a THH KKK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL ll, HUE.
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AMERICANS CAUGHT
IN TRAPAT PARRAL
Civil and Military Officiali Receive
Major Tompkins In Friendly
Manner Just Before Fight.
Mexican cities. Major Tompkln left
j most of hi men outslda of Tarral, hut
took hi dvan'! guard Into the city dur
ing his cull. Tho prrarnea of thin f'inrd
both a military precaution conslrt-
rrt'l ti".sary In a country cnwlltol with
bring strongly Vlllista Id sentlnvnt, arid
also waa the usual formal farorl accom
panying commanding" officer, whsn
arcordlnff to Mrxlcan culoms, thfy pay
offli lal visit.
Tha prrsloVnt! ald h had not reerlvnl
th messaai Uhl'h Major Totnpklna had
DE FACTO SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE dispatch n Th mtnKir via a SUx-
, Iran, a I arranza rtty orflf.rr. Atut
TI1K FRONT, April 15.- (Via
Arrnplann to (.'olumbna, N. M April
2 l.i The filth t at I'arral, wb're,
m- onling lo Indlnpiitahlft v(Ienc
iPHching hfre today, Carrana troops
la force attacked tho cavalry com
U'and of Major Frank Tompkins, ha
r'uingrd thn i-ntire atipert of th
VHU chaap no far as lmmdlat. mili
tary plann arc concerned. Thin at
tack upon an American force which
v ent In perfect good faith Into Par
ri.l, in the moat friendly faahlon,
Mocked what neemM to be an excel
I' tit opportunity for lh raptur of
villa or the dlnpeml of on of hla
;ron(teat. bands,
llcrrtdiorc, the American lrop hav
reckoned only on incetlnif reposition
from hrlaanda, but resistance from reau
!nr armed troops of in Mexican army
put the American military force under
the perei,lly of preparing for aerloui
difficult les, Whether these preparatlona
will jiava to lia completed depend on
the future counts of the Carranr.a fac
tlon. Jt can be aiated that within a
few hour after tha I'arral fight, the new
dicpofitlmi of American trooia was partly
completed and within two daya Ita moat
Important feature had been entirely
parried out,
On April 12, about noon, Major Tomp
k 1 1 e of the Thirteenth cavalry, who
chased the V!llli iroa tha constitu
tional (loo at Columbus, went Into I'ar-
ral with only a email portion of hla
forces, which totaled about l.'dl men, In
'hiding a pack train outfit, tin had
Hoops M and K of the Thlrteanth.
Urnila Hrunar la I'areal,
Major Tompkins had taken the pre
caution the night before to send word
by a tiiesaenger to the prealrlbrito of
I'arral, l.ui llerrera, that he would call
upon Mm the net day to arrange for
tin j lti irovlnlou and to have the I'arral
military officials itealgnale aome eamplng
place for the Americana outaide of I'arral
In accordance with agreement, by which
the American troops were not to occupy
the I'arral fight, tha authorities there
rlalmed they had discovered that, this
mcKeenger had bean captured and killed
by Vlllista on Ills way to I'arral. Tha
conference In the city wllh the preal
dlenla and with the I'arran.a, general
commanding In T'arral, General Jsrnacl
I,o7,ano, was pleasant.
Meileana Open f lee,
rronilaes were made to sell the Ameri
cans food and to show them a good
camping site. Immediately tha Ameri
cans started out of the city, accom
panied by llerrera and liuano, who
were, riding will) Major Tompkins,
When the Americans were out of the
town, tha pack train at tha rear, Major
Tompkins heard firing. Ixioklng back
be aaw that soma one In the town was
shooting; at the pack train. Me had
hear shouts of "Viva Villa" and Viva
Mlco," and curses against "grlngoea."
Major Tompkins turned to the Carrani.
Usder and asked them what they knew
about firing on his pack train, tieneral
fsmano and the presidents hurried back
toward tha town to stop the shooting,
The Americans were In a column
formed for defense when tha filing began,
a formation which Major Tompkins had
ordered to 'protect Ms pack train, which
Has MO or (5o0 yarda to the rear. Hoth
of the soldiers killed In the action were
nesr Major Tompkins.
A the firing becams general. Major
left breast. The wound was slight, ac
cording to military aurgeons, and the
major continued fighting all afternoon
and until night, when reinforcements un
der one of hla superior officers arrived
to rclleio hhn,
II r I real fifteen Miles.
Lieutenant J. li. Ord of the Hlsth In
fantry, who accompanied the cavalry ex
pedltion, whs shot In the left ear, a
alight wound.
As the fight began Majfr Tompkins re
ceived word from the Carraiua general
that civilians wero doing the shooting;
Ihut hla troops w-re unable to control
them and advising the American to fall
back. This falling back movement con
tinued for five hour and a half, over a
distance of fifteen miles on a road bor
dered by huaius and hills, affording good
cover for pursuers, Imrlng all this time
the American troops repeatedly caught
sight of men In Carranza uniform shoot
ing at them, but saw few If any civilians.
Afte:- moving out from the trap of hills
where the fight began Major Tompkins
formed a line of dismounted men, well
spread out, across the road and on ad
Joining eminences, who retarded the at
tackers until the pack animal and stores
had time to get back toward the Ameri
can rr,
Americans gave Ammunition,
Ttcpeatedly during the afternoon thl
defense line continued lo form, to fire
from the rover of rock, plowed ground
and dltche and then fall back to It
horses for further retreat. The Amr.
can had no machine guns, only their
pistols m.ii rifles, and every man we
Instructed to ssv his cartridges until
he. could make them count, Imrlng one
of these, defensive stands Private Her
bert l-dfrd, Troop M, Thirteenth eav
alrv. waa shot In the hand. II contln-
.i i.. ri.ri, i tj.te In the afternoon, hi
hand, swollen and almost useless, but
ai III fighting, he was shot desd off hi
horse, a bullet passing through his chest.
