The General and the Jaguar (61 page)

(From left to right) Alvaro Obregón, Pancho Villa, and General John Pershing meet for a friendly visit in El Paso in 1914.
Standing behind Pershing is the young George Patton.
(El Paso Public Library)

Pancho Villa and the War Department’s chief of staff, Hugh Lenox Scott (mustached and wearing glasses), met often to settle
border issues. The man in the cape next to Villa is Rodolfo Fierro, who was dubbed “the Butcher” after he personally killed
several hundred prisoners.
(El Paso Public Library)

Some of Mexico’s wealthiest citizens were forced to flee their homes during the revolution. Many moved to El Paso, where they
contributed greatly to the economy and established schools, churches, and social clubs.
(El Paso Public Library)

Prisoners seized by the various revolutionary factions were often taken out into the brush and summarily shot.
(El Paso Public Library)

Venustiano Carranza, the de facto leader of Mexico, frequently ordered the bodies of Pancho Villa’s officers to be put on
public display in order to discourage towns-people from joining Villa’s army.
(Courtesy of Robert Bouilly)

A copy of the Mexican passport issued to Charles Rea Watson, who led the party of miners massacred by Pablo López’s troops
on January 10, 1916, in a remote area west of Chihuahua City.
(National Archives)

Arthur McKinney, range foreman on the sprawling Palomas Land and Cattle Company, inadvertently stumbled into the Villistas
a few days before the Columbus raid. McKinney and two other cowboys were killed as the Mexicans moved toward the border.
(Courtesy of Richard Dean)

Juan Favela, a cowboy-rancher, repeatedly warned U.S. military authorities that Villa was headed toward Columbus, but his
warnings were not heeded.
(Courtesy of Richard Dean)

Colonel Herbert J. Slocum, a West Point graduate, was in charge of the Thirteenth Cavalry based at Columbus. His reputation
was greatly damaged by Pancho Villa’s surprise raid on the military camp and town.
(Courtesy of Lynn Rivard)

Lieutenant John Lucas was awakened by the sound of Villa’s soldiers moving past his window. He managed to get out of his house,
rouse his troops, and set up machine guns at strategic points in the camp and along the railroad tracks.
(Pancho Villa State Park)

Lieutenant James Castleman led a contingent of soldiers into Columbus during the predawn raid. After making sure his wife
was safe, Castleman and his troopers set up a defensive line near the Hoover Hotel and fought valiantly. Although the people
of Columbus viewed him as their savior, Castleman probably violated military procedures by not first helping to secure the
camp.
(Courtesy of Richard Dean)

James Dean, a grocer, was killed during the raid.
(Courtesy of Richard Dean)