The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04

Captain Morey wrote his report of the
fight. This was e:15 o'clock on the
morning Of the fight.
The men remained in the hole for
the rest of the day, and when night
came they intended to make their way
to the American lines.
| Carry Captain.
| The commander was too weak, as a
result of loss of blood and the effect
of heat and thirst, to walk, but the
three faithful negro soldiers picked
him up and took turns in carrying him
on their backs.
The troopers also became weakened
by thirst and long exposure, but they
made their way two miles across the
desert from their hiding place before
they were forced to stop.
Captain Morey then realized he was
hopelessly wounded and that he was a
handicap to the men.
He ordered them to leave him in
| the desert. The negroes protested.
| Their leader pointed out to them the
fact that he only made their chances
of escape less.
| Orders Men to Save Selves.
They appealed TO him TO allow them
to take the chance, but Morey was de-
termined that his report should get to
General Pershing at any cost and or
dered the troopers, as their command
ing officer, to go forward. Their mill
| nj do
and they departed.
The negroes stumbled forward
across the desert until they were
picked up by detachment under
Lieut. Henry A. Meyers, Jr., which
was securing the country to pick up
men who had escaped the massacre.
Morey From New York.
Capt. Lewis S. Morey had just re-
turned from the Philippines, where he
had been detailed with the Ninth cav
airy. He was born in New York, July
10, 1875, being appointed a cadet to
| West Point from Texas June Is, 1896.
He was made a second lieutenant in
the Tenth cavalry June 13, 1900.
February 3, 1901, he was made a
| first lieutenant in the Twelfth cavalry.
| He was promoted to a captaincy in
the Twelfth March II, 1911. He has
also seen service with the Seventh cav
airy. He was a distinguished gradu-
ate of the Army Staff college.
Says Americans Were Ambushed.
Ell PasO, Tex.-Official reports from
General Pershing include graphic
story of the Carrizal fight, told by one
OF the survivors of the troops of the
| Tenth cavalry, which was ambuShed
by Carranza troops. This survivor
declares that when the American col
umn reached Carrizal, Captain Boyd
asked permission to enter the town to
search for bandits and that General
| Felix Gomez sent back word, giving
permission to enter.
| The troopers story of the subse-
Quent events follows:
Gomez himself rode out to meet
Captain Boyd. Captain Boyd gave the
word for the column to advance. We
were just starting forward when we
noticed Mexican troops pouring out
from behind different kinds of shelter
adobe houses and the like-and de-
plOying to the right and left. 1t was
battle formation. From the first glance
least five to one.
Captain Boyd noticed their move
ment. To any soldier that sort of thing
can mean only that an attack is about
to be made. | saw Captain Boyd mo-
ton to the MeXicans and make some
remark about it to Gomez. Gomez
wheeled his mount around and sig
nailed with his hands. Then he made
| q dash for his own lines.
AT the same time a couple of ma
chine guns one at each end of the
Mexican line, opened up on us. We
were caught in our saddles in easy
range, and we were good targets. |
saw Captain Boyd fall. A moment
later Captain Morey was wounded in
the shoulder.
Lieutenant Adair gave US the order
to dismount. We got out of our sad
dies in hurry. Then he told US to
throw ourselves on our faces and re-
turn the fire. Someone got Gomez just
as he was reaching his line. The next
minute Lieutenant Adair was hit.
Both he and Captain BOyd are dead. /
believe.
Horses Going Down.
1.-The machine guns were still going.
l could hear the bullets whizzing over
US. Because of Lieutenant Adair's Or
der we saved lot of men. But the
horses did not have the same luck. The
bullets started to hit chem, and they
were going down as if their legs were
suddenly cut out from under them.
1.-THE others, stung by the bullets and
kicked by the dying horses, began to
rear and plunge. The men in charge
tried their best to hold them but they
broke away. Some Of the men were
killed trying to save their mounts.
when the horses got away we were
marooned. We fought back and pre-
vented the Mexicans from advancing
in spite Of their advantage in numbers
and the machine guns. We began to
fall back toward the hills as well as
we could.
1--WE recovered four horses and then
the four of US were sent here to re-
port We left the rest Of the troops in
the hills. The retreat was slow because