Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-07
MEIYTCO'S CONDITIONS NOT
TO BE TOLERA TED, GEN.
HOWE TELLS COMMITTEE

Howze's chief of staff, also was 0
witness. He was asked regarding
the fighting in Juarez on June 10
l6, 1913, when Villas men cap
tured the city and situation
created that resulted in American
troops crossing the internation9l
boundary.
Colonel Glover testified that the
bullets which fell in Mexico were
from both Mexican armies, but that
the majority were these fired 10y
Carranza solGiers. He explained
the manner in which he arrived at
that conclusion during the fight
ing. He and others exposed them
selves at the headquarters of the
Eighty-second field artillery on the
American side. Reports had
reached him that MeXicans were
sniping at that point. lie ordered
his men to watch for the rifle
flashes and then fail. The flashes
were seen and above their heads as
they sank to the ground the bullets
struck the walls above them. They
were fired at by Il group of Nilla's s
men. The shots from Cdrranza
men came, he said, as a result Oh
an attack so planned that it would
have been impossible for ma
iority of the bullets fired not 10
have landed in FL Paso.
The entry of American troops
into Juarez appeared to fe wei
coined by the Carranza garrison
Colonel Glover testified. He also ad-
ded that some difficulty was eX-
perienced by the Americans in dlf-
ferentiating between the two
forces. The Carrancistas, he sad
explained that they could be told
from the Villistas because they
wore the left leg of their trousers
rolled up above the knee. In the
heat of the fighting, however the
colonel added, 81 think many OF
them allowed their breeches leg tc
slip down."
Told of Carrizal.
Echoes of the CarriZal fight were
heard ly the committee from Cen
eral Howe and by George Turner
one of the negro troopers who par
ticipated in the fight and who car
ried Captain Boyd, fatally wounded
ont of the firing line. The negro
told the committee of the brutal
treatment accorded him and the
others who were taken prisoners by
the Mexican They were stripped
of every shred of clothing hall
starved and subjected to both men,
tai and physical forms of "thlro
degree" methods for nine Gays
when they were delivered to thf
Americans at the internationa
bridge between JuareZ and El Paso
Ordered TO Halt.
An interesting feature OF ms tes'
timony was his statement that
humber of women accompanying
the Mexican force actually tooF
part in the fighting and by one ol
whom he was wounded,
General Howe, at that time one
of General Pershing's officers, Wa'
in command Of a squadron Oh cav
airy. He was ordered, he SAID. tc
proceed on the day after the tlgh
sin the direction Of Carrlzal tC
Investigate the reports of the on
gagement and to gather in the
scattered negro troopers. lie lee
his force to the Santo Domingo
ranch, within some ten miles OF
Carrizal, and there halted upor
orders.
"You had sufficient men to han
die the situation had you gone for
ward ?" asked Senator Fall.
The witness replied that he had
Other witnesses heard during
the day gave corroborative testi-
mony regarding the conditions
along the Rio Grande which, they
claimed, made life in that district
impossible except when adequate
military protection was given.