. Carranza and Mexico. N IN THE WESTBY COL. I. C. ENRIQUEZ pERHAPS the most interesting chapter of the-^ Constitutionalist revolt against the dictatorHuerta is the campaign of rebellion led by the bravecitizens of the State of Sonora. When they de-cided to fight the bloody dictator and resist hismurderous deeds, they were confronted by a verystrong and well organized army. The Federaltroops were well equipped with ammunition andguns. Their positions were well established, whilethe Constitutionalists had nothing more than desireof justice, backed by reckless bravery. They hadneither guns nor am
. Carranza and Mexico. N IN THE WESTBY COL. I. C. ENRIQUEZ pERHAPS the most interesting chapter of the-^ Constitutionalist revolt against the dictatorHuerta is the campaign of rebellion led by the bravecitizens of the State of Sonora. When they de-cided to fight the bloody dictator and resist hismurderous deeds, they were confronted by a verystrong and well organized army. The Federaltroops were well equipped with ammunition andguns. Their positions were well established, whilethe Constitutionalists had nothing more than desireof justice, backed by reckless bravery. They hadneither guns nor ammunition, and certainly notrained army, and In spite of all this, they were thevictors. After the assassination of Senor Francisco and Senor Jose Maria Pino Suarez, adreadful feeling of fear spread through the was especially evident among the but death had they to expect from such abrutal dictator as Huerta? For this reason alone,there were at the beginning very few men who were ii8. ^i J 0 GENERAL ALVARO OBREGON Chief of the Western Division Campaign of General Ohregon in the West 119 willing to take up arms against him. Even amongthe governors, twenty-seven In number, only onedared to throw down the glove of challenge to theassassin. He was Don Venustlano Carranza, atthat time governor of the State of CoahuUa. Halfan hour after the news of the assassination reachedhim, he called the state legislature Into session, de-nounced the dictator Huerta and demanded that theyshould not recognize Huertas authority. He wasthe only man with sufficient moral courage to openlyrevolt against Huerta. At that time, Carranza was not the only one whohad the historic opportunity of coming out as a de-fender of his countrys honor. The same messagewas transmitted to Sefior Jose M. Maytorena, thenthe governor of the State of Sonora, but unlike Car-ranza, he did not take up the cause of his down-trodden countrymen. He saw at a glance the dan-ger of such a move, a
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