The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-29
WOUNDED CAPTAIN
DESCRIBES FIGHT
ORDERED MEN TO LEAVE him
land REPORT TO PERsBlNo. ID
WAS LEFT DYING IN THE DESERT
General Funston Gets Report of Nor
ey's Brave Act. Relief Force
Saves Soldiers on Way to .
American Lines,

l "dShlH5LOuy June GA uUuDlp
responsibility for the CarriZal battle
has been partly established to-day.
1t is not, however a sudden burden
on American forces as to insure peace
but on the contrary developments are
so shaped it is likely President vii.
son will find it necessary to appeal
to congress before the week ends.
Only a complete right-about-face by
Carranza can avert this. Word from
Capt. Morey as he lay supposedly dy.
ing on the desert indicated official &C.
ton Of American forces before Car.
rama mighthave been provocative.
Morey wrote that Captain Boyd was
under the impression the MeXicans
would rum when Americans fired.
Captain Morey Reports.
Ell Paso, June 26.-General Pershing
at Colonia Dublan transmitted to GEN
eral Funston at San Antonio an official
report Of the Carrizal fight written by
Capt. Lewis S. Morey, Troop g, Tenth
cavalry, the only officer not killed out
right in the Mexican ambush.
Captain Morey Is believed to be dead
now. He was wounded in the shout
der. The report WAS written after the
| officer had fallen3 from exhaustion on
the desert. 7"H'... .". ..'-
The three negro troopers who ac-
companied Morey were ordered by the
wounded officer to abandon him and
make their way back with the report
and save their own lives if possible.
Orders Men to Save Selves.
The few facts CLEANED from the Per-
shing report here make story of self
sacrifice almost without parallel in the
history of the American army.
The details are not made clear, but it
Is believed that Captain Morey and the
trio of negro troopers were driven back
into the Mexican desert where there
was no ;water! The little band was on
foot and the officer finally grew so
weak from loss of blood that he could
proceed no further. and dropped.
When he was revived, the troopers
were ordered to abandon him and save
themselves, being held only long
enough TO- get written version of the
encounter. XII t.s
W. " nSiSt army caves wen.
The report, as obtained here, indi-
Gates that the troopers were picked up
by the relief column of the Eleventh
cavalry. They were unable to do more
than give the general direction of the
location where they had abandoned
Captain Mercy. 80 o..
The statement in the report that Mo-
Fey Is believed to be dead Is accepted
as meaning that searchers have failed
to find him dead or alive.
No additional facts are obtainable
here.
/ Report Sent to Pershing.
San Antonio, Tex, June 26.-The ac-
count of the Carrizal fight by Captain
Morey, written while he was dying,
and sent to Funston by Pershing, indi-
Gates that the Amerivans moved for
ward before the Mexicans fired. Morey
was hidden in hole 1000 yards from
the fight scene, when the letter was
written. LIEUTENANT Myers sent the re-
port to PershiHgs ., n,ao>. =. ~ ..s
re- ',' Troopers Save Survivors. ST.
a.. "Great courage and thorough fight
ing qualities" is the proud character
,iZatiOn General Pershing gives the he
TOeS of Carrizal in a message he. sent
ito General Funston. A new chapter Is
added to the narrative of the encoun-
ter with the men of Gomez army in
his. last message, based on a report
sent by Major John M. Jenkins, in
Command of the squadron of the Elev-
enth cavalry first sent to the relief Of
the survivors of the fight.
jenkins courier reached Colonia
Dublan and brought the word from the
major that he had come upon five sol
diers of Troop c and one of Troop K
who had escaped from the bloody field
and made their way to the San Luis
ranch, where Jenkins found them.
The major got their story of the
fight, started the courier back with
1t and proceeded on his way toward
CarriZal. Major Robert L. HOwse is
a days march behind him, proceeding
also to Carrizal with his squadron as
a supporting force, and General Per-
shing has sent after them another de-
tachment with supplies.
! The arrival of the courier dispelled
at field headquarters and here also
all uneasiness concerning the,. two
squadrons of the relief expedition.
s%, Less Than Sixty in Fight.
Major Jenkins obtained these new
features of the desperate and hope |
less fight of lessi6han dsixtg shoppers
against the thousands on tie Mexican !
enemy. asd'N sinig
Immediately upon the return of
Gomez to his own line and the treach-
erous opening of the machine gun fire,
without the Americans having made
any advance movement, Captain Boyd
gave the order to dismount and form
a line of skirmishers. The horse hold
ers rode rapidly to the rear, each with
his four horses. Hence of the "a men
and officers of the two troops less than
sixty faced the overwhelming numbers
of the enemy.
Captain Boyd took his position at |
the left pfstne line and Captain Mercy
sf00d ~ q t1e soflaer end az the sIina I