Consignments of Norris Peters notes

The following is an incomplete reconstruction of the consignments from Navarro in Washington to the Agencia Comercial y Financiera^{The Agencia was established by Villa in February 1914, with Lazaro de la Garza as its head, to support the financial needs of the Villista army (LG papers, 1-H-1, Villa, Ciudad Juárez, to L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, 10 February 1914). Ignacio Perchez Enríquez took over from de la Garza on 17 July (LG papers, 1-H-28 letter Villa, Ciudad Juárez, to L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, 17 July 1914).}, in Ciudad Juárez, care of the Rio Grande Valley Bank & Trust, El Paso.

At first the team used Adams Express, but later moved to Wells Fargo. The date is from the consignment notes: this sometimes differs, by a day, from that given in Navarro's telegrams and reports. Where there were a number of trunks (petacas) in a consignments the number of note in each trunk has been assumed to be pro-rata.

On U. S. Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan, asked Adams and Wells Fargo for a detailed breakdown of the shipments that they had made^{LG papers, 6-E-47, letter Navarro, Washington to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 5 March 1915}, as part of an investigation into the legality of such shipments. The companies reported on shipments between 12 April 1914 and 8 February 1915 and these can be checked against other sources^{On 11 February Wells Fargo reported that the company had handled nineteen shipments between 17 November 1914 and 8 February 1915 with a total face value of 103,223,250 pesos. Before that date there had been a number of shipments through the Adams Express Company (SD papers, 812.515/35, Charles W. Stockton, Wells Fargo, New York, to Secretary of State, Washington, 11 February 1815{/footnote). From the table below it can be seen that the actual total face value was $95,545,450 ( shipped on twenty-one different dates), a shortfall of $7,677,800, though a different (erroneous) face value might have been declared on some of the dockets. On 6 March the Adams Express Company reported that between 12 April and 11 November 1914 it had shipped incomplete currency of the face value of 121,200,000 pesos (SD papers, 812.515/36, Adams Express Company, Washington, to Robert Lansing, Counselor for the Secretary of State, Washington, 6 March 1915). From the table below the actual face value of Norris Peters notes was $16,000,000 so the rest will have been Ejército Constitucionalista notes}.

The team in Washington provided quotes for insurance and were told to send the notes as merchandise and insured at 2-5% of their value, but Norris Peters advised sending them as currency, as otherwise any payout would not cover the cost of paper and printing. The express company also wanted a guarantee from one of the El Paso banks. Navarro asked for a decision^{LG papers, 6-A-9, telegram Navarro, Washington, to I. Perches Enriquez, El Paso. 21 August 1914} but did not receive any instructions until 26 August, whereupon, with the help of Babson, vice-president of Norris Peters, they started consignments. By 1 September they still had not received any instructions about insurance, so sent the consignments as currency^{LG papers, 6-A-21, report Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 1 September 1914}.

On 21 December 1914 de la Garza reported that he had arranged with C. A. Townsend, the Wells Fargo agent in El Paso, to ship the notes as currency at 10c rather than 15c^{LG papers, 6-C-63, telegram de la Garza, El Paso to Navarro, Washington, 21 December 1914}. Otherwise, he should hip as merchandise at 10c^{LG papers, 6-C-72, telegram e la Garza, El Paso to Navarro, Washington, 26 December 1914}. However Navarro had difficulties with the Wells Fargo agency in Washington and asked de la Garza to arrange something ^{LG papers, 6-C-55, telegram Navarro, Washington to de la Garza, El Paso, 28 December 1914: LG papers, 6-C-78, letter Navarro, Washington to de la Garza, El Paso, 30 December 1914}. Well Fargo also demanded that they use steel strongboxes instead of trunks, which would have increased the number and weight of shipments^{, LG papers, 6-C-78, letter Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso. 30 December 1914,: 6-D-15, telegram Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 9 January 1915} but de la Garza agreed with Townsend on trunks^{LG papers, 6-D-19, telegram de la Garza, El Paso to Navarro, Washington, 9 January 1915}. Wells Fargo raised the matter again in March, with the final consignments^{LG papers, 6-E-56, telegram Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 20 March 1915: 6-E-58, telegram L. de la Garza, El Paso, to Navarro, Washington, 20 March 195}.

