Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-25

ed their horses. The survivors Of tn
west along the trail to Santa Maria.
Field Headquarters, United States
Punitive Expedition, near Casas
1randes.-Capt. Lewis S. Morey, Troop
X. Tenth cavalry. the sole officer to
survive the Carrizal massacre, sat on
he edge of a bunk in a matched hut
At headquarters here and told an at
.entive group of fellow officers, who
gathered to congratulate him as one
rom the grave. intimate details of the
irst real tragedy of this campaign.
Morey had spent the previous night
n the hospital after his arrival here
n motor car. In the morning, his
olOOd-stained, shirt removed, and his
body cleansed and refreshed. he was
ible to move about the camp with his
eft shoulder, through which Mauser
juliet had scared its way, swathed In
,andages.
confers With Pershing.
He first held a conference with Gen.
.ral Pershing. And then he visited
With his regiment in what probably
If this campaign. AS he walked
through the curious little army streets,
lanked by tents and the queer woven
rush quarters which the men and Of
,cers have built, there was no cheer
ug and music. But from each group
ng MOrey's UNNAMED hand, ex-
claimed:
"Glad you're back. old man. Con-
:ratuiationsw
Simple words these, but they were
,ervently spoken, for there is no man
n this command that believed he
swouid ever see Morey again.
Tells Of Awful Thirst.
Morey is a misunderstanding man,
whiskered. lean Of face and specialized.
Telling his story he spoke haltingly.
without exaggeration. and with admir-
able restraint and mOdesty. He blamed
no one, drew no conclusions, offered
no ,hindsight suggestions as to what
should have been or should not have
been done.
His voice was almost emotiOnless,
rising In tone and pitch only when he
told of going without water from six
o'clock on the mOrninN of the 21st,
until four O'Clock the following day.
wounded and with the blistering, scar
Ing rays of a Mexican sun beating
down on him.
Morey suffered thirst that will leave
an Impression for life. Even as he
spoke of 1t, his hand automatically
reached for a canteen and he drank
long and deep.
Died Like Soldiers.
How those two troops Of the
Tenth cavalry left Santo Domingo
early that Wednesday morning and
rode toward Carrizal. how Captain
Boyd conferred with General Gomez
and how. thanking the Americans on
the right and left, the Carranzistas
opened fire, already has been told,
and MOrey confirmed the details that
have heretofore been related.
He added little to the tight except
ITO say that Boyd and Lieut.. Henry
: Adair died like soldiers and gentle
men. He told also that the Carran-
zistas began hostilities by opening up
with machine guns, and that in the
firing the enemy seemed to be CEN
tering his fire on the white officers
of the command. of which there were
only three. When the battle was over
there was but one.
Couldn't Follow Charge.
Morey's command, consisting of only
a6 men, was on the right flank when
"the ball opened" as he put 1t. and
he could follow the charge Of Troop G
under Boyd and Adair only to fringe
of bush, into which men and horses
disappeared.
&c troop men tell me-" said Morey,
.tbat Adair died In the irrigation ditch,
his head held up by noncommis'
stoned officer There was water In the
ditch. and even while dying AdaiI