Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-07-11
CARRANzA RETURNS
TROOPERS TO j. S.
% Soldiers and Scouts Given
Liberty at JuareZ.
STONED WHILE IN MEXICO
Charged That Mexicans Killed Some
of Boyd's Men Who Were Wound
ed-Mormon Blames Captain
for carrizaI Fight.

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troopers of the Tenth cavalry and
Lem 81. Spillsbury, Mormon scout,
were brought to the international
bridge at 3:15 o'clock in the after
noon. General Bell was waiting with
a written receipt for their delivery.
The actual transfer was at 3:16.
when General Bells receipt passed
into Mexican hands.
The actual return of the men to
American soil was delayed some time
after General Bell had given the re-
ceipt, while they were given a vine
gar bath at the immigration station,
abutting on the bridge near this side.
All the clothes the men wore IN
Mexico were thrown away and they
were freshly clothed.
Names Of Men Brought Back.
The troopers brought here are:
Troop K, Fred Williams, st. Louis;
R. L. Floyd, Oklahoma City; Ser
geant Allen Peterson, Meridian,
Miss; Hoe Oliver. Brighton, Ala;
George Stone, Talladega, Ala; First
Sergeant Felix Page, Washington, ID.
c.; Will Harris, Atlanta, Ca; Samuel
Macdonald, Portersville, Tenn; Will
liam Gibbons, Chattanooga; James M.
Stokes, Atlanta; Harvey II. Lee, Co
lumbus, o.; Elsa Graham, Smith
Grove, Tenn; Charles Marshall, Pasa-
dena, Cal.
Troop G, Luther Alexander, Column
bia, Tenn; William Hogue, Raleigh,
N. c.; William D. Gibson, New York !;
Thomas G. Stricken, Louisville, KY;
Trannie G. Hopping, Atlanta, Ca;
John Wilson, Macon, Ca; John Cole
man, Jr., Walker Valley, Miss;
George NJ. Hoppins, MOrristown, Pa.
Luther Alexander and Archie Jones
are suffering from wounds.
Present Sorry Sight.
A shout Of laughter rose from the
thousands Of Juarez Mexicans who
had gathered to witness the arrival
as the negroes filed from the special
train.
The prisoners were dressed in nom
descript garb. While most Of them
had had restored to them the larger
part of their uniforms, some were
without coats, one had incircled his
waist with a towel, and practically
all wore towels and bandanas on
their heads instead of hats.
Spillsbury was dressed in a white
duck suit. He appeared anxious. Ali
the troopers were worn and drawn
from their experience, and all were
serious save one, who wore a broad
smile.
This one made himself the i'm
promptu spokesman of his fellows
1--WE sure are glad to get back" he
said.
Mexicans Meet Train.
Gen. Francisco Gonzales, Juarez
commander, and Andres Garcia, Mex
lean consul in Ell Paso, met the train.
| General Gonzales boarded the train.
| A minute later he reappeared, fol-
lowed by the guard that had escort
ed the prisoners from Chihuahua.
The guard, dressed in uniform of
bright yellow, pushed back the crowd,
forming a lane through which Spills
bury and the troopers marched down
the railway tracks.
They were taken to the disinfecting
plant and there stripped and treated
before being escorted to the COM
mandancia.
At the commandment the troopers
refused to discuss the Carrizal fight,
their Imprisonment or their return to
the border.
1--WE are soldiers. not plain citizens"
they said. 1--WE will have to report to
our superior officers and receive their
| instructions"
Splllsbury was not so uncommuni-
cative, however.
He entered the private Office of
General Gonzales and there gave out
brief interview In which he repeat
ed statements he had been credited
with making at Chihuahua by Gen.
eral Macinto Trevino.
These statements were to the effect
that Captain Boyd, commander of the
Americans at Carrizal, persisted in
advancing toward Villa Ahumada to
recover a negro deserter after Gen.
Felix Gomez had warned him TO turn
back and after Spillsbury had urged
him to accept this advice.
This interview was arranged at the
solicitation of the Mexican officials
and before Spillsbury or any of the
Americans had had a chance to see
the American officials.
In his interview Spillsbury declared
he did not know who fired the first
shot at Carrizal.
He said that after the second con-
ference between Captain Boyd and
General Gomez, when he advised
turning back, Captain Boyd said:
'T am the commander, and IT is for
you TO obey"
seventy-Six In Command.
Spiilsbury declared there were but
rs Americans In Captain Boyd's force
he explained that when the expedi-
ton left camp 1t was composed Of St
men. but that at Santa Maria ten were