		Consignment note						Serial number
Date	trunk	No	Declared value in dollars	Declared total in pesos		Number	Series	from	to	Total value
1914
27 August					$5	400,000	C	200001	600000	2,000,000
29 August					$50	30,000	F	15001	45000	1,500,000
1 September					$20	75,000	E	37501	112500	1,500,000
10 September	1				$1	720,000	A	750001	1470000	720,000
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
30 September^{sent via Adams Express (LG papers, 6-A-42, telegram Navarro, Washington, to Luis Gaxiola, Ciudad Juárez. 30 September 1914). De la Garza told Villa that the last shipment, on 30 September, was 2,880,000 (pesos or notes). (LG papers, 1-F-108, telegram de la Garza, New York, to Villa, Chihuahua, 30 September 1914)}	1				50c	1,000,000	U	500001	1500000	500,000
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7				$1	780,000	A	1470001	2250000	780,000
	8
	9
	10
	11				$10	300,00	D	150001	450000	3,000,000
	12				$10	300,00	D	150001	450000	3,000,000
23 October^{On 21 October Navarro told de la Garza “HAD TO REFUSE ALL FIFTYS ACCOUNT NO GOOD WILL FINISH THEM TOMORROW” but we have no other details (LG papers, 6-B-15, telegram Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 21 October 1914)}	1				$50	30,000	F	45001	75000	1,500,000
26 October^{On 9 November de la Garza told Villa that the Express office in El Paso was holding the consignments received since 26 October as they had not been paid and wanted payment in advance for future consignments (LG papers, 1-F-118 telegram L. de la Garza, Torreón, to Villa, Guadalupe, 9 November 1914). By 16 November de la Garza had paid some of this account and guaranteed the rest (LG papers, 1-F-121telegram L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, to Villa, Lagos. 16 November 1914}	1				$20	75,000	E	112501	187500	1,500,000
10 November	1	2262	225,000		$10		D	450001	600000	1,500,000
11 November^{10 November according to Navarro’s telegram (LG papers, 6-B-35:, telegram Navarro, Washington, to Hipolito Villa, Ciudad Juárez. 10 November 1914)}	1	2265	225,000		$10		D	600001	750000	1,500,000
17 November^{Sent via Wells Fargo (LG papers, 6-B-57. telegram Navarro, Washington, , to Hipolito Villa, Ciudad Juárez, 17 November 1914)}	1		300,000		$5	400,000	C	600001	700000	500,000
	2						C	700001	800000	500,000
	3						C	800001	900000	500,000
	4						C	900001	1000000	500,000
21 November	1		72,000		$1	480,000	A	2250001	2370000	120,000
	2						A	2370001	2490000	120,000
	3						A	2490001	2610000	120,000
	4						A	2610001	2730000	120,000
23 November	1		54,000		$1	360,000	A	2730001	2850000	120,000
	2						A	2850001	2970000	120,000
	3						A	2970001	3090000	120,000
28 November^{alternatively, 27 November (LG papers, 6-C-28, Navarro, Washington, to Luis Gaxiola, El Paso, 9 December 1914). There was a slight holdup of five or six days when the Agencia told the printers to send directly to the Express office rather than care of the Rio Grande Bank and the printers, without the bank’s guarantee, asked for payment in advance. However, it was agreed to continue dispatching care of the bank and the $6,000,000 being held up was released (LG papers, 1-I-20: letter L. de la Garza, El Paso, to Villa, Cuartel General. 28 November 1914).}	1	11474 - 12140	180,000		$5		C	1000001	1120000	600,000
	2	11474 - 12140	180,000		$5		C	1120001	1240000	600,000
28 November	1		270,000		$5		C	1240001	1360000	600,000
	2						C	1360001	1480000	600,000
	3						C	1480001	1600000	600,000
29 November^{Sent by Wells Fargo(LG papers, 6-B-89, Navarro, Washington, to Hipolito Villa, Ciudad Juárez, 29 November 1914)}	1		220,000	600,000	$5		C	1600001	1720000	600,000
	2			600,000			C	1720001	1840000	600,000
	3			600,000			C	1840001	1960000	600,000
29 November^{Sent by Wells Fargo(LG papers, 6-B-89, Navarro, Washington, to Hipolito Villa, Ciudad Juárez, 29 November 1914)}	1		99,000	120,000	$1	120,000	A	3090001	3210000	120,000
	2			120,000		120,000	A	3210001	3330000	120,000
	3			120,000		120,000	A	3330001	3450000	120,000
	4			120,000		120,000	A	3450001	3570000	120,000
	5			120,000		120,000	A	3570001	3690000	120,000
	6			60,000		60,000	A	3690001	3750000	60,000
30 November	1		180,000		$5		C	1960001	2080000	600,000
30 November	2		180,000		$5		C	2080001	2200000	600,000
1 December	1	9780	675,000	4,500,000	$50	90,000	F	75001	165000	4,500,000
