The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-30

came 10 escort US 10 the train they
aid nothing at all. The Mexicans
were IN rage that they had TO give
n. up"
Arrived at Jnarez Abou, Noon.
ne train bearing the prisoners ar
rived in juarcz about noon Since
ueybreak thousands Of Mexican civil
iahs mad waited at the station TO see
the "GrinEoes" They received the,p
WIN suilcn demeanor. There was no
demonstration. The captives were
marched between treble lines of Mexi-
car soioiers to the Juarez commander
Inc Mexican officials had planned
70 fumiEate Them before turning them
oNfr' General George Bell Jr. In Ell
Iaso feiephored however, asking that
the work he left for american fumi-
cation authorities
Promptly At O'Clock r. NJ the ac-
NAL took riacc Long be-
fore that hour tha American side at
the International bridge was banked
with "A solid mass of humanity So
ciety women in automobiles lines the
street leading from the bridge for
blocks
People 1amfnsa Mi adows and veran.
Gas on the nearby buildingS
There was Httls cheering or wav-
Ing OF fass when the little SQUAT.
having been placed in army motor
trucks, after the fumiRation process,
were whisked along the human ter
races 70 Fort Bliss General Bell ex-
pressed the general sentiment in his
comment upon tho affair afterward:
Not mn Inspiring sight
II was an unusual sight for one TO
see In las own country" he said, but
II was net an inspiring one"
General Francisco Gonzales com
mandani at Juarez, had charge for
Mexico The American soldiers were
held at the comma ndaneia until 2.l5
y NJ. Then General Consoles teie-
ihenetl ie General bell that BIZ was
prepared
The Farranzistas general drove to
the bridge in an automobile accompa
MED hy Mayor Prieta, of Juarez, and
Consul Andreas Garcia. General Bell
had already arrived with his STAFF Re
hind the Mexican officials automobile
came the little band of captives, They
marched down the dirty. sun baked
street In column OF twos ON either
side marched columns by two of Mex
lean soldiers. The men Of the two
nations presented sad contrast--sad
n from the aspect of the proud United
Z states, While it's soldiers were ragged.
8 dirty and disarmed. those OF Mexico
\ we're In trim uniforms, bearing jaunt-
Il lily the guns and cartridge belts which
A ne thltsn states hAu SOLO to them.
Il Bat ragged and dirty though they
were the JOY that shone In their faces
was unoounded. Characteristic of
S their tnoe, the horrible privations they
had undergone vanished when the vast
a stretches Of America came into view.
y with shoulders erect and faces
= wreathed In smiles they marched be-
. tween their eaptors up TO halt on
q the bridge. Two bore wounded arms
( n slines.
Man. declared one. as he stepped
& over on American territory, at sure
E does feel good to put my feet back
In the old United States once more"
The troopers. after having been dis
infected. were dressed In overaIls
During the disinfecting process they
z iold their stories.
Williams, OF Troop X. told Of Cap
tain Morey.
when I saw that we were ambushed
without shelter. / dashed to "A little
adobe hut about two hundred yards
away he said. There was Captain
Morey sitting on the floor. his hand
TO his shoulder. Blood was pouring
from a wound.
Boys he said, wen have to make
s stand here looked out OF the
& door and saw Mexicans swarming to-
& wards the hut. told tho captain.
s&Se yourselves. ne nf0@Eed. Three
of the boys grabbed the captain and
Y they rushed out of the door Page
Stone and ! followed them We were
surrounded Immediately. Twenty
aexieans jumped on US. / didn't see
& where Captain Morey went.
Gibson, OF Troop c, saw Captain Mo-
& -ey few minutes later
The captain and four other wound
ed men were hiding in a ditch" said
he Twenty Mexicans were rush
ng towards them. ! and seven other
8 jumped up and ran away TO attract
the Mexicans away from Captain Mo-
rey They captured us. but he es-
capped"
II was Gibson who killed the two
Mexican machine gun operators
-BiIr Harris nrst-clsss marksman.
Troop X. Tenth Cavalry. Is the man
who fired the shot that Killed General
Gomez, the Mexican leader who lured
the Americans into the trap at Car.
rial.
Meeting OF Boyd and Gomez.
FL Paso, June 2s.---General George
Bell, Jr.. obtained tonight from Lem
uei Sptllsbury the first connected ac-
xcours< OF the conference between Can
tain Boyd and General Felix Gomez,
# ~hich preceded the Carrizal fght
he scout 10 the only living witness 10
the mseIIng between the American
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