The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-12
MEXICAN REPORT
Of CAUR|zAlf|CHT
DLAINESA|MERCANS
Col Riyss Says Bsiue Wa,
Forced After Conner Askei
Time 20 Get Instructions.
u. S. LEADER NAUGHTY.
Oh'cial Statement. Now In
Print, Gives Mexican Losses
asA Killed and ~ Wounded.

DALLAS rss tuiy ~ ~ Ps.bio.
o3eiai oryah ~ TIE fAusb,A Govern.
ssn,. IN ns issus ~ Jyiy I. fsrsivsd
hare Ia sAy priaiss the sffici.l Tspor1
oa the hsii bs,~e.n ns,icahs and
American ifoots q, cAfnsal tn. fs.
port oomss from iAsut cot demo
veVo Hvss rho took command ~ the
Mexican ir,ops afi.f Den Fsls
oomss ~as sli.d Tho report vas
made 20 Usn GoBbales al Juarss and
sen, ny him 10 Ms,ieo City ., fol.
bvsi
4 have tho honor % repor, to you
mat On June o. st ! A. n. sn Amer
lean force composed ~ 40 or 100 snsn
appeared here ny order % den
F.lis a. 0omsr ! vent ou, "a confer
with the commander Of said force
to learn tho object Of, its presenc.
Hs said that he was looking for 4
gang of bandits that were IN this
vicinity.
- told him there was no snns OF
bandits operating IN this district,
due to the perfect wstohfulnsss oi
th. Constitutionahst forces. He then
said tina, h. was going To villa Ahu j..
madA to look for q deserter. TO which
! replied that We had orders not "a
pcrmh American troops To move IN
any direction. except toward thu
north. lie replied that such orders
mAttered nothing 10 him. That he
had orders to 70 to villa Ahumads
and that he would do ~ REGARDLESS
of our bullets.
After had reported the rcsuli
Of the interview, Gen. uomez per-
sonaIly went To talk with the Alasrt.
ran commander. asking the same
questions I had asked Q few minutes
before and receiving the same an.
swcrs. 0en. 1omes told him that hs
would regret very much to be Obliged
"a oppose the Americans with force
and made him the proposition tha,
he walt three or four hours until
the matter could 10 nut before IN,
military commander at JuAres.
"rhs naughty American Command
o. replied that he Aid not want I,
lose more time and thAt he would pas
over W. Ny General replied that I
he (ths American Commanded
thought he was able To DO 40 70 try 1,
MY General retired with his escor
"a where our troops wcro and tn
American Comma ndcr returned to hi
troops. The American Commando
assembled his cavalry and adva nee,
thcm In hr,ng line against our forces
composed Of tho Second. Third an,
Fourth Bquadrons Of the second Reg
imont. who remained In extended lin,
without making any aggressive move
| mont.
The Americans opened s,re at
distance OF eighty metres, to while,
our soldiers calamity replied. JoininI
the combat. Tho flGht was intens,
and lasted for two hourn, IN whtcl
our nrpt line sustained the enemy.
nre with vslor.
''0cn. Comes having been klilet
| carly In the neht. I assumed com
mAnd aud ordered tho advance Of thu
nrut squadron OF the second Reg.
mont against the right nank OF the
enemy and another squadron on ths
left The movements we're made
promptly and with precision. forcins
the enemy to nee, abandoning thsii
dead. their horses and arms. The
sncmy dead were twelve and We cap,
tured twsney two prisoners"
The report gives the names Of forty
Mextcans killed, OF whom eleven wsrs
onicsrs. and forty -thrce wounded. od
whom nine werN ofhcers,