The Sunday Oregonian., June 25, 1916, Section One, Page 5, Image 5

THE StTXDAT OREGOXIA5, PORTLAND, JT7XE 25, t9t6.
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GENERAL BELL SAYS
SUPPLIES ON WAY
Western Department Com
mander Reports Ample
: Equipment Is Coming.
ARMY MAN KNOWS ORDERS
Disposition of Oregon Troops on
Border Has Already Been Made,
' but Visitor Refrains From
Making; Plans Known.
Complete supplies of ordnance, quar
termaster stores, clothing, blankets and
all' other equipment necessary to sup
ply the Oregon National Guard on a
full war strength basis now are on the
way by express to Camp Withycombe
from the military depot at San Fran
cisco, according to word brought to
Portland last night by General J.
Franklin Bell, commanding Western
Department, United States Army. Gen
eral Bell had Just arrived in Portland.
While the destination of the Oregon
and Washington troops has been set
tled by the headquarters in San Fran
cisco, General Bell said last night that
he is not at liberty to make public any
information on the subject. He says
the troops will be moved to the Mexi
can border as soon as they can be put
In shape, the plan being to distribute
the militia of the various states accord
ing to the wishes of General Funston.
General Says Supplies Ample.
General Bell says there is nothing to
any report which may have been cir
culated that the San Francisco depot is
without sufficient supplies properly to
equip the militia troops. He says the
supplies in first-class condition have
been dispatched by express, and will
be available, with some to leave over,
as soon as they arrive. He says this
all was figured out before he left San
Francisco, and the figures showed a
store sufficient to fit out to full war
strength all the militia in the West
ern Department.
Soon after his arrival in Portland
General Bell, accompanied by Adjutant
General White, left for the Clackamas
I'H IT! n T R :j 1 f i Ho Hiil n nt bnnw i f. tu
long he would be in Oregon, his mis
sion being to give whatever aid is nec
essary at the mobilization camp. .
. Militia Response Impreuc.
Further than to say that he was
greatly impressed with the response the
militia has made in the Western De
partment to the call from Washington,
General Bell made no comment on the
militia. He said he is keeping in daily
touch with the mobilization camps and
recruiting. He is in constant touch
with Colonel Kben Swift, chief of staff
ol the Western Department, with head
quarters in San Francisco.
"I was in Salt Lake when the militia
call was issued." said General Bell. "I
was on my annual Inspection of the
seven states in the Western Depart
ment and was looking into the business
men's camp movement. When the order
came I hastened my steps in an effort
to visit all the mobilization camps and
Sive what aid is necessary. The camps
are at Sacramento, Cal.; Clackamas,
Or.; American Lake, Wash.: Boise Bar
racks. Idaho; Fort William Henry Har
rison, Mont., and Fort Douglas, Utah.
Nevada, which is also in he depart
ment, has no militia.
Disposition Not Public. "
As to the disposition of the troops
when they are ready to move I can
say nothing at this time. I have been
informed that the disposition of the
various state forces has been left to
General Funston and that he has re
ported to the office In San Francisco.
The troops are to be moved as soon
as they are mustered in and equipped,
without regard to regiments. Each
unit will move when ready.
"As to business men's camps, there is
uncertainty. We do not know as yet
whether any Army officers will be
available to command these camps. We
hope, however, to get retired Army of
ficers to re-enter the service and take
assignments to these camps. There is
still another chance, of all retired of
ficers being drawn beyond availability
by reason of the Mexican situation. We
still hope to hold camps at Monterey,
CaL; Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ameri
can Lake, Wash."
i General Bell is accompanied by his
aide-de-camp. Captain Charles H.
Bridges, United States Infantry. In
Portland he will visit with Mrs. Dallas
Boche and Mrs. Fitzgerald, children of
the late Major-General Forsyth, and
with the children of General John M.