5 December^{At 3.00 or 4.00 in the morning of 1 December Norris Peters finished printing 900,000 $10 notes (LG papers, 6-C-7, letter Navarro, Washington, to de la Garza, El Paso, 1 December 1914). Once numbered, these were dispatched on 5 and 8 December}.	1		720,000		$10	780,000	D	750001	945000	1,950,000
	2						D	945001	1140000	1.950,000
	3						D	1140001	1335000	1,950,000
	4						D	1335001	1530000	1,950,000
8 December^{Navarro reported sending five petacas of $10 and $20, value $8,700,000 (LG papers, 6-C-19, telegram Navarro, Washington, to de la Garza, El Paso, 8 December 1914: 6-C-20, telegram Navarro, Washington, to Luis Gaxiola, Ciudad Juárez, 9 December 1914) and that there were two petacas of $20 notes (LG papers, 6-C-28, Navarro, Washington, to Luis Gaxiola, El Paso, 9 December 1914). Total is $5,700,000, not $8.700,000^.}	1		1,305,000		$20	225,000	E	187501	300000	2,250,000
	2				$20	225,000	E	300001	412500	2,250,000
	3				$10	120,000	D	1530001	1650000	1,200,000
	4
	5
8 December	1		72,000		$1	480,000	A	3750001	3870000	120,000
	2						A	3870001	3990000	120,000
	3						A	3990001	4110000	120,000
	4						A	4110001	4230000	120,000
15 December	1		117,150	981,000	50c	1,562,000	U	1500001	3062000	781,000
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
26 December^{Navarro reported sending $1,270,000 in $1 notes, $7,200,000 in $20 notes and $119,000 in 50c notes (LG papers, 6-C-52, telegram Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 26 December 1914) but later corrected himself. One of the new workers had added five packets of 4,000 notes and three packets of 2,000 to one of the trunks and not kept the details (LG papers, 6-D-14, letter Navarro, Washington to de la Garza, El Paso, 6 January 1915)}	1	4931 - 6580 - 8179 - 8280 - 9290 - 9546 - 9643 - 9963 - 11598 - 12162	1,080,000		$1	1,296,000	A	4230001	5526000	127,000
	2									127,000
	3									127,000
	4									127,000
	5									127,000
	6									127,000
	7									127,000
	8									127,000
	9									127,000
	10									153,000
26 December	1	5630 - 9553 - 9973	208,350		$20	360,000	K	1	120000	2,400,000
	2						K	120001	240000	2,400,000
	3						K	240001	360000	2,400,000
26 December					50c	238,000	U	3062001	3300000	119,000
1915
2 January	1	6272 - 8562 - 8982 - 9989 - 12043	600,000	66,000,000	$10	600,000	J	1	120000	1,200,000
	2						J	120001	240000	1,200,000
	3						J	240001	360000	1,200,000
	4						J	360001	480000	1,200,000
	5						J	480001	600000	1,200,000
4 January	1	6359 - 6717 - 8827 - 9680 - 11673 - 12327	86,500	865,000	$1	864,000	A	5526001	5670000	144,000
	2						A	5670001	5814000	144,000
	3						A	5814001	5958000	144,000
	4						A	5958001	6102000	144,000
	5						A	6102001	6246000	144,000
	6						A	6246001	6390000	144,000
4 January	1	6471 - 8771 - 9233	400,000	4,000,000	$10	400,000	J	600001	1000000	4,000,000
	2
	3
9 January	1	5853 - 6828 - 6965 - 7771 - 7797 - 8302 - 9412 - 10183	108,000	1,080,000	$1	135,000	A	6390001	6525000	135,000
	2					135,000	A	6525001	6660000	135,000
	3					135,000	A	6660001	6795000	135,000
	4					135,000	A	6795001	6930000	135,000
	5					135,000	A	6930001	7065000	135,000
	6					135,000	A	7065001	7200000	135,000
	7					135,000	A	7200001	7335000	135,000
	8					135,000	A	7335001	7470000	135,000
9 January	1	3754 - 5678 - 7455 - 9432 - 9596 -9774 - 13711	420,000	4,200,000	$5	120,000	H	1	120000	600,000
	2					120,000	H	120001	240000	600,000
	3					120,000	H	240001	360000	600,000
	4					120,000	H	360001	480000	600,000
	5					120,000	H	480001	600000	600,000
	6					120,000	H	600001	720000	600,000
	7					120,000	H	720001	840000	600,000
13 January	1	8904 - 9408 - 9423 - 9766 - 10473 - 13117 - 14195 - 14266	540,000	5,400,0000	$5	1,080,000	H	840001	975000	675,000
	2						H	975001	1110000	675,000
	3						H	1110001	1245000	675,000
	4						H	1245001	1380000	675,000
	5						H	1380001	1515000	675,000
	6						H	1515001	1650000	675,000
	7						H	1650001	1785000	675,000
	8						H	1785001	1920000	675,000
16 January	1	5475 - 11386 - 11646 - 14094	48,000	480,000	$1	480,000	A	7470001	7590000	120,000
	2						A	7590001	7710000	120,000
	3						A	7710001	7830000	120,000
	4						A	7830001	7950000	120,000
