviation expert was permittd by the court to relate his personal exper- fence which closely paralleled the stir ring events which started with the Madero revolution and ended-for him-with the filsbustering expedi- tion for which he must serve two years in Leavenworth prison. Gradu- ating from the Chapuletpex military academy at Mexico City with honors as a lieutenant of engineers, he was sent to France to study aeronautics hxy hou r. tached to the First Regiment, French engineers as lieutenant. He re- turned to join the Madero revolution and was made adjutant of the na- tional military academy. He was then sent back to France by President Madero to continue his aeronsutical studies. He attended the famous French maneuvers as an observer for the Mexican government and was given command of detachment of 20 French flying corps cadets.
 Learning of the coup of 113 he re- turned from France, resigned his com mission, removed his Legion of Honor cross and joined General Carranza as major of engineers. While experi- menting with aerial bombs during the revolution he fell from an airplane and was seriously injured. He was with General Angeles when the latter was commissiond chief of artillery flor the Constitutionalist army of the north and later made Angeles chief of staff. He testified he was made a lieutenant colonel for valor during the battle of Zacatecas.
 Colonel Cervantes said he was sent as a delegate from the army Of Sonora to the Constitutionalist con- vention at Aguascalientes at which Francisco Villa and General Carranza agreed to quit the party and permit others to be named in their places. This Villa did, Cervantes testified, but General Carranza refused and de- cided to fight Villa.
 "The convention then rebelled and a number of the general joined Gen. eral Carranza,' he said. "Eulallo Gutierrez was named provisional president but soon fled from Mexico City. I was named as minister of communications in the cabinet of pro- yisional President Lagos Chazaro who succeeded Major Roque Gonzales Gar ga, Gutierrez's successor. I went to southeastern Mexico, organized col umn to invade the north but was later forced to come to the United States after we were defeated by the forces led by Carranza and Obregon and after the United States recognized Carranza."
 What were you worth at the time you were forced to leave Mexico City?" his attorney asked.
 q owned a home valued at 3O,O0O pesos and large interest in an SO,- 900 pesos estate," he said
 "What were you doing after you came to Ell Paso?"
 'I was driving jitney bus," ne answered.
 Owing to the forest fires along the