El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-30
BY
ENEMY AND SHOT.
Negro Trooper Tells of the
Battle of Carrizal; Amer
leans Slaughtered.

two machine guns-fhere were two Of
fbern-opened up. The Mexicans were
spread out in the form of horseshoe
with the cork OF II pointing TOWARD
the little town OF CarriZal- one OF
the machine guns was hid Dehlnd Inc
irrigation ditch and Ile other was over
on our right flank as II to cut US OIL
laid down in the road, when save
us no protection from the IRE we
scooped out the dirt with cur rifles out
that did not help any
Firing General
Then the firing became general anu
we fought and fought and fought L
thought the battle never would END
I kept on firing unit I ran out Of am
1nunition. I saw the right flank swing
around and charge but M orders were
to lay low and get 4 nit at every shot
and I sure did. Finally when every
SINGLE man around me had been Snot
I started TO throw the lock Of my gun
IN when a spent bullet struck me IN
the right arm and 1 went down We
were outclassed so / just up and run
The MeNicans fired v0lleys at me ana
I kept on running They Jumped on
their horses and started after me When
i dropped my siXst0oters threw up
my hands and surrendered The Next
cans came charging down on me ana
1 thought they were going TO kill me
Laugh and Rob Him.
"'Who are you and why are you
fighting us2' one OF the men shouted
in Spanish.
more" told him ana they broke out
in a laugh and took me prisoner. 1
had $40 in gold in my shoes and Wnen
they stripped US all and fought over
our leEgin's and shirts. they took thar
and divided il among ire -FOUR OF them
They tied my arms behind me IN spite
Of the bullet wound IN my right arm
and left those ropes on me from SIX
o'clock that night until eight TIE next
morning when we reached Chihuahua
Ny arm hurt so bad my hand got numb
and went to sleep. The skin was cut
and I was so cramped I could not sleep
but they didn't do any more than shove
US with the butts OF their guns That
is the soldiers didn't The people in
Chihuahua threw rocks at US and spit
on US but that was nothing 10 the hurt
in my tied arms"
Awful Hours in Jail.
william B. Gibson said:
we spent some awful hours in that
jail with little food and no medical
treatment for the wounded The place
wasn't very clean and We soon became
filthy with the little clothes that we
had. Most al our clothes were taken
BY the Mexicsns They stripped off
/ some Of the boys shoes, all hats were
! taken and some OF the boys were left
+ only in their underwear.
"AnXiously We waited through the
I long Gays in the little jail for the ap-
pearance OF cur American troops We
: could see cut the jail window clearly
for a mile or more over the range We
Z expected the United States troops TO
enter Chihushua any moment A de-
. serter from the fourth infantry was in
Z Chihuahua and he was keeping in touch
: with Us.
No Medical Treatment.
! Neither Of our two wounded men
/ were given any medical treatment after
, the battle. They were forced to lie in
jail I bandaEed a bad wound which
d Fred Williams got in the arm and tried
I to make IL comfortable for him
/ The MeTlcanS came 10 US many times
I ami told US we would be executed
Gibson told how he advanced with
j Capt Boyd, how Boyd was wounded
: and ordered his men to get the
I machine gun operators first OF all
Two Machine Guns
There were two machine guns with
I their waists and they were splitting
away fire at a rapid rate. The operators
were poor shots. It took them a long
] time 10 do any damage They were
I about IS yards from US.
q killed the two operators OF tbs
machine guns and saw them drop over
After Capt. Boyd was wounded he Wen
! 10 the irrigation ditch for water and
! then he returned to the front"
Gibson Robbed OF SfOO-
Gibson told OF how he and numerous
! other members Of the tenth cavair-
/ had been robbed after their capture OF
the scene of the battle Gibson had $40
| in gold which was confiscated by tn
| Nexicans The MeXicans in the clasl
! their prisoners afterward. the negroe
! report. but after they we're placed Il
| prison in chihuahua the treatment the!
received was better.