16 January^{It seems that in these five petacas the replacement notes (for errors) were from Series E. De la Garza asked Vargas to extract them before all the notes were stamped so that these replacements could be returned and replaced by the printers (LG papers, 3-G-41, telegram L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, to Vargas, Chihuahua. 26 January 1915: 3-G-44, letter L. de la Garza, El Paso, to. Vargas, Chihuahua. 28 January 1915) but that would have been a monumental task}	1	5323 - 9308 - 11531 - 11963 - 11993	1,200,000	12,000,000	$20	600,000	K	360001	480000	2,400,000
	2						K	480001	600000	2,400,000
	3						K	600001	720000	2,400,000
	4						K	720001	840000	2,400,000
	5						K	840001	960000	2,400,000
22 January^{received by Agencia in Ciudad Juárez 11 February 1915 (LG papers,2-F-51 S. C. de la Garza, El Paso, to L. de la Garza, Torreón, 19 March 1915)}	1	4993 - 6983 - 7777 - 8934^{this petaca was returned to Chicago with a two packages totalling 2,000 notes left inside(LG papers, 2-F-51 S. C. de la Garza, El Paso, to L. de la Garza, Torreón, 19 March 1915: 4-D-27 consignment note). The notes were numbers 1789001 to 17900000 and 1799001 to 1800000, with fortythree pieces missing (LG papers, 6-E-38, telegram Navarro, Washington to L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, 26 February 1915). Navarro gave instructions for them to be sent directly to El Paso{(LG papers, 6-E-50, telegram Navarro, Washington to Vargas, Chihuahua, 12 March 1915: 6-E-67, telegram Navarro, Washington to Vargas, Chihuahua, 26 March 1915)} - 8991 - 9287 - 10230 - 12511	120,000	1,200,000	$10	120,000	J	1000001	1120000	1,200,000
	2		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1120001	1240000	1,200,000
	3		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1240001	1360000	1,200,000
	4		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1360001	1480000	1,200,000
	5		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1480001	1600000	1,200,000
	6		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1600001	1720000	1,200,000
	7		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1720001	1840000	1,200,000
	8		120,000	1,200,000		120,000	J	1840001	1960000	1,200,000
22 January^{received by Agencia in Ciudad Juárez 11 February 1915 (LG papers, 2-F-52 Vargas, Chihuahua, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 8 March 1915)}	1	8138 - 9590	120,000	120,000	$1	120,000	A	7950001	8070000	120,000
	2	8138 - 9590	120,000	120,000	$1	120,000	A	8070001	8190000	120,000
27 January	1	3744 - 6749 - 8142 - 8512 - 10113 - 11587 - 12068 - 15248	60,000	600,000	$5	120,000	H	1920001	2040000	600,000
	2		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2040001	2160000	600,000
	3		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2160001	2280000	600,000
	4		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2280001	2400000	600,000
	5		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2400001	2520000	600,000
	6		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2520001	2640000	600,000
	7		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2640001	2760000	600,000
	8		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	2760001	2880000	600,000
27 January^{received by Agencia in Ciudad Juárez 1 February 1915 (LG papers,2-F-51 S. C. de la Garza, El Paso, to L. de la Garza, Torreón, 19 March 1915)}	1	10215	126,000	800,000	$20	40,000	K	960001	1000000	800,000
				400,000	$10	40,000	J	1960001	2000000	4,000,000
				60,000	$1	60,000	A	8190001	8250000	60,000
30 January	1	77 - 6448 - 6761 - 7588 - 9242 - 9450 - 10205 - 11919 - 13207	60,000	600,000	$5	120,000	H	2880001	3000000	600,000
	2		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3000001	3120000	600,000
	3		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3120001	3240000	600,000
	4		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3240001	3360000	600,000
	5		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3360001	3480000	600,000
	6		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3480001	3600000	600,000
	7		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3600001	3720000	600,000
	8		60,000	600,000		120,000	H	3720001	3840000	600,000
	9		60,000	800,000		160,000	H	3840001	4000000	800,000
8 February^{Stuck in the Express office in El Paso on 15 February for non-payment (LG papers, 3-H-11, letter L. de la Garza, El Paso, to Vargas, Chihuahua. 15 February 1915): sent on to Chihuahua on 17 March (LG papers, 3-H-35, telegram S. C. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, to Vargas, Chihuahua, 17 March 1915}	1	1149 - 4587 - 4949 - 7863 - 8954 - 9010 - 9039 - 9786 - 9855 - 11945 - 12377 - 12434	7,500	75,000	50c	150,000	U	3300001	3450000	75,000
