Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-25

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. June ga
Complete Decentralization OF the two
troops that We're engaged In disastrous
combat OF Wednesday morning At Car
RIAL with C~arranza's troops. and the
practical humiliation of those actu-
ally in the fight, was indicated in Il
report from General PerShinE to Cen
eral Funston to-day.
One packer ana eight enlisted men
of Troop c. and seven men of Troop
X were picked M yesterday morning
by Lieutenant Never near Santa Marcia:
All were horseholdcrs. The stories
these men told were almost identical
20 those told by the other stragslcrs
that reached the American lines yes
terday.
General P~ershtng. in his report to-
day, referred to the number OF those
who previously had returned to the
American lines ms eleven. With those
who were rescued by Lieutenant Meyer.
tho total number Of those who had re-
turned was twenty-seven.
The total number OF men In the two
troops was ctChty-four, II was learned
to-day. General Pcrshing. Offering n
summary OF his information obtained
from the straErlers and from press
reports. called attention 10 tho indi-
cations that there were ff,v-scven
missing and that press reports indi-
Gated fourteen of these were dead aud
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Pershing does not account in his re-
port for the number wounded. but ap-
peared to assume that all those wound
ed had been captured.
No REPORT RECEIVED
FROM ELEVENTH CAVALRY
General rrrshinr reported that he
had received no sport from the COM
Eleventh Cavalry that had been sent
Onward "a reScu" ;he remnant Of tho
Tenth.
All those brought in by IAcutenan.
Meyer were horscholders and. like
those who came into camp yesterday.
were not actually in the light. They
had difficulty. they said. in handling
the horses When tho furious machine
gun and rife ir" began. and they re-
treated before the conclusion OF the
engagement.
They had cared for such horses a.
they could round UP after they cot,
beyond range of the fire. the fun num-
her of mounts in their possession. when
encountered by Lieutenant Meyer. he
ing twenty-iNe.
The troopers told their stories he
fore they had rc-entcred the camp. and
had opportunity to talk with the strac-
glers who had preceded them. Tie
accounts We're said 10 have borne out
all essential details Of those previous
~ told.
IEeN SAID thcS saw General Felix
Gomez and his ail riding orward Ia
parlcy with Captain Boyd, and later
saw him move toward the flank OF
the MEXICAN troops that had begun
closing in on tn. American force. .AC-
cording ia their story the FRS, init
nation any one had that hostilitics
We're determined upon was the out
burst Of m~achinc-gun fire. They cor
rohorated the accounts that said IL
was not until then that Captain Boyd
gave the command for his men to dis
mount and return the fire. The Next
cans. during Ire phrlcy. had rowdc
Onward and had assumed such posi-
tons thar when they attacked they
We're in position to sweep with a KILL
ing fire he American lin" standing
exposed In the open.
BATTERED REMNANT
NoTF"MnrrHD FAR AWAY
Officers at General Funston head
quarters seemed convinced. after study
ing General Prrshlng's latest report,
that all OF the two troops that would
he found now would he wounded.
and that. therefore. the battered rom,
nant could not have moved far from
the scene Of the night
Admission Of these facts increased
their apprehension as 10 the fate of
the troopers. The creates, hope Of
officers here to-day was that nothing
worse had hefallcu them. ana that
they would he there when the relief
force from the Eleventh Cavalry FINAL
" go, Ia ,hcnl Although no news
had been received to-day that indi-
Gated tho M"NicnuS had fOlloWcd mn
their work "f Wednesday some Of Tho
Officers profcssed keen anxiety to learn
Whether they mad ATTACKED again the
little broken and wounded band that
rranif"s'ly was Incapable Of escaping or
effectively rctreat!ug Il WAS rccog-
nized as iudisputahlo that, had tho
Mexicans cared - follow up ihoir ad-
vantage tho few remaining troopers
would have h"en easy prey for Gomcz's
men at -Ahunada.