Ills body lay In the rosd, but at all time
Tompkins nd lb men of hi command j nn.ier 4 ever of such an effective Ainen
could see some of their assailants. They can fire that It was not molested. The
wore tha khaki uniform which are eu-(,tlirr Ainerlean woulded during the aft
tomarf amoung the farran.a soldiers, i .moon fight were Torporix! Henjamitt
Major Tompkins discovered one column
of these uniformed men moving out to
cut off the road to the eaat and the
M..H-I... i.l the Thirteenth cavalry, shot
In the mout'i; t'orporsl vVnltcr K. Wll
litiaham. Thirteenth csvalry, shot In th
.1,.,. h i.l,l tiava to retreat In ,ir ,.t the cu: I or'liorril lu' rmi'j
. ' i . ,u. ..... o.. ..r,n .ii. ' - t. ...... u Thirteenth, shot twc(.
lie ordered the Melcsn to get awsy
from th road. When they did not heed
his warning, the American commander
wheeled on his horse and ordered hi
men lo reply to th fir.
rfergeant Jay Klgeley of troop M,
Thirteenth cavalry, wa the first Amerl-
In both elbows and foreiiim, and I rivara
l M. Kehoehherger, Troop K, Thirteenth
cavalry, who suffered a slight wound In
llin Uri hill.
As the American Ml 1'ck, Major
Tompkins finally ordered that only the
expert rifle shots among hi men annum
can lo full, a he rode, firing, near Major; reply to the Mexican rire, a ina
..!. u-er mti narn iirei"1''!,
wished to save ammunition.
Tompkins. The sergeant body lay all
day where It fell In the road, as hi com-
rart'-e were too hard pressed lo pick It up.
Hhorlly before
A bullet struck Major Tompkins in thaj rea'died tha adobe Mexican
with Zwi men of the Tenth cavalry and
took eomnuind, replied that he would
not retreat a step further from haul
fruit unless ordered to do so by his com
manding officers. To this l.or.uno ad
d i eased no reply.
Investigation of the Parrnl situation
showed that while General l.onano him
nelf had no record as a t'arran lender,
moot of his men were former Villa sol
diers I'arral v. as known rs a hotbed of
Hanta t'rua, where they loopholed some
heavy mud walls, a foot or more thick,
making very effective defensive position,
The Mexican did not prm them In this
village, but continued fighting until S.Ui
o'clock. At thl hour all shooting ceased.
Th long fight waa over.
Then a mounted man (rearing a flag of
truce approached tho American line and
was taken to Major Tompkins.
I arrssis l.enerel Make 't srrsl,
In the Mexhan line bugle were blow
log tho military recall for cavalrymen,
The truca rneaaenger brought word frotn
General I.ngano, who was at the time In
Mexican llnea, a short distance from the
Americans, I.ormioa hole suggested
that he was unable to control his men
Tompkins replied immediately and quickly' a streleber was lielng carried by his men
there came another flng of Iruee from j
Ioxano, Mho was sllll at the Mexican;
front. This second messege whs a de-
waa thi necessity which led Major Tomp
kins to open negotiation with the J'arnil
civil ami military ulfh-er.
Americana eenlratr (Jnli-Uly,
'i coiiceiM ration of American cotn
im.nl was so rapid afcr the I'arral
figlit lh;il at piene.iit then' U no worry
for their safely among officers bate.
The day after ihef ilit, I'realdiouie
I U rn i u of I'Mt'i al sent messenger u
'llHtns. The direct effect, ,,f the I'ur- ( oioi.el Itrown sajliiK lie regret t a mat
fiiiii ,tii.ri i.n Ihn American wa to there Inn! been a fight, He sail that
lop the fast pursuit of Villa which Ho h thougl.l the Americans should not.
Ain'tican columns were making Willi a have gone into rail u tiniiunum u, wiw
hnndful of men. j tiel ;ron rc idled by iioluting out that
..'nil they were unable lo terlfy thai th" - mn'lci.ua I gone at what seemed
slorles that Villa was wounded and m.j -oet r liable l.-v latlot, fro,,, , airan.a
offlrera and l ad certainly "rem ui" mm-
southward past J'arial, they know that. to am, ounce ,o. t.i....,.,
an Imtiortant part of tils forces was flee. , The prcsldenl repealed tliet I r,a; lull
ing sou'liward toward Imrango and they1 Inns outiiinubered the soldiers so that
tnunA ftnm rin.r.l i.nn il,..i taiei were ihiliv Hearing this force of barnllls. - the people could not be coiilrolleil, lr
Tompkln wlthdrw and threatened tojlu otd'r to pro, cd past I'arral, the j far the actual fighting was concerned
attack hl,n If h refused, Amerbans wrr force,) to buy provisions! tne America, is aescrl they ohtuliied posi-
folonel Hrown, who arrived at this time I for men and horses at, that town. Itllhn eH.icnee that te Cttiranra troop
were not outnumbered by civilians an'i
that few civilian participated.
The body of Kergennt. II dgeley
sent Into the American camp. H appar
ently had not laen tnolealnl.
Postoff ice Still Will
Accept Packages to
Teuton War Zone
A great number of package are being
mailed dally at the lo' mI postofflce for
Germany, Austria end Hungary under
first class mall rates.
oic, time ago parcel pm-.t servb to
these countries was stopped because th
steamship companies refi.sed to carry
the packages, (tut first iilsss mall waa
not slopped, and thus the packages ran
be sent by paying 2 cent an oun", or
ifi cents a pound. The panel post rsl
wss I:' emit a pound,
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