Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-07
HONzE APPEARS
 BEFORE BOARD
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ble crimes, and in isolated places con-
 tinue to make raids upon the per
 sons and property of American citi-
 zens located on our side or the bor-
 der.
 Everywhere in Mexico, as far as
 can be observed, there is lack of
 progress. Murder, rapine and destruc-
 tion prevail. From our point of view
 there is no evidence of conservative
 stateSmanship. We who closely ob- serve believe the future of Mexico, so
 far as it affects us, is utterly hopeless
 if left solely in the control of Mexi-
 cans"
 Col Francis Glover, General
 Howze's chief of staff, also was wit
 ness. He was asked regarding the
 fighting in Juarez on June 15-16, 1919,
 when Villas men captured the city
 and situation created that resulted in American troops crossing the inter. national boundary. Colonel Glover
 testified that the bullets which fell in Fl Paso were from both Mexican armies but that the majority were those fired by Carranza soldiers. He explained the manner in which he had arrived at that conclusion during the lighting. He and others exposed l themselves at the headquarters of the sgd field artillery on the American i side. Reports had reached him that | the MeXicans were sniping at that | point. He ordered his men to watch | for the rifle flashes and then fall The l flashes were seen and above their heads, as they sank to the ground, the bullets struck the walls above | them. They Were fired upon by a group of Villas men. The shots from Carranza's men came, he said, as a result of an attack so planned that it would have been impossible for a great majority of the bullets fired not to have landed in Fl Paso.
 The entry of American troops into JuareZ appeared to be welcomed by the Carranza garrison, Colonel Glover |, testified. He also added that some difficulty was experienced by the in differentiating between the two forces. The Carrancistas, he said, explained that they could be told from the ViIlistas because they wore the left leg of their trousers rolled up above the knee. ''In the heat of the fighting, however" the | colonel added, T think many of them , allowed their brooches leg to slip down \
 Echoes of the Carrisal fight were heard by the committee from General HoWZe, and by. George Turner. one )i the negro troopers who partfci- pated in the fight and who carried captain Boyd, fatally wounded, out of . the firing line. The negro told the {, of the brutal treatment ac- corded him and others who were .aken prisoners by the Mexicans. lhey were stripped of every shred of : clothing, half starved fand subjected ', 10 both mental and physical forms of ,, thlrd degree methods for nine days, :, when they were delivered to the Americans at the international bridge. ., between JuareZ and Fl Paso. |,
 An interesting feature of his testi nony was his statement that d num- ~ ter of women accompanying the Mexi- = an force actually took part in theI !, lShtlnS, by one of whom he was wounded
 General HowZe, at that time cLe of ' ieneral Pershing's officers. was in command of a squadron of cavalry ie was ordered, he said. to proceed m the day after the fight 'in the di- ectlon of Carrizal to investiga;e the eports of the engagement and to ather in the scattered negro troop. ITS. He led his force to the Santo )ominso ranch, within some ten miles I Carrizal, and there halted upon fder
 You had sufficient men to handle ne situation, had you gone forward?" sked Senator Fall.
 The witness replied tnat ne had.
 Other witnesses heard during the ay gave corrobOrative IestMoiy re- ardlns conditions along the Rio ( rande, which they claim d n.ade life that district impossible e>cept i hen adequate military protection { as given. ,