Bacon. Mrs. Bacon is a daughter of
General Forsyth. When General For
syth was Colonel of the Seventh Cav
alry, General Bell was his adjutant,
and when he commanded the Western
Department. General Bell was his aide.
GtXS SALUTE AT VANCOUVER
Oneral Bell Inspects Columbia I
River Army Post.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash..
June 24. (Special.) Major-General J.
Franklin Bell, in command of the
Western department of the United
States Army, with headquarters at San
Francisco, was a visitor in this post
today. When he entered the post the
customary salute was fired.
General Bell is on his annual tour
of inspection of the posts of his de
partment, but while in this section he
will visit Camp Withycombe. Clacka
mas, tomorrow. He is accompanied by
his aide-de-camp. Captain C. H. Bridges.
When in the post Captain Bridges was
notified by telegram to be at San Fran
cisco by July 1 for examination for pro
motion to his majority.
Concerning the Mexican situation.
General Bell was unable to talk, but
hoped that all would turn out well.
Press dispatches today were that two
companies of Engineers are to be re
cruited at this post. In this case it is
probable that Captain Richard C. Moore
will be in command of the battalion.
The new law compels the cutting down
of the engineer companies to 109 men.
though they have been at war strength,
164 men. for six or eight years.
Captain Moore's company will prob
ably be cut into two companies, and
with the two new companies to be
recruited here, this will make a full
battalion of four companies. Captain
Moore is to be promoted to the rank of
Major July 1, and his successor as
IP tain of the company has already
M en named..
"The SO men of Company F Engineers
remaining here in this post, are the
only soldiers of the mobiie army west
of New York that are not on the Mexi
can border or in Mexico.
News was received here today that
Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Baker. Jr.,
of the . Twenty-first Infantry, which
left recently for Yuma, Arix., will be
promoted to the full rank of Colonel
July 1. Colonel Baker was active in
promoting preparedness lectures, and
had he remained here. probaWy would
l-.ivi WJred citizens' training camp
for this poet during ' the Summer
months.
COMMANDER OF WESTERN DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY,
PHOTOGRAPHED AT VANCOUVER YESTERDAY.
.
MAJOR-GENERAL J. FRANKLI.X BELL.
LINE IS PENETRATED
Corporal Describes Gallanl
Death of Captain Boyd.
AMBUSH TWICE STORMED
Captain Morey's Force Has Chance
to I'iglit From Cover, but Is
' Flanked Ultimate Fate of
Remnant Is Unknown.
(Continued From First Page.)
charge was checked. According to
stories told by the five men found at
San Luis ranch after the Mexicans had
opened fire with several machine guns.
Captain Boyd dismounted his men and
formed them in line of skirmish. Cap
tain Boyd, with Troop C led the first
line, and Captain Morey, with Troop K,
the right. They advanced by rushes
toward the irrigating ditch. 250 yards
distant, which sheltered the main force
of Mexican troops and from which the
machine guns were spraying their
ranks with lead. They took tne ditcn
with one final wild rush, putting the
Mexicans to flight and capturing sev
eral machine guns.
Captain Boyd Shot Tkrlce,
Captain Boyd was wounded twice,
once in the arm and once in the shoul
der. In the final rush on the en
trenched Mexicans, Captain Boyd fell
dead, shot through the body. Without
checking their advance Troop C, led by
Lieutenant Henry Adair dashed on after
the fleeing Mexicans into the town.
That was the last seen of them by the
men found at San Luis ranch. Appar
ently they found themselves in danger
of capture from Mexicans approaching
from the rear, and General Pershing's
report gives no further detail of the
fate of Lieutenant Adair and his men.
Captain Morey was shot through the
shoulder while advancing with Troop
K on the irrigation ditch. His men.
however, were out-flanked by a super
ior force of Mexicans and were forced
to take shelter in an adobe house.
When last seen by the stragglers,
they were returning a spirited fire
through windows and loopholes
punched in the adobe walls, to the Mexicans,-
who entirely surrounded their
shelter and were pouring a stream of
bullets at every opening.
