The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30

E Paso.s Texas. June sO.-over the fnternationa1 Br4dge-that naT row ,1,1~hwaxr which has figured 90 nofa.oiy m bor.deT history. during the last hVe Iyars-the a negro troopers ana olio lE-rTite scoIlt captured by the CarrAnza za IaI-T7av af Inc ha2tle. of Carrizal crossea to the Urrated States and freedon1 41Io lTtval arI<E 2. recital again of the de- ltatls Of the battle, Lem Spanlsouor3yt, o 3t lu9 ls6ozrrnon scout repeated his story ! iSvhfch differed in important degrees from that told by the troopers. ThAv had come-an unkempt anu it,rr,zyne.afen .sa4fad-6rons the peziten-s tiarv at EChihuaIruaA City at noon to .Ta1TrAz across the river; clad virtua4iy in rage, the butt of jeers by a croWo of Nexfcans who ill-concealed .neAr GIT ,l lr1iTa1sffv behind their ridicule. AS stage s set for a scene. so the oraoge tazse and fne actors in this episode tWerel TsraxaSAa for the ceremonial excnanse- iCzerera1 George Bell and his stan rom F,or4 Fs4ss waited at the 1nternanonaa Boundary in a pretense, at least, oL rr,T,5ia1itv < toward the Mexican army Eortvzfvo Me1dca1as were killed and ss wounded at Carrizal by the Amen- cans This was the statement or three of the cavalrymen: IL was S .n9 first public estimate of the killed ana lvvonnded that has yet<been optalhed, las the AEexicans have refused to give lout any Abatement of their losses Taqe element ofzs41urnor, so close to 4hee heart of the negro, attended the fornsaI: Surrender by the Mexicans of their prisoners, and saved the cere- 1aonv from veritab1e travesty as IL robbed the sight of a certain pitiaple quality. the Tfarez cornmandana, and Carran- T "a Consul Andres Garcia walked out to the black Boundary line across the International Bridge. General Bell walked out from the American end General Gonzales sa1uted and was in 4ro5ueed to General Bell Then an unshavan white man, wearing soiled white duck trousers, a. faded blue shirt and a white canvas hat with green E-aid on it. walked up and Jotn@d the group with hls roll or Plan- kets under his arm. This was Lem Spillsbnry, the Mormon scout. Then came the most weird procession that ever had been seen on the border.
 Marching erect in spite of their Eags and tatters came the American negro troopers of the Tenth Cavalry. They marched in perfect time, two by two. with a f1anking line of lCarranza sol diers on each side of them. The ne- groes kept step as they marched on the bridge, while the dirninutive Car ramza soldiers almost had to trot to keep up and the fat. greasy captain in scommand perspired from every pore as he dog-trotted along, with his sword Hopping between his legs.
 Sergeant Page Sa1utes General Bell
 tsAltoiss (Tzaat,) he shouted. all out Of breath. The negroes all stopped at the same time, while the Carranza soldiers stopped in punches In the frontShTe was big buck negro-Ser- geant Page, Troop K, of Washington He worea pair of ragged khaki riding troaseEs slit at the knees, no 1eggings no horse a pair Of shoes with no 1aces and no hat. His beard was a maj on his sdirt-covered< face. His under shirt had once been white, but was 2 dirty gray and full of holes. But he stood as erect as if on dress parade al Fort 1Iyer..s s
 hs caught General Bells eye he raised n is right hand to the -brfrn d his Imaginary hat in a. salute whict was attended by wide grin.
 Standing beside him was a little vel low negro-Ira Floyd The two hat been bunkies and had stuck together through the death-hre at Carrizal They were the first to cross the lint to the United States
 General Gonzales handed to Gener al Bell a list of the negro prisoners General Bells aid then started calling the names, and as the soldiers answer ed each stepped forward, crossed thu line, and was rushed to the immigra ton detention station for kerosen bath and fresh cIoth'ng- As. the ne gro cava1rymen passed each safute' General Bell and his staff, and wer cheered again and again by a grea crowd of Americans who had gathere' at the bridge approach to see the sur vfvors of the battle.
 Corporal Luther Alexander of Go if1Tnfia, Tenn, marched across tn bridge barefooted and with only hi undershirt and riding trousers. H had been wounded in the right shoul der while rising from his position il the front file to load. and his shou1de had been shattered For a sling h wore a be1t-strap, and his undershtr was torn away from the wound unt1 half his coaI-b1ack back was showing He had no hat, and his face was GOV cred with a moss like growth 0
 sT got five Meucans that I kno1 of" he said after he had crossed tn line. s'I was firing carefully like tn captain told us to do- I had sho three slips of shells and was jus reaching for the fourth when some thing crashed against my shou1de like a house had Sa1len upon it, and knew was hit
 "rEo one tried to bayonet me as Ia. on the ground, but was told by som of the others that they were witnesse to the bayoneting of many of ou boys"
 Archie Jones of Troop K was anoth CT of the negro survivors who was she through the right arm as he wa working his rife. This wound wa In the lower arm and had shattere the bone at his wrist.
 sEThe fight was about over when
 got hit,'' he said .I was lying ou without so much as a bush for cover when bullet struck me in the wrist and knew I was done for. ran a far as could, but finally surrender ed. After they caught me they boun Isne, after taking all my clothes bu