File No. 812.00/18456
Consul Garrett to the Secretary of State
A passport was found in pocket of one of the raiders signed by Commander of Constitutionalist forces at San Luis Potosi which stated that bearer was Lieutenant Bernardo Gonzales of the Constitutionalist forces. Another of the raiders who was killed carried papers which identified him as Major Cruz who was promoted from Captain to Major by General Jacinto Treviño, August 17, 1915, for meritorious service. In an order found on his body signed by General Rodriguez he was instructed to pass himself as a Villista and seize horses, arms, equipment and supplies; he also had a railroad pass, dated May 16, 1916, signed by General Juan P. Manero of the Constitutionalist forces.
One of the captured raiders informed me that he belonged to the forces of Colonel Fierros who is a well known Carranza commander and visits other Carranza officers in Nuevo Laredo every day or two. His headquarters are at La Jarita.