It is assumed by officers at head
quarters here that Captain Morey, in
spite of the wound through his
shoulder, Was able to leaid his men
into the adobe house.
Several of his men probably aleo
were wounded and circled by a ring
of fire, cut off from water and without
food. It is feared that they could not
hold out until reinforcements reach
them, even if they were able to stave
off the Mexican attacks. 1
Flans Made to Use MIHtla.
It Is believed at headquarters here
that the six men found at San Luis
ranch took part in at least a part of
the fight at Carrizal. It is thought
probable they were cut off from the
other Americans and forced to flee to
escape capture or certain death.
Plans were completed today for the
disposition of the National Guardsmen
of New York, Massachusetts and New
Jersey.' General Funston received word
from General Leonard Wood that the
troops of these etates would be ready
to start for the border Wednesday.
They will go direct to the stations as
signed them, which, however, have not
been made public.
General Funston was notified today
that a large number of new aeroplanes
had been ordered by the War Depart
ment from five Eastern manufacturers
for uee on the border and that the first
of the machines would reach the bor
der probably within a week.
Aeroplanes Are Welcomed.
There is not now a single aeroplane
ready for service on the border. The
arrival of the new aeroplanes will, it
is believed, make unnecessary the long
scouting trips from General Pershing's
baee, the latest of which ended in the
battle at Carrizal.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, June 24
(via wireless to Columbus, N. M.)
Trapped and fighting against heavy
odds, the troops of the Tenth Cavalry
engaged at Carrizal on Wednesday
charged twice directly into the Jaws
of the amsjush which the Mexicans had
laid for them. With bullets in his arm
and shoulder. Captain Charles T. Boyd,
the commander, remained in the sad
dle, leading his negro troopers until
they had captured the concealed Mexi
can machine gun trench, when he fell
mortally wounded with a bullet in
the body.
This was the gist of the' details of
the engagement from the American
sources which was brought to General
Pershing today by Corporal Green of
Troop C, who was at Captain Boyd's
side until lie fell.
Americans About Surrounded.
The Americans were flanked on both
sides by the Carranzistas, who had
practically surrounded the little com
mand, during a conference between
General Felix Gomez, the Mexican
leader, and Captain Boyd. In front
was a concealed Mexican machine gun
trench, from which a stream of leaden
death unexpectedly was poured into
the American ranks.
Corporal Green said that Captain
Boyd, although wounded in the arm
and shoulder by the first fire, imme
diately gave the order to charge and
the detachment rode at top speed, in a
hail of bullets, directly at the trench,
capturing it just as the American
leader fell. The Mexicans retreated to
cover in a nearby adobe shack. Lieu
tenant Henry Adair assumed command
and ordered a second charge, which
drove through the shack, scattering the
Mexican command. Green said he did
not see Lieutenant Adair after this
charge and believed that he lost bis
life in It .
Meanwhile Captain Lewis S. Morey,
commanding troop K, which also was
partly surrounded during the parley,
occupied another adobe hut with his
men. from which he engaged a second
detachment of the Mexicans. While it
is assumed here that Captain Morey
was wounded in the fight, neither Cor
poral Green nor any of the other survivors-
reaching here knew anything
of the outcome of his part of the battle.
It is believed here, however, that he
may have collected the shattered rem
nant of the American command and is
bringing them slowly and through
heart-breaking obstacles to General
Pershing's lines. The survivors ar
riving here said that the Carranzistas
circled far around Carrizal after the
engagement and overtook and captured
a number of soldiers wno had been
holding horses back beyond sight of
the battleground when the fight began.
Piecing together the fragmentary re
ports which have reached field head
quarters, all except 21 of the 84 men
engaged in the fight have been ac
counted for. These reports indicate
that 13 were killed, 17 taken prisoner
and S3 have come into camp here in
the last two days, most of them coming
afoot over a blistering desert, suffer
ing the greatest hardships from lack
of water.
