The commander of the Division of the Northeast, Pablo González Garza, suggested to Pancho Villa that the generals meet and forge an agreement so that they could remain united as revolutionaries at this key juncture.
Carranza had tried to slow Villa’s string of victories by cutting off coal supplies, necessary to fuel railway transport of his troops, as well as ammunition.
Article 7 of the pact calls for the surrender of the Federal Army and its complete dissolution and punishment of the Roman Catholic Church for its support of the Huerta government.
The Divisions of the North and the Northeast, understanding that the present [conflict] is the struggle of the disinherited against the powerful, pledge themselves to fight until the ex-Federal Army completely disappears and the Constitutionalist Army shall take its place; to promote the democratic regime in our country; to punish and subdue the Roman Catholic clergy which ostensibly allied itself with Huerta, and to emancipate economically the proletariat by making equitable distribution of lands and by promoting the well-being of the workers.
The present conflict being a struggle of the disinherited against the abuses of the powerful, and understanding the causes of the misfortunes which afflict the country emanate from a praetorianism, from a plutocracy and from the clergy, the Divisions of the North and Northeast solemnly pledge themselves to fight until the ex-Federal Army shall disappear completely; to implant in our nation a democratic regime; to promote the well-being of the workers; to emancipate economically the rural workers by making an equitable distribution of lands, or by other means toward the resolution of the agrarian problem, and to admonish, punish, and to demand the proper responsibilities of the members of the Roman Catholic clergy, who both materially and intellectually have aided the usurper, Victoriano Huerta.
Carranza was pushed to draft his "Additions to the Plan of Guadalupe" in December 1914 as it became clear that he had to counter and undermine the more radical rhetoric of Villa and those supporting him.