Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-23

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, June ga
Stragglers from the Tenth Cavalry de-
! tachment that was in the hght at
Carrizal arrived nj General PershinE's
headquarters to-day and told him that
the fighting began with an unpro-
voked attack on the Americans at the
conclusion of n parley with the Mexl-
can commander General Perehing
transmitted their story to General
Funston tonight. who Immediately re-
ferrcd 1t to the War Department.
While General Funston awaited tho
report from General Pershing that
would hear out the American version
of the Carrizal fight, he and his s:aff
worked at high pressure, perfecting
military details.
The men were unable to tell any.
thing regarding the casualties or even
the later phases OF the engagement.
They retreated during the fight be-
came separated from their command.
making their way hack to the Amer!-
can lines. Two troops OF tho Tenth
Cavalry. Company c. commanded by
Captain Charles Boyd, and Company Il,
commanded by Captain Lewis Morey,
! comprised the detachment that arrived
within milo OF Carrizal ut z A. NJ. on
Juno 81. They had stopped at ojo do
Santo Domingo on the previous night.
resuminG their march toward the east
ut o'clock the next morning. From
their position in front OF Carrizal, tho
commander of the detachment, believed
by General Pershing to have been Cap
tain Boyd. since he was senior in rank
to Captain Morey. sent forward a
Mexican guide to secure from the com
mander of the Mexican garrison their
permission 10 pass through the town
GOMEZ COMES OUT
TO MEET AMERICANS
General Gomez sent back word by the
guide that the Americans might pass
through ii they would consent to a.
parley. Without waiting for the COM
mander of the American force to reply.
General Gomez. mpanied by an aid,
appeared, and the American officer rode
/ forward TO talk with him.
While they were talking, the men
said. the Mexican troops moved for
ward in force and depIoyed in such
manner that there appeared danger OF
the American force being surrounded.
one of the men who had been holding
the horses OF the officer and the man
who had ridden forward with him,
said the American officer seemed ia
protest against the position which
Gomez's troops were taking A few
minutes later General Gomez rode of
toward the end OF the Mexican line.
and Immediately after getting there
the Mexicans began TO attack. sweep
ing the American line with a machine
gun.
1t was not until then. according to
straEGlers. that the American com-
manders gave orders for both troops
to dismount and return the Are.
General Pershing said that bsfore
the Americans left on the expedition
both he and Major Evans Of the Tenth
Cavalry. cautioned the comma nding
officer 10 be careful not to provoke a
fight.
General Pershing had raceived 10
news Of the two sauadrons OF tho
Eleventh Cavalry he sent op' !his
morning to got in touch with the cops
that were at Carrizal.
stan officers here calculated that the
relief party should reach tho r. '.nant
OF the detachment late tonight or to-
morrow morning.
General Funston appeared Impressed
with the sincerity OF the story brought
in ny the stragglers. but said th4t IL
would not cause him to send any new
instructions to General Pcrshiag OF TO