News dispatches from Chihuahua
City yesterday indicated that with the
capture of five additional prisoners the
captives in the hands of the Car
ranzistas now number 22, leaving IS
of the men engaged at Carrizal unac
counted for.
Slain Men Still TJnburied.
Bodies of the American soldiers killed
in the engagement at Carrizal still lie
unburied on the battlefield, according
to French and Mexican refugees who
arrived in Juarez today. They asserted
that the Mexican dead were buried im
mediately after the fight, but that the
American bodies had been left lying ex
posed to the elements.
The arrivals also said that the Car
ranzistas' losses were much heavier
than the Mexican official reports, which
placed the casualties at about 14. in
dicated. Carranzista leaders frankly
admit, they said, that the low estimate
was made public for the. purpose of im
pressing upon the masses of the Mexi
can people that the first clash between
American and Mexican troops had re
sulted in Va great Mexican victory."
It was 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 Chihuahua City,
and two etock cars were loaded with
wounded, several of whom have died
since in the Chihuahua hospital.
Prisoners' Uniforms) Taken.
Carranzista guards donned the Ameri
can uniforms taken from the 17 negro
cavalrymen who were taken as captives
to Chihuahua City, according to the
stories brought here. Before giving up
their clothing, however, the Americans
fought with their fists and were sub
dued only when the Mexicans aimed
their-rifles at them.
Another story, which is being spread
through Northern Mexico for political
purposes, the refugees said, is that a
number of. negro soldiers of General
Pershing's command, "because of the
continued abuse to. which they were
subjected." have been deserting to the
Carranzista farces. These stories are
believed to have had their origin in the
fact that two negroes were captured
about a week ago in Chihuahua City.
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Adv. .......
CAPTIVES STRIPPED
AND SHOWN TO MOB
17 Negro Troops Paraded in
Streets as Mexicans Hurl
Stones and Epithets.
CHIHUAHUA HAS GALA DAY
Bands Flay, Flags I'iy, Orators
Ilarangrue Crowds and Populace
Cries "Death to Americans"
on Receiving Prisoners.
EL PASO, Texas, June 24. (Special.)
The 17 negro troopers captured in
the ambuscade at Carrizal were stripped
of their uniforms and shoes upon their
arrival at Chihuahua City and marched
through the streets In their undercloth
lng, while a mob of Mexicans hurled
stones and vile epithets at them from
the sidewalks.
This information was brought to El
Paso today by a Mexican employe in
the service of one of the federal de
partments. He left Chihuahua on the
train which reached here this morning.
The expedition of the captives, some of
them bearing wounds, was a gala oe
casion in Chihuahua. The entire popu
lation of the city lined the streets
through which the half-nude, barefoot
ed prisoners were marched on their
way to the penitentiary. .
Flase Wave From Windows.
Flags and banners waved from roofs
and windows. Signs and posters pro
claimed "Death to the Gringoes!'
Troubadours, accompanied by street
musicians, eang numberless vile verses
of "La Cucaracha" in honor of the
"Great Mexican Victory of Carrizal"
and in ridicule of President Wilson and
General Pershing.
Vendors sold statuettes of candy and
wax, depicting a Mexican soldier in
triumphant pose with flags planted on
the bodies of American soldiers. News
boys distributed copies of "La Demoner
ata," which declared in flaming head
lines that the American punitive expe
dition, "discouraged by defeat.' was
hurriedly retreating northward wit'a
Trevino's forces in close pursuit. .
Military bands played on the plaza
and paraded the streets behind the
troops that guarded the handful of
black Americans. Agitators harangued
the excited throngs on the corners and
the more bitter their denunciations of
the United States and all Americans, the
more louder "vivas" with which the
auditors responded.
