Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-07-01

1 ENSHcS tONdIb an IIIlE&ti N4tNli
which the Mexican infantry had oc
cupied. From this trench came the
blasting machi&e gun fire and an IN
effective rife IRE.
Mexicans in Charge.
As tie troopers advanced by rushes,
selves prone and firing with deadly
effect al any enemy who showed him
self, there was suddenly launched
from the flank wild, bloodcurdling
mounted charge Of an enemy far out
numbering the trapped Americans.
The sklrmishers wheeled by squads
and met this charge with rifle fire
that stopped and turnd It back in con
fusion. Then the rushes were re-
sumed.
Two hundred and fifty yards was
the distance to the ditch from the first
position Of the line Of skirmishers.
| Captain Boyd was wounded twice,
once in the arm and once in the shout
| der. and as his brave men, himself
abreast, ieaped into the ditch triumph
antly he tell from a third and mortal
wound
The Mexicans were driven from the
| ditch and several machine guns were
captured. Troop c, led by Lieutenant
Adair, continued through the little
town Of Carrizal, pursuing the enemy.
Troop X, captained by Morey, was
| flanked at the ditch by the reformed
Mexican cavalry and forced to retire
| to an adobe house. Captain Morey
was wounded In the shoulder and part
Of his men were cut off. The survivors
| found by Jenkins think that not more
| than ten of twelve reached the shell
! ter of the house with Mercy. The
| adobe hut was at once surrounded by
| the MeXcans and firing became con-
tinuous, the beleaguered troopers hold
ing off the enemy with consummate
| bravery.
The survivors at San Luis ranch
are men who were swept back by the
/ onruShlng tide of Mexicans and TO
! escape capture or certain death man
aged to catch stampeded horses and
| get away. Their stories end with
! Morey's brave band fighting for their
lives aud Adair leading his troopers
in that reckless hopeless charge afoot
| through the town and into the enc
my's ranks.
These six survivors found by Major
Jenkins bring the total of survivors
now known to have escaped capture to
! 33, p Of whom are back with the
main column.
According 10 the latest figures 80
| were rescued, IA killed and "A held
prisoners Mt Chin .ahua according to
generally accepted reports, leaving -
| stil unaccounted for of the 81 men
In the two troops.
General Bell reported to General
Funston that Mexican arriving at
| RI Paso from chihuahua states he
saw Il negro soldiers and three white
men prisoners there.
Funston has recommended to the
war department that, since the two
countries are not at war. the state
department should demand definite in
formation as to the number of pris-
oners and their names. ana their
| speedy release,
Pershing in his early report added
some details of the fight at Carrizal
and expresses the fear that no officer
Is left alive to give an authentic ac-
count of the parley between Captain
Boyd and General Gomez and estab-
fish the facts as to how the fight was
preciptated. He states definitely for
the first time that 81 men were in the
command, including the officers.
sixteen more stragglers returning
to Col0nja Dublan, where Pershng
now is, have increased the number Of
survivors who have reached camp to
p, They brought % horses back with
them Nearly all of them were horse
holders.
How Captain Boyd Died.
General Pershlng's Headquarters,
Colonia Dublan Mex, June % (via
radio to ColuumhuS) From the lips
Of the trooper who held Capt. Charles
T. BOYD In his arms until he died
came the story OF the battle of Car
rlzal
This man was in the thick of the
fight until Captain Boyd fell, MORALLY
wounded Troop G had the right of
the American line, he said. aud was
led by Captain Royd in a charge
against the Mexican force intrenched
In IA ditch Though wounded in the
, arm and shoulder Captain Boyd con-
p unued at the head Of his troops. AS
they reached the edge OF the trench
he fell. morially wounded. The troop
; cr says that when he saw Captain
Boyd fall he ran Ia his side and re-
p muined with him until hc died.
/ pEElIHEEC ApC nINkrn LIE