	2		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	3450001	3600000	75,000
	3		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	3600001	3750000	75,000
	4		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	3750001	3900000	75,000
	5		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	3900001	4050000	75,000
	6		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4050001	4200000	75,000
	7		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4200001	4350000	75,000
	8		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4350001	4500000	75,000
	9		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4500001	4650000	75,000
	10		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4650001	4800000	75,000
	11		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4800001	4950000	75,000
	12		7,500	75,000		150,000	U	4950001	5100000	75,000
	13	9908	11,400	11,400		228,000	U	5100001	5328000	11,400
	14	7800	8,400	84,000		168,000	U	5328001	5496000^{55,000,000 notes were printed so somewhere 40,000 have been misplaced. Note that these 40,000 could have been any serial number from 3300001 to 55000000}	84,000
22 March	1	2920 - 4663 - 5209 - 7239 - 7288 - 7572 - 8189 - 8820 - 8836 - 9239 - 9552 - 9757 - 9961 - 13666 - 13681 - 13721 - 14398	240,000	2,400,000	$20	5,000,000	K	1000001	1120000	2,400,000
	2		240,000	2,400,000			K	1120001	1240000	2,400,000
	3		240,000	2,400,000			K	1240001	1360000	2,400,000
	4		240,000	2,400,000			K	1360001	1480000	2,400,000
	5		240,000	2,400,000			K	1480001	1600000	2,400,000
	6		240,000	2,400,000			K	1600001	1720000	2,400,000
	7		240,000	2,400,000			K	1720001	1840000	2,400,000
	8		240,000	2,400,000			K	1840001	1960000	2,400,000
	9		240,000	2,400,000			K	1960001	2080000	2,400,000
	10		240,000	2,400,000			K	2080001	2200000	2,400,000
	11		240,000	2,400,000			K	2200001	2320000	2,400,000
	12		240,000	2,400,000			K	2320001	2440000	2,400,000
	13		240,000	2,400,000			K	2440001	2560000	2,400,000
	14		240,000	2,400,000			K	2560001	2680000	2,400,000
	15		240,000	2,400,000			K	2680001	2800000	2,400,000
	16		240,000	2,400,000			K	2800001	2920000	2,400,000
	17		240,000	2,400,000			K	2920001	3040000	2,400,000
	18	11723^{4,000 notes were put into petaca 3928 by mistake (LG papers, 6-E-54, Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 23 March 1915)}	240,000	2,400,000			K	3040001	3156000	2,320,000
22 March	1	3736 - 6189 - 7621 - 9467 - 9915 - 10334	240,000	2,400,000	$20		K	3156001	3276000	2,400,000
	2		240,000	2,400,000			K	3276001	3396000	2,400,000
	3		240,000	2,400,000			K	3396001	3516000	2,400,000
	4		240,000	2,400,000			K	3516001	3636000	2,400,000
	5		240,000	2,400,000			K	3636001	3756000	2,400,000
	6		240,000	2,400,000			K	3756001	3876000	2,400,000
	7	6369^{In petaca 6369 there was an error with five packets of 4,000 notes each, being listed as 6000001 to 6030000 , 6001001 to 6031000, 6002001 to 6032000, 6003001 to 60033000, 6004001 to 60034000. 20,000 notes from this petaca were put in petaca 3928 by mistake (LG papers, 6-E-54, Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 23 March 1915)}	240,000	2,400,000			K	3876001	3976000	2,000,000
22 March	1	5327 - 5728 - 6013 - 6080 - 6368 - 6372 - 8056 - 9331- 9450 - 9706 - 10328 - 10633 - 11468 - 11747	240,000	2,400,000	$20		K	3976001	4096000	2,400,000
	2		240,000	2,400,000			K	4096001	4216000	2,400,000
	3		240,000	2,400,000			K	4216001	4336000	2,400,000
	4		240,000	2,400,000			K	4336001	4456000	2,400,000
	5		240,000	2,400,000			K	4456001	4576000	2,400,000
	6		240,000	2,400,000			K	4576001	4696000	2,400,000
	7		240,000	2,400,000			K	4696001	4816000	2,400,000
	8		240,000	2,400,000			K	4816001	4936000	2,400,000
	9		240,000	2,400,000			K	4936001	5056000	2,400,000
	10		240,000	2,400,000			K	5056001	5176000	2,400,000
	11		240,000	2,400,000			K	5176001	5296000	2,400,000
	12		240,000	2,400,000			K	5296001	5416000	2,400,000
	13		240,000	2,400,000			K	5416001	5536000	2,400,000
	14		240,000	2,400,000			K	5536001	5656000	2,400,000
22 March	1	9328^{reported as 80,000 notes, but in fact has 104,000 notes (LG papers, 6-E-54, letter Navarro, Washington to de la Garza, El Paso, 23 March 1915)}	160,000	1,600,000	$20		K	5656001	5760000	2,080,000
	2	5097 - 9930	240,000	2,400,000			K	5760001	5880000	2,400,000
	3	5097 - 9930	240,000	2,400,000			K	5880001	6000000	2,400,000

