Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-22

on either side.
The wounded, both American ant
Mexican, the exact number Of whom
is not known, were taken to Win;
Ahumada.
Mexican Version.
! Gen. Francisco Gonzales made thu
following statement: III
Immediately upon learning Of the
| presence of the American troops il
the vicinity Of Carrizal, Gen. Felix
1 Gomez dispatched a messenger with
a request that the American comman
der withdraw his camp. When the
! American troops remained motionless
! he sent second dispatch bearer, who
was fired on by the American troops
after he had delivered his message.
The Americans Immediately moved
forward and attacked Gen. Gomez's
command.
"All the prisoners admitted the
| blame should be put on the American
commander for having ordered the
attack. The prisoners were sent to
Chihuahua City, with the customary
protection"
Gen. Gomez said that the reports
of the engagement were made TO him
by Lieut.. Col. Rivas, who succeeded
to the command of the CarranZistas
with the fall of Gomez.
Under Heavy Guard.
Orders were issued by Gen. JaclntO
Trevino. commanding the Carronza
army of the north, to bring the II
Americans captured today at Carrlzal,
to Chihuahua City under heavy
guard. Reports here place the entire
blame for the encounter on the Am
erican commander, it being asserted
that during the eight hours preceding
the engagement, several warnings
were sent them to Withdraw. The
populace of the city, which remains
quiet tonight, expressed much sorrow
over the death of Gomez, who was
one of the youngest and most popular
leaders of the de facto army.
To Declare War.
Circulars were posted in Nueva La
redo, opposite here. today, signed by
Gen. S. P. Naffaratle, at Tampico,
dated June Il, in which he acknoWl-
edged superior orders that if Ameri.
can troops crossed the border it would
mean a declaration OF war and his
division would attack any invaders.
He admonished the citizenry to be or
DERBY in case of such an attack. All
citizens, according to the circular, are
demanded to surrender Immediately
for military service. Otherwise, they
will no treated as traitors
Funston Confirms Engagement.
General Funston received late to-
night from General Bell, at Ell Paso,
the Mexican version of the fight today
between detachment of General
Pershing's troops and General Carran- |
"a troops at Carrizal, nine miles
southwest of Ahumada.
A slightly different version was
brought to Ell Paso by an American
who passed through Ahumada and
there heard MeXicans boasting that
they had decoyed the Americans into
an action by the use of a flag of truce.
The casualties on either side were
reported by General Bell, whose in
formation was received from Andreas
Garcia, Mexican consul at Ell Paso,
who gave it at the request of General
Gonzales, commander at Juarez. Gen
eral Gonzales had received the report
from Ahumada, station on the Nal
tional railway, which connects Chi !
huahua, the capital of the state, with
the border. The wounded were taken
to Ahumada.
From the Americans who passed |
through Ahumada at o'clock this af.
ternoon, General Bell learned the
Mexicans believed the American force
to have been a detachment of the 10th
cavalry.
Operate Independently
Other reports here indicated that
Carranza agents, who have offered am.
nesty to bandits operating south of
Namiquipa in return for their services
in the de facto army, have met with
little success.
The bandits in the main, it was said,
replied to the overtures saying they
preferred to operate independently.
More than a score of American re-
fugees arrived from Ell Tigre, Mocte.
yuma and other mining camps south !
of Nacozari. They said they were
molested in no way by the Mexican
officials or civilians. The arrivals
said, however, that large numbers of
Mexican troops were being concen-
trated at points along the railroad be-
tween here and Nacozari The train
arriving today brought about 1000
Mexicans, who have been employed
in American mines and smelters in
Sonora. These crossed Immediately
to Douglas.
SHIP SUPPLIES TO PERSHiNG,
Ell Paso, Texas, June 21.-Ship- |
ments of supplies from Juarez to Gen.
Pershing at Casas Grandes, over the
MEXICAN Northwocfnrn roilro,d b,yo