Gibes Calmly Accepted. ,
Street urchins shouted at the captives
and, crooking their arms in a rifle-firing
position, indicated by unmistakable
gestures that the Americans were to
meet death before a firing squad. Others
pointed to their necks, mimicked the
tightening of a noose and emitted
strangling noises from the throat.
Whatever their inner feelings might
have been, the negro troopers, to all
outward appearances, acted calmly,
acknowledging the jibes with broad.
teeth - displaying grins, according to
the Federal informant. The Mexican
who brought the news declared that
Trevlno had as yet made no public
announcement contradicting the com
mon belief that the prisoners are to
be executed. At least, he said, the
citizens of Chihuahua are looking for
ward to a public execution of the cap
fives. But in a dispatch reaching here
from a British subject in Chihuahua.
who is the foreign newspaper corre
spondent remaining there, Trevino 1b
quoted as declaring that the prisoners
will not be. executed. Nothing has been
decided as to what will be done with
them, he satd.
Vllliataa Join Carranzistas.
Juarez officials sa.'d today they had
received information to the effect that
two trainloads of former Villista
troops from the Laguna district around
Torreon reached Chihuahua, and that
the leader of the force, after calling
upon General Trevino and swearing his
support to the Carranza government
and willingness to fight the Americans,
was ordered north along the Mexican
National Railroad line.
Leaders of the Juarez garrison which,
although redistributed, is still within
striking distance of the Mexican town,
characterized the United States Govern
me.it as "inhuman" when they learned
orders bad reached the Custom-House
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DEMAND PRISONERS' RELEASE
General Funston Asks War Depart
ment to Take Action.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Juie 24. Gen
eral Frederick Funston requested offi
cials of the War Department today to
demand the release of Americans taken
prisoner In the fight at Carrizal and
now held in the prison at Chihuahua
City.
No further nei of the fate of Cap
tain Boyd's men was received after.
General Pershing's report this morning'
and General Funston does not expect
a .complete report in the immediate
future. It was pointed out that the
stories of the stragglers agree in all
general details and that even if other
stragglers should be found it Is not
expected that they could add much to
what already is known.
General Pershing indicated that he
hoped Captain Lewis Morey, reported
wounded, might be found in such con
dition as to be able to give hlra com
plete details of the affair when the
relief expedition of the Eleventh Cav
alry returns to the main column.
General Bell, at El Paso, reported to
General Funston that he had been told
by a prominent Mexican, who arrived
today from Chihuahua City, that the
latter had seen the prisoners at Chi
huahua and had counted 12 negroes
and three white men. General Bell ex
pressed the hope that the white men
might prove to be some of the officers
with Captain Boyd's expedition. It was
pointed out, however, that they prob
ably were civilian packers attached to
the command.
TRACKAGE FOR EUGENE
Additional Shipping Facilities to Be
Provided for New Line.
EUGENE, Or., June 24. (Special.)
Construction of industrial trackage for
the Willamette-Pacific Railroad in the
Eugene yards immediately will, follow
the completion of the double-track sys
tem of the Southern Pacific Company,
extending through the city, now being
Installed, according to K. P. Hoey. en
gineer in charge of the work. These
tracks will supplant the present
sidings, which were constructed for use
in connection with the work of build
ins: the road to the coast.
The Improvements made in the Eu
gene yards involve an expenditure of
approximately $100,000. it is stated.
Portland Telegram. June 21st.
FA ULTY TEETH HOLD
MANY OUT OF MEXICO
One "Rookie" of Every Seven
Found to Have Bother'
some Bicuspids.
Imperfect teeth is the chief disa
bility found with those volunteering
their services to their country at the
Armory. One out of every seven
who desired to go to Mexico and
were given a physical examination by
Major Dr. Marcellus and staff, had
defective teeth, making it necessary
to reject them.
Few cases of flatfoot or other ail
ments were revealed in the examina
tions. Seventy-five men were exam
ined, all passing except 10. If these
had possessed good molars the ma
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