The people overseeing the work in Washington were occasionally remiss in informing El Paso or Chihuahua of consignments, so there was some confusion. In addition, certain comments are hard to align with the table above. For instance Navarro records that of the $10 notes there were two petacas, totalling 300,000 notes, on 3 November; four totalling 480,000 notes and three totalling 360,000 notes on 8 December and petaca 8838, of 150,000, and peteca 9558 of 500,000 notes, also on 8 December^{LG papers, 6-C-28, Navarro, Washington, to Luis Gaxiola, El Paso, 9 December 1914}.

On 1 December Navarro reported that to date he had sent 1,200,000 $5 notes and 90,000 $50 notes^{LG papers, 6-C-7, letter Navarro, Washington, to de la Garza, El Paso, 1 December 1914} but he was ignoring shipments prior to 17 November. On 7 December 1914 José F. Farias wrote that $15,200,000 had been outstanding and that day he had sent $480,000 in $1, $3,600,000 in $10 and $4,500,000 in $20 notes, leaving $6,620,000 outstanding^{LG papers, 4-G-11, Farias, Washington to L de la Garza, El Paso, 7 December 1914}. The $10 total cannot be reconciled,

On 25 January Navarro said he still had 2,200,000 notes of 50c, numbering 2800001 to 5500000, to send, but in both total and numbering he was mistaken^{LG papers, 6-D-34, Navarro, Washington, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 25 January 1915}.

