The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-23
WAKE DASH ACROSS LINE NEAR
LARERo, TEXAS, AND KILL
TROOPERS.
ANOTHER EXPEDITION LIKELY
Americans Lose Three Soldiers IN
Fight, But Put Mexicans to Flight
After Killing Eight, Wound
ing Many, Etc.

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Ignacio, forty miles southeast OF La
redo. His action cost him eight men
killed, several wounded and many
horses and some equipment. The
American loss was three men killed
and six wounded.
Major Alonzo Gray began using
every man of his little command IN
sweeping search Of the country
about San Ignacia for hot trail, IL
it is discovered a third punitive eX'
pedition" will enter Mexico, but at de- |
partment headquarters Major General
Funston and his staff have little hope |
that Major Gray will be able to get
In touch with the band
The attacking force scattered like
quail. There was evidence to show
that q large part, perhaps the larger
part. had re-entered Mexico, but other
evidence indicate that some of them,
at least, are scattered along the brush.
covered country on the American side,
The first shot fired by the attack
ing party was at the corporal OF the
guard at 2 a. m. A sentry had heard
the voices of Mexicans talking out in
the brush beyond his post. He could
see no one and called the corporal,
While the sentry and corporal were
talking the raiding party attacked.
For thirty minutes, according to
report made by Major Gray to Briga'
der General Mann at Laredo, and by
him transmitted to General Funston.
o brisk engagement ensued. There
were not more than eighty Americans
in the camp and it is believed that the
Mexicans expected to find an even
smaller number. It was the camp OF
Troop NJ, a part Of which was on duty
down the river The remnant OF that
troop was reinforced by Troop I, that
came from q station on the river
above.
The Americans fought from trenches
into which they were ordered imme'
diately after the attack began. When
they moved out to begin the offensive
the Mexicans fled.
The American dead are: Private
Minaden, Troop NJ; Private Charles
F. Flowers, Troop NJ; Private Edward
Katonah, Troop NJ.
The American wounded are: Pri-
Yates Thomas H. Ewing and James E,
ROUGH (seriously) of Troop l; Cor
poral William Oberlies, Privates Will
liam Minnette, Tony Havlina and
Henry Matasoff of Troop NJ.
Preside, Tex-What was declared
to be a plot of the Carranza garrison
at Ojinaga, on the frontier, to mutiny
assassinate the commander and his
staff and attack and loot Preside, was
revealed in 0jinaga Wednesday. Col
onel Rojas, garrison commander, an
nounced the wife of the late Major
: Martinez, executed May % on charge
t of attempted rebellion. had betrayed
|, the plot and implicated number o
8 officers and soldiers. She Is reportet
n to have said they planned to place thu
n entire section under the command
General" Villanuevo after killing thu
v Americans in Preside and obtaining
r supplies from the local stores.
: Three of the officers implicated
= Colonel Ortega and Captain Antoni
3 Reyes, q former Villa officer, and Car
1t tain Pima, were taken from the jail
y where they had been confined sine
d they were first suspected, to be trte
g by court martial. Ortega, believin
Of they were to be shot. stabbed himse
r In the stomach. He was executed wit
the two others few hours later.
y. Laredo, Tex-One of the three Me,
20 lean bandits killed Monday In th
w chase of outlaws who raided the 7.
n. Coleman ranch northwest of Lared
n. Sunday night wore a Carranza unifor
bearing the insignia of Carranza lie
90 tenant colonel. One Of the bandit
az taken prisoner identified the body
~ Webb, Texas, Monday as Lieutenal
20 Colonel Villareal of the Carran:
CO army.
II. Cenobio Mendez, Mexican cowbt
en- who was captured by the bandits
the raid on the Coleman ranch al
I'M escaped when the Mexicans were 8,
We prised attempting to burn the brid
Int on the International & Greater IA
ro- road near Webb, said the bandits tai
ro- ed freely of their purpose to burn t
,st bridge and wreck train, after viii
in. they intended killing and robbing {
i'm passengers. At Encinal, just east
ed Laredo, the bandits, according to Me
of DEE, permitted him to write farew
letter to his wife.
ost Deputy Sheriff Dolores Of Lare
ne headed the posse which intercept
300 the bandits at the bridge, Villart
ma. and his band fought desperately a
60. only tried to escape when their Lead
In had been killed. Two other Mexica
In were killed before the bandits
vo. treated.
18th On Monday Antonio Carbaial. res
g." ing at Webb on ranch, was killed
members Of the posse
OF Posses OF stockmen spent all I