Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-06-30
FEAR TROOPERS
LOST heavily
Boyd's Command May Have
Been Niip3d Cut.
SURROUNDED EY MjEEXX!!CChaHI5S
General Pershing Sends Out Details to,
Recover the Wounded in CaTTizai
Battle.

Battle.
Fear that tie casualties suffered by
Captain Buyd's command OF the TENN
.ayalry at CGrrizal on Juue 81 had
1ocn very heavy was expressed Dy ar
.av officers at San Antonio, Texas.
II was rc:ntei out that i tive Yc
n1n were l,;;ici, as reported 'hToIzI'
Mexican sources, it would mean thAa
rem thirty-live to. loT.y hal ba2n
,cundei, according t. The usual pr
portion. Meanwhile eacsal Funston
waited further news from General
!.grshing, VINO despatched two squad
yons OF the Eleve.,th CaVa,ry to re-
g3rce the Survivors of the Tenth.
General P2rshirg has sent cut lAFse
scouting patrols to locate W1"rded
lnen of the colorci detail whi1h en-
acuntored the CarranZa troops at Car
-tZal.
Several horse hCl3ers Of the c2v2lTy
:.ctachment are known to have r2tlfl
ID to their base Fear t!at the gr V y
ut the American lcsaes naT have 1e21
greater than reported trcn nc ila1
sources was accentuated by the fac;
taat bereft CT their mounts, the retreat
ing Americans might have been c1Gs
c by Mexican cavalry and further at
tackled.
The men reported killed or wounded
with the number reported from c !
huahua to have been captured, w2uld
account for practice lly ore troop, OF
fifty per cent of the command. III.
deed, from the reports available s.
iar, it is by no means certain that Cap.
tain Boyds command was net pracil
cally wiped out.
Combining various stories, army
men believe that Captain Eoyd, afte.
he dismounted and deployed his men
had been forced to fall back to e-caPe
the crossfre CT the MeXicans, who Vi.
tually had surrounded nim under cove.
CT a parley. 1t is believed that th1'
captured may have been cut Off from
the main body by an overwhelming
force and forced to surrender.
The fact that men detailed to hold
the horses reached General Pershing's
column also, is believed to account IN
{. measure for the heavy casualties
The command was without wagons
stretchers or other means of transport
ing the wounded, and the loss of the
horses may have been serious factor
in delaying q retreat, encountered Wild
wounded men. It was pointed cut thai
progress must necessarily be Slow as
the wounded would have to be carried
in improvisel litters.
A despatch from Chihuahua CITY
Mexico, said that criticism OF Ameri
can military men who, he said, have
caused all the trouble between MeXl
co and the United States, was made
there by General Jacinto Trevino, mill
tary commander of the northeast.
Trevino said that General Hugh i
Scott was evidently wrong when he
told the Mexican conferees at tie
meeting in 4! Paso that the American
military men, least Of al factors II
the United States, wished to ligh;
against Mexico.
"The American military has iiso''ey
ed the orders OF its own chiefs, has
never respectel the feelings or. thE
property Of Mexican citizens AMI h-E
contemptuously ignored the dispo3,
tions of the Mexican government,
said the general.
81 do not wait war" adI1l r er!2
"and I an doing my ntr2a@t 10 &C
troll the situation, bat il w2 S fore.
on the Mexican nation b" lie Amer
cans, am Tea y 10 10 my 3c*E %
hold the honor and GiE2i,y O.. m
country"
officers arriving at Chiara ia wit
the body Of General Felix Gomez, uh
was killed in the C1Tri Il cng@g2rlan!
said the American leaders eF: e@t.!
had instructed their men to coa2en
trate their fire or tie general wao, OF
account Of Iii; g:aat bul'', was al easy
taget. They sal! Csle.al Gomez was
the first Mexican to fall, with three
bullets in his chest.
From Coloce! Za2zra at Fam 'qi:pa
came the report. through Chihuahua
that the NamiGuira base has pHacti
cally been abandoned an1 tina The
Americans have given the ranc. :
more than two hul'tre ries that were
taken from the villa ban3i.".
Treyino is siiI! !Tc1,ia ; with Con
treras, Hernandez anI cthe villa ie L
ers to come in and hep @@p2l the in
vaders, Chihua!iva &Gy;c"s ray.
All towns in Northern Ne~i2o hav<
asked for arms, of;er;nS to equ'p fEcu
500 to 1000 in each Gown to help th$
government, said the Gesra'ch.
American guns commanded tie stu
alton at every important D, r..e, pant
Field artilleTy has .he21 N rnscd o.
hillocks in the larger communities
the noses of their guns To,n ing in G
southerly direction, waile il tie small
er towns, machine gun d9tachment<
have been stationed.
Military authorities fcre AMI il
other border encampments m uncoc
that every preca~tion had b2en made
for possible hostiities.
Andreas Garcia, Mexican consul i.
Ell pasc, 1erortef Tat all was Quie
at points whore Merriam troops wer'
near the American forces.