On 11 February 1915 the Tesorería in Chihuahua reported receiving from the Agencia in Ciudad Juárez 28 petacas containing 300,000 $1, 2,080,000 $5, 998,000 $10 and 40,000 $20 notes^{LG papers, 2-F-52/3-H-24, Vargas, Chihuahua, to L. de la Garza, El Paso, 8 March 1915: )}. These will have been the 28 petacas sent from Washington between 20 January and 30 January (with a slight error in the $10 total).

On 23 February, in response to a request from Vargas, someone has noted that $110,000,000 had been sent, $1,098,000 was held up in the Express offices, and $108,902,000 had been received in the Tesorería^{LG papers, 3-H-15, telegram Vargas, Chihuahua to L. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, 23 February 1915.}

The notes were sent on from Ciudad Juárez. On 5 December a large quantity of notes in five petacas were sent to Chihuahua, to be stamped (resellados)^{LG papers, 1-I-22: letter L. de la Garza, El Paso, to Villa, Cuartel General. 5 December 1914}. On 17 March $1,098,000 in 50c notes (the 8 February consignment above) was sent on in the 14 petacas to Chihuahua (together with two strongboxes (cajas) containing the stones used in printing the notes^{LG papers, 3-H-35, telegram S. C. de la Garza, Ciudad Juárez, to Vargas, Chihuahua, 17 March 1915} that had been sent from Washington two days earlier^{LG papers, 6-E-29, Wells Fargo receipt, 15 March 1915}.

On 20 April de la Garza(?) reported to Villa that the final Norris Peters contract for a hundred million pesos had been completed a few weeks before, the plates (piedras) had been collected and were in the Agencia and the staff overseeing the project withdrawn^{LG papers, 1-J-9, letter from L. de la Garza (?), El Paso (?), to Villa, donde se encuentre. 20 April 1915}.