 While filming a battle between the forces of _Pancho Villa (I)_ (qv)  and federal troops near Ojinaga, cameraman Charles Rosher (qv) was  captured by federal soldiers and brought before their commanding  general. Rosher thought he was about to be executed as a spy, and  things didnt look too good for him until the Mexican general  noticed Roshers Masonic pin in his lapel. The general then gave  Rosher the Masonic greeting; it turned out he was a Mason, too.  Instead of being shot as a spy, Rosher was treated as a guest, and  was later released after the Mexican government made a deal with the  American government that allowed their troops to cross into American  territory in order to outflank Villas forces and attack them from  the rear.