Editing Cajemé (section)

===Military Experience===

Cajemé had his first taste of military battle in 1854, while serving with the "Urbanos," the local [[militia]] of Guaymas, which was organized by his teacher, Cayetano Navarro. This occurred when a plot to seize control of Sonora was carried out under the leadership of Count (''Comte'' in French) [[Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon]], who had two years earlier tried to seized the city of Hermosillo by force, and had been repelled in that attempt after they had captured Hermosillo.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=El Conde de Raousett-Boulbon: Mosquetero Frances de Sonora |url=http://content.library.arizona.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15399coll2/id/14159/rec/1 |newspaper=Hispano-America |location=San Francisco |publisher=La Crónica Inc. | language=es |date=June 10, 1933 |pages=7–8 |access-date=1 October 2018 }}</ref>

[[File:Ramon Corona.jpg|thumb|left|General Ramón Corona, c. 1888, under whom 
Cajemé began his military service]]

At 14:30 hours on July 13, 1854, the battle began, with the Count's forces attacking the defenders of the Guaymas town square. The attackers numbered more than 350 French, Germans and Chileans under the Count's leadership. After fighting the Mexican forces for about two hours, the invaders began to retreat. After seeing all of the men that Raousset-Boulbon had lost in the fighting, the French vice-consul, Joseph Calvo, came and requested his intervention to make peace. Calvo promised protection to all who took refuge under his flag, but hesitated for some time before extending this to include Raousset.<ref>Scroggs, 1916, p.&nbsp;61</ref> Under the command of General [[José María Yáñez]], the Urbanos and the other Mexican forces in Guaymas were victorious.

Raousset-Boulbon surrendered his army, asking for no other condition than to respect their lives. The surrender took place at 18:00 hours the same day, giving 313 prisoners being counted among them Count Raousset-Boulbon. The Mexican Army collected 310 rifles, 10 shotguns, 7 swords, 6 flags, a campaign banner and a forge. The losses suffered by both sides included 48 dead and 78 injured foreigners, with 19 dead and 57 wounded Mexican combatants. Gaston Rausset-Boulbon was sentenced to death, with the execution taking place in Guaymas, on August 12, 1854, in an area located in the north of the town square. Captain Francis M. Espino led the firing squad.<ref>Berber, 1958</ref> See also de Collet La Madelène, 1876, pp.&nbsp;266–304).<ref>This excellent account by de Collet La Madelène of Count Raousset-Boulbon's attempt at occupying and controlling Sonora, the battle at Guaymas, and the events following the battle, deserves to be translated for those English-speaking readers interested in the fascinating history of Sonora, Mexico.</ref>

Now 18 years of age, Cajemé looked for new opportunities in life, and traveled to [[Tepic]], where he worked for a short time as a blacksmith. Later, he was caught up in the draft for soldiers to serve in the [[Mexican Army|regular army]], the San Blas Battalion, but [[Desertion|deserted]] after only three months of service. He fled to the mountains near [[Acaponeta]], [[Nayarit]], and worked for a while as a miner. With the Federal army still searching for him, he traveled to [[Mazatlán]] and joined a battalion comprising [[Pima people|Pimas]], Yaquis, and [[Opata people|Opatas]], that was part of the ranks of Pablo Lagarma, a Mexican insurgent, who had declared for constitutional restoration.

Not long afterward, Cajemé began service in as a trooper in the army of General [[Ramón Corona]]. Due to his previous military experience, and the ability to speak three languages, he was appointed [[aide-de-camp]] to General Corona. He ended up participating in the [[Reform War|War of Reform]], and against the forces of the [[Second French intervention in Mexico|French Intervention]] of [[Maximilian I of Mexico|Emperor Maximilian]]. It was General Corona that accepted the sword of surrender from Emperor Maximilian at [[Querétaro, Querétaro|Querétaro]] on 15 May 1867.<ref>Vandervort, 2006, pp.&nbsp;230–231, 297</ref> Eventually, he came to serve in the forces under {{ill|Ignacio L. Pesqueira|es}}, who came to value him as a competent, well educated and trilingual officer, and who eventually commissioned him as a captain in the cavalry.