The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-30

know we were to go Dack noihe'
Williams. "A boy shouted the news 10
rs from the street When the guard
came to escort us to the train, they
said nothing at all. The Mexicans
were in a rage that they had to give
us up.
The troopers, after having been as
infected, were dressed in oVeraIls
During the disinfecting process they
told their stories.
Williams, of Troop X, told of Cap
tain Morey.
when l saw that we were ambush
ed, without shelter, 1 dashed to little
adobe hut about 200 yards away, ne
said. There was Captain Morey. sit
ting on the floor, his hand to his
shoulder. Blood was pouring from a
wound.
Norey Was Game.
Boys he said, wen have to make
a stand here
'.I looked out of the door and saw
Mexicans swarming towards the hut:
told the captain. Save yourselves
he ordered. Three of the boys grab
bed the captain and they rushed out
of the door. Page, Stone and fol-
lowed them. We were surrounded inn
mediately. Twenty Mexicans jumped
on us. L didn't see where Captain
Morey went
Gibson of Troop C saw Captain
Morey a few minutes later.
THE captain and four other wound
ed men were hicing in a ditch he
said. twenty-five MeMcans were
rushing towards them. I and seven
others jumped up and ran away, to
attract the MeXicans away from Cap
tain Morey. They captured us. but
he esca ped
1t was Gibson who killed the two
Mexican machine gun operators.
Bill" Harris. first class niarksman.
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who fired the shot that killed General
Gomez, the Mexican leader, who lured
the Americans into the trap at Car
rial. Here is the soldiers story:
1t Was Mighty Hot.
There was a corporal on my right.
We were fiat on our bellies. The cor
poral had shot six Mexicans 1 got
two out of the one clip and was re-
loading when the corporal said:
Mighty hot, amt it. Bill
. 'Hottern Hades, sure enough
Yes. boy the corporal said. but
it amt half as hot as it's going to be-
Lock yonder. That's a flankin' party
Bill. Sure they're going to wipe us
out-clean out this climate
The corporal didn't need to tell
me. 1 saw. There they were, coming
right on-every which way
| They've got an idea they are go
ing to clean US from the right and
rear, 1 said.
And I've got a bunch I'm going
to blow that idea right out of that
offlcer's noodle said the corporal.
| Ihen he reloaded. I didn't nav
much attention to him for the next
few minutes The Mexicans were sure
shooting right at U.S. Right at INV
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 1
| looked at him once. His head was
webbing in the sand.
Then got my sight fixed for $50
yards. Through it I could see the
Mexican general galloping toward u.s.
but a little to the right. 1 plugged
the horse. First shot, down he went
The general went down with him. 1
got him just as he was scram bling to
his feet. He just doubled all up, then
doubled all down again slow like to
the sand.
Corporal Was Dead.
That Mexican officer won't have
any more IDEAS said to the corporal.
The corporal didn't answer. And his
head wasn't wobbling any more.
But the sand was all red there"
Sergeant Page, the ranking Ameri-
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| Privates Stone and Williams, was still
fighting half an hour after the gen.
| eral engagement ended. They were
| made prisoners only after hard resist
ance. Page said:
I'VE got a mile and half away from
| the scene of the big scrap and it look
ed as though we were going to be able
to escape. But we were in plain sight
out there on the desert and dismount-
ed. Pretty soon along came a big de-
tachment of Mexicans. We managed
| to drop into hole in the desert. Then
we waited. Ammunition was low. We
let 'em get to within 200 yards. Then
we began opening up. Mexicans top
pied off ponies faster than we could
count them. 1 guess each one of us
got an average of ten men apiece.
That's because we had some cover
were up against for a good many min
utes. Then they fell back But we
were practically trapped, anyway. We
knew that the minute we rose out OF
that depression they would be onto 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 columns close in; and saw all
of them, Indian fashion. start circline
closer and closer. We picked a few
brero as a signal of surrender. A
Mexican held up his hat. Then we
stood up. They didn't shoot. We held
up our arms. Our guns were hot or
the sand; our ammunition belts were
empty. Soon as we walked out into
the open without our rifles the whole
|, | outfit of MexicanS galloped at us, sur.
rounded US and started US walking
the mile and a half back to Carrizal
There they took everything we had
Deserter Tried to Help.
Lutte" Alexander, c troop, reveals
the story of the black heroes futile
watch for a relief expedition that new
er came and the heart of a negro de-
serter who risked his life to try ant
, save the prisoners:
There was a negro trooper who
had deserted from a certain outfit
down near Namiquipa. At least HI
. got hv with the story that he had de-