The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-06-29
Survivor of CarrizaI Battle Tells
of. Fight Against Great
Odds.
HAD NO CHANCE FOR LIVES
Handful Of Men From Tenth Cavalry
Were Trapped Within Two Minutes
and Moved Down by Machine
Guns, Trooper Says.

Columbus, n. M.-The handful of
American trOOpers-S4 in all-pitted
against at least 700 MeXicans in the
battle at Carrizal, never had a chance,
according to the story told by Sam III.
Harris, private of @ troop, Tenth cav
airy, who was brought to the border
suffering from wounds in the arm and
shoulder. The troopers eyes filled
with tears as he told how his wounded
charger had carried him through the
Mexican lines to safety.
Here is Harris account of the UNI
equal battle:
"Our troop, with Captain Boyd COM
handing, had pulled up before Car
rizal The captain ordered everyone
to dismOunt and we all got down. l
was a horse holder, and took charge
of some animals while their riders
stood at attention.
Next thing l knew, the shooting
had started. | looked around. Cap
tain Boyd was down and couldn't see
him, kept on looking. There were
easily seven hundred of those 'greas-
ers' around us. They had come up
right out of the ground. forming a
half circle. Our men kept on falling.
The first shots came from machine
gun. Ii was trained right on us and,
believe me, 1t talked fast.
Trapped in Two Minutes.
ut wasn't more than two minutes
before the Mexican had surrounded us.
We were right there in the middle,
fighting like the dickens. All around
the horses were rearing and plunging.
Every little bit horse or man
would get u bullet and go down.
81 couldn't fight, for I had to keep
after those mounts. Pretty soon my
own horse, a great big fellow, stag
him I'm the neck
81 put my hand on the spot where
the blood was spouting out. Just
then they hit me-in the shoulder.
We Hadn't a Show.
1--WE didn't have show in the
world. and I saw it, cut the horses
loose and, climbing on my animal, hit
it for the thinneSt part of the circle
Il went right through the Mexicans.
My horse brushed two of them out of
the way as we charged.
81 owe my life to that horse, sure as
you live Don't you know. that animal
was Sc brave and big hearted that he
carried me along for ten miles before
he settled down TO a walk. Five miles
farther on his legs just gave out anC
he went down.
MAN, hope you don't ever have tC
say good-by to horse like that at g
time and place like that. 1t seemed
to me couldn't leave him.
Cheers His Dying Horse.
~ knelt down and poured a little
water from my canteen on his tongue
He was slipping fast, and just tolC
him how sorry ! was. I thanked hin
for the mighty big favor he done me
Yes, sir, l thanked him, like he wa
human. And | guess he understood
for he got that look In his eyes AMI
mails have when they are grateful.
81 walked and walked. A few mile
on l ran onto one Of our animals.
Jumped him and rode on tOwar,
ColOnia Dublan. Before got there
ran into some other survivors. and w
went on together"
Morey, Hero of CarrizaI.
San Antonio, Textile story o
how Capt Lewis s. Mercy. commando
OF Troop X. Tenth cavalry, severel
wounded in the Carrizal battle be
tween American troopers and Car
rama soldiers. escaped with four @
his troopers and later forced his me
to abandon him on the desert in orde
that they might save themselves an
carry his report of the fight to Ger
eraI PershIng Is told in official oil,
patches received at army headquarters
here. The cold official reports al
another story of heroism to the man
that have come from the scene of I'll
unequal battle In the Mexican deser
Later dispatches showed that Cal
tain Morey also managed later TO r.
turn to the American lines and is SAT-
After the tide OF battle had turne
against the little American fore
which was overwhelmingly Outnun
bered by the Mexican soldiers, Cal
tain Morey with the three unwOunde
and one wounded men were tOgethe
The Ave men realized further fightiu
would he In vain and took refuge In
hole 1000 yards from the scene Of II
battle. There. while the Mexican
hunted for the American survivor