Putnam patriot., 1916-06-30
SAVE ElOREY FROM
 DEATH IN DESERT
Tenth Cavalry Officer, Wounded at carrizal. Is Carried to
 Pershing's Camp
SENDS REPORT OF BATTLE
Wife, at Austin, Texas, Receives Wireless Message Stating He Had Reached Pershins's Lines Sately-
 Mexieans Fired First Shots.

San Antonio. TeXas.-General Fun ston has received the following report from General Pershing transmitting a report written by Captain Lewis :. Morey. in cave, wounded after the Carrizal battle:
 Major General Pershing reports from Golonia Dablan, June 9 follow ing message written by Captain Moeey shoray after Carrizal battle. faund h the hands of three men of Troop K returning from CarrizaI and sent to Ojo Federico by Lieut.. Mayer:
 Carrizal. Mex. June 21 fa16, 9:15 a. m To commanding officer 0io Federico: My troop reached Ojo santo Domingo at 5;30 D. m June 2a; met Troop ( under Captain Boyd. I came under Captain Boyd's command and marched my troop in rear of Car rizal at 4:15 a. m. Reached open field to southeast of town 6:30 a, m.
 Captain Boyd sent in a note re- questing permission to pass through town. This was refused Stated wa could go north, but not east. Captain Boyd said that he was going to Ahumada at this time. He was talk. ing with Carranza commander
 General Gomez sent a written mes- sage that Captain Boyd could bring his force in town and have a confer ence. Captain Boyd feared an am bush. He was under the impression that the Mexicans would run as soon as we fired.
 "We formed for attack, his inten. ton being to move up to the line of about I20 Mexicans on the edge of the town We formed Troop ( on the left in line of skirmishers one platoon of K Troop on right of line, and an, other, K Troop platoon, on extreme right and esehaloned little to tha rear.
 When we were in 300 yards the Mexieans opened fire, and strong one. before We fired a shot. Then we opened rp They did not run but 10 make long account short, after about an hours fire in which both troops advanced. Troop c in the position of the Mexican machine guns and k clos ing in slightly to the left.
 We were very busy on the rlgh, keeping off a flank attack, A group of Mexcans left town, went around our right and our led horses left in a gallop.
 At about g o'clock one platoon of Troop K, which was on our right, fell back, Sergeant said he could not stay there. Both platoons fell back 1,0o0 wards to the west and together with some of Troop C, who were there, these men scattered.
 q was slightly wounded Captain Boyd. man told me, was killed. Moth. ing was seen of Lieut.. Adair after fight started, so men stated. q am hiding in a hole 200 yards | from field. and have one other wound
 ed and three other troopers with me- (Signedl Mercy Captain Commenting on Capt. Morey's let ter General Pershing said in his dis l patch:
 Three men referred to by Morey are three men who had above mes
 sage in their possession. The wouad ed man was from Troop C, shot through the knee Lieut. Meyer re ports that the three men were rather dazed as to where they had left Cap tain Mercy. but stated that on nighi of 21st they had carried him tive miles; that Mercy became weak, could l gu no farther and told them to leave him. The men thought he was dying from loss of blood and lack of water