Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

few minutes The Mexicans we're sure
shooting right at US. Right at my
head The sand looked like rain was
hitting it. Then the corporal got
plugged.
Il moved over and took his place
That gave him some cover. But he
never said anything more about that
Mexican general with the idea. l look
ed at him once. His head was wob
bling in the sand.
He Killed Gomez.
Then l got my sight fixed for 25G
yards. Through it l could see the
Mexican general galloping toward US,
but little to the right I plugged
the horse first shot. Down he went
The general went down with him.
got him just as he was scrambling to
his feet He Just doubled all up, then
doubled all down again, slow like, to
the sand.
THAT Mexican officer won't have
any more IDEAS said to the corporal.
The corporal did not answer. And
his head wasn't wobbling any more.
But the sand was all red there"
Sergeant Page, the ranking Ameri-
can trooper among the prisoners,
with Privates Stone and Williams,
were still fighting half an hour after
the general engagement ended. They
were made prisoners only after hard
resistance Page said:
A Desperate Fight.
I'VE got a mile and a half away
from the scene of the big scrap, and
it looked as though we were going to
be able to escape. But we were in
plain sight out there on the desert
and dismounted. Pretty soon along
came a big detachment of Mexicans.
We managed to drop into a hole in
the desert Then we waited. Am
munition was low We let 'em get to
within 200 yards.
Then we began opening up. Mexi-
cans toppled off ponies faster than
we could count them. l guess each
one of us got an average of 10 men
apiece. That's because we had some
cover
1.-THE Mexicans did not know what
they were up against for good many
minutes. Then they fell back.
But we were practically trapped
anyway. We knew that the minute
we rose out of that depression they
would be on to us. So, while they
were out of range we just waited.
Soon we saw 'em riding far off to the
right and to the left: saw both col
umns close in, and saw all of them,
fan fashion, start riding up to US.
I'VE picked a few more off. Then
we held up a sombrero as a signal OF
surrender. A Mexican held up his
hat Then we stood up. They did not
shoot. We held up our arms. Our
guns were hot in the sand; our am
belts we're empty. Soon as
we walked out into the open without
our rifles the whole outfit of Mexi-
cans galloped at US, surrounded us and
startedrus walking the mile and half
back to Carrizal There they took
everything we had"
Robbed Of His Money.
Corporal William Hague, Troop c,
Tenth Cavalry, who was robbed Of
$2O7 by Carranza soldiers, worried
more while he was in the Chihuahua
penitentiary about the recovery of his
money than he did about his own fate.
He said:
They took that gold away from
me at Carrizal, right there after we
quit fighting. Then that started me
to fighting again. But they we're too
many for us and l was afraid if !
did not let them take it they would
kill all prisoners. But even if l don't
get that gold back l had some pay
ment.
Il got six Mexicans that | know of.
l was holding a sharpshooteT"s posi-
ton about so yards from a Mexican
trench. l was fiat on the sand, but l
had dug into it with my hands until
my body was afforded some cover.
There were eight Mexicans in the
trench. When the fight was over only
two came out. And those are the two
that took my coin"