Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-25
BODIES Of: BOYS
IN BLUE ARE
L[F UNBUR|ED
Mexican Dead Are Buried 1mme'
diately, but Americans
Remain Exposed.
CARRANZA LOSSES WERE
HEAVIER THAN REPORTED
Low Estimate Placed on Mexican
Dead for Political
Purposes.

Ell Paso, June 24-Bodies of the
American soldiers killed in the Car
rizal battle are still unburied on the
battlefield. according to French and
Mexican refugees, who arrived in
Juarez today. They asserted the Mex
ican dead were buried Immediately
after the fight, but that the American
bodies had been left lying exposed to
the elements.
The arrivals also said that the Car
rama losses were much heavier than
the Mexican reports show, which
place the casualties at fourteen.
Carranza leaders frankly admit, they
said, that the low estimates were
made public for the political purpose
of impressing upon the masses Of the
Mexican people that the first clash be.
tween American and Mexican troops
had resulted in "a great Mexican vic
tory" &, " sa.:s
1t is pointed. out that 23 Mexicans
were buried near the BATTLEFIELD after
the engagement, as many more bodies
including that of Felix Gomez. the
slain general, were taken to Chihua.
hua City, and two stock cars were
loaded with wounded, several OF whom
have died since in the chihuahua City
hospital
Carranzistas donned the uniforms
Of the American soldiers slain in the
battle. ',*f = ~r:
Another story which is being spread
through northern Mexico for political
purposes, as the refugees said, is that
number of negro soldiers of General
Pershing's command, because of the
continued abuse to which they were
subjected, have been deserting to the
Carranza forces" These stories are
believed to have had their origin in
the fact that two negroes were cap
tured about week ago in chihuahua
City.
Offers Complete Amnesty.
General Alvaro Obregon, Mexican
minister of war, has offered complete
amnesty to persons who have opposed
the government, providing they lay
down their arms and join in combat
ting an American invasion, which he
says seems imminent, according to an
official dispatch to the consulate to-
day. Those who do not will be out
lawed.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Aguilar
declares his country was not respon-
sible for the Carrizal incident and the
integrity of the nation will be defend
ed. at whatever cost
Break Through Mexican Lines.
The forces of the Tenth U. S. cav
airy, under Captain Charles 7. Boyd,
succeeded in breaking through the
lines of the Mexican force under Cen
eral Felix Gomez at Carrizal, accord
ing to a message from General Perish
ing to General Funston tonight, but
whether any of them escaped is un-
known.
Captain Boyd's men of G troop took
the ditch in which the front line Of
Mexican troops were entrenched, and
charged through into the town of Car
rizal. Troop l., under Captain Lewis
Morey, charged with the c troop, but
were outfanked and were forced to
take refuge in an adobe house. They
had a chance to defend themselves
from cover but their ultimate fate is
unknown. as is Il at of remnants of
Captain Boyd's troops.
state Of War Exists.
Circulars were distributed in Mata-
m0ras, opposite here, declaring that
the latest crossing into Mexico near
here has been construed as declara-
ton of war against Mexico by the
United States. The circulars are sign
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