El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-06

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and completed the transit to the FL
Psso side
Escort Late.
Gen Bell had not expected the bod
les TO be delivered so early 81 The
morning, and the Eighth cavalry.
(which had been detailed from TT. Bliss
- act as an escort was not on hand
An impromptu guard was formed. how
ever, from soldiers of the Seventh in
1antry encamped near the bridge
Part OF these marched beside the car.
while the remainder stood at atten-
ton as IT rolled off the bridge upon
American soil. Word was Immediately
sent to Fl Bliss and the Eighth cav
airy was started cityward-
Eight in One Grave.
Eight OF the Americans were eX-
humed from a single grave the un-
dertakers who brought back the bod
les said
The dead had been gathered from
the field OF battle and cast into a ditch.
This was then filled up Capt Boyd.
, Lieut. Adair and six troopers. stripped
or their uniforms. were mixed indis-
criminately in the dirt.
The body OF the ninth trooper found
was located two miles distant from
the others He had been wounded and.
apparently. had dragged himself away
70 die in the graveliy wastes beyond
the town
Mexicans Hostile.
Although the undertaking force that
every courtesy by Mexican officials.
Dey said the populace IN the vicinity
OF villa Ahumada showed considerable
enmity- They were not hindered in /
their work. however. they said.
one OF them. O. J. Wilson. recounted I
the story of the trip as follows:
We arrived in Villa Ahumada Tues
day afternoon, taking with Us metal /
lie caskets and wooden covers for Il 4
men These were loaded upon motor /
truck and We Immediately set out for I
CarrizaL
One Died Alone.
4 We did not begin Work until Wed
-lesday morning. but our task al
though disagreeable was not hard We
found eight Of the bodies in a single
grave Tie other was located two
man had retreated from the fih - had
J. wounded and had died near the
spot IN which he was buried.
CAPT Boyd Lieut. Adair and six Of
= men was right on the scene Of the
DSftle- Their bodies had been stripped
and piled into ditch. This was then
filled up
Although the bodies were badly de
composed. il was plain that there had
been no mutilatiOu OF them
Only One Tag.
Only one bore an identification
Tag-rhat Of De Witt RuClzer of X
troop We recognized Capt Boyd and
Lieut. Adair by their color. The .tlhers
bore nothing that would give q clue
10 their identity. although three sad
dies and lineup. found in the grave.
may help later The lineup bore the
inscription, No 81, K Troop.
We placed the bodies id the me
tailic caskets and a tinsmith sealed
them up right on the field OF battle l
Then We loaded them aboard the
suck the next morning and started
Jhem over TO Villa AhUmada
Carranza Officers Courteous
" e received a very nice reception
in Villa Ahumada. Col Urbano Ribera I
d the Carrancista forces there met Us
with an escort and took us TO the rail-
station We loaded the caskets
aboard our special train and started
back 10 Juarez arriving late last
night.
I Wilson said that Mexican soldiers
y Carrizal told him admiring stories c
81 the bravery OF Lieut. Adair who, /
they said fought the -Mexicaus TO the E
very death. :
According TO the lTexicans.-' added =
" ilson. Lieut. Adair. after being Z
y ounded. used his automatic pistol
like a machine gun When il had !
been emptied he grabbed another pis- @
-ol and kept right Oh fighting until I
at last he was killed