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Show OFFICERS REPORTED KILLED iOl HERE Lieutenant Richart Served ! With Captain Boyd in the Tenth Regiment. BOTH WERE POPULAR Lieutenant Adair Was Regarded Re-garded Highly by Men of His Company. I "If tlin roport that Captain Charloa M. Boyrl of troop IT, Tfnlli I.'. 8. rav-' rav-' alrv. uas killed in tho battle of Cftrri.iil 1 is trnn, the members of the regiment 1 have lost one of the most lieloveil and : most offu-ient oflii'ers in the service," i said Lieutenant D. Ci. Richart of troop ,, National Guard of Utah, yesterday. : Lieutenant Richart served with the Tenth cavalryj.il Imrder service and during dur-ing the time l)ccnme well acquainted with Captain Boyd. - "Captain Boyd was an accomplished horseman, a highly efficient officer, but, above all, ho possessed a personality : that mado him ono of the, most popular . officers in tho regiment with tho men, which is a great asset in tho service," Lieutenant ftiehart said. "Ho was back of tho mon in anything they did, if they were right, and this encouragement in a way was greatly responsible for the fearlessness of the colored troopers of troon II, who am widely known as ! expert horsemen and finished fighters. His loss will be mourned by all who knew him." Efficient Fighting Man. "Lieutenant Tlenry R. Adair, who . was known in the regiment as 'Kohin .Adair,' was a very close friend during our service together," said Lieutenant Itichart. "His! death, if reports are true, will also rob the regiment and troop' C of a most efficient fighting man. His entire service since 11)0-1, when he was graduated from West Point, has boon with the Tenth regiment. regi-ment. ' ' Captain Lewis S. Morey, who was reported as wounded in the engagement engage-ment at Carrizal. is a close friend of Lieutenant Edgar N. Coffey of ForC Bouglas. Captain Morev was born in Xew York, Julv 19, ISTo. He was" the son of a Presbyterian clergyman and was appointed to the military academy from Texas, June 15, 1890, and, was graduated June 13, 1900. The following follow-ing year he was made a first lieutenant and attached to the Twelfth cavalry. In 1907 ho was graduated with honors from the infantry and cavalry school and tho following vear was graduated from the army staff college. He was made a captain "March 11, 1911, and in 1914 was transferred to the Seventh cavalrv. In IfUo he was transferred to the Ninth cavalry and a few months ago he was assigned to the Tenth cavalry. Served With Coffey. While in the Twelfth cavalry he served for a number of years with Lieutenant Coffey. Lieutenant Coffey paid last night, that Captain Morey was one of the most distinguished cavalry officers in the army and the government would suffer,, a severe loss should his wound prove fatal or permanently disable dis-able him. Len S. Spillsbury, the Mormon guide and interpreter who was taken captive ) bv the Mexican forces at the battle of Carrizal, lived at Colonia Juarez. He had visited Salt Lake several times and was well known here. He is the son of Alma Spillsbury of Colonia Juarez, who formerly lived -at Toquerville, Utah. He is about thirtv years of age. Miss Nellie' Spillshurv, a sister, is at present visiting in Salt Lake. She came here from Mexico to attend tho recent M. L A. conference. A brother, Ernest H. Spillsbury, was "killed about two years ago at Pachuco by a Mexican who mistook him for another an-other man. |