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Show LiTTLEGLIMPSEo OF OBREGON AS ; MAMAtiDGFFiCER (. E . staff Bpedal). ftlBXtCO C1TT, liexlco, Ctoc 1. "1 am a farmer; 1 wish this war was . r ) .. 1 .on M ;. Lack to n ranch. 1'resident nbregon USOd to tell his brother officers h D the revolt! tlon broke out Uener.il ( lln Ron wui ;i proaC rous farmer at Hautobum po. (Jene-ral (ibrenon I oat his i ;?ht arm above tin elbow at Celaya lsio. Ilia forces hod taken gruuml In which villa had planted minee. Quddenlj there was an e:UMnoQ and ont tkt )t-regon's uiiiis I. if off. At the hospital hos-pital the next day he learned nis men were becoming uncus), so he left his bed and look personal charge again Itefore this mishap Obergon was a fine physical specimen and an athlete. ObreKon's view on war arc contained con-tained In lni"" WOSdS: "War Is u-agery u-agery broken loese. and If chlllri-tlon chlllri-tlon is to endure It mast be eliminated eliminat-ed as a measure of composing International Inter-national quarrels an harniom-ing international in-ternational Interests" ' br i:uu niaile his forlune by organizing organ-izing the garvunzo (pea) growers of Sonora a tid thereby causing them to demand better prtee for their products. prod-ucts. His organization was opted after the American farmers' marketing market-ing organizations In California He not only made himself rich, but made ill hi ix'lKhhor prosperous. i Colleen In 191.1, at a dinner gl -en L) Carranza, General ibrcgon . n-tertained n-tertained the guests b) performing athletic stunts. Although a big man physically! he could balance himself ou one arm and stand that way Indefinite Indef-inite That wh.h before he lu.-t Bit right arm. Another stunt wi t ind and Jump over the top of a high hair At that time he was one of the leading generals of tho Carranza revolution. General obregon once fired a young fellow from the army whom he had put into a position of trust, for steal' ing money. The man pleaded with the general not to disgrace him, and finally final-ly threatened to commit suicide. On tht proportion ObregOO offered to reinstate the young officer, restore his good name and give him an of-fll of-fll ers' burial with military honors. The fellow didn't accept. Obregon was an Inveterate cigaret smoker. He quit the habit after he became a commander and director of, large bodies of men when on a desert where nciret- w.r, scarce. Me dl I It for two reasons, first, to Increase his fflclency, and second, to show that he was master of himself to in wi moke another Ctgnn t. ou |