The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-02
THE RECENT RAIDS BY MEXrCANs AND INDIANS
ts SWAR DEPARTMENT. r.
WASHINGTON, D. G., June


WASHINGTON, D. G., June /, 1914
General, The reports OF w. NJ. Shafter,
Lieutenant Colonel Twenty-iourth infantry,
commanding the district OF the Nueces.
Texas, concerning the recent raids by the
Mexicans and Indians from Mexico into
Texas for lnarauding purposes, with your
| endorsement, Of the 10Th instant, has been
submitted to the President, and has together
with numerous other reports and docu-
ments relating to the same subject been
duly considered. The President desires
that the utmost vigilance on the part
Of the military forces in Texas be
exercised for the suppression Of these
raids. 1t is very desirable that efforts
| to this end, in so far at least as they nc
cessarily involve operations on both sides
OF the border, be made with the eo0pera-
| ton OF the Mexican authorities; and you
will instruct General Ord, commanding in
| Texas, to invite such cooperation on the
part OF the local Mexican authorities, and
to inform them that while the President is
anxious to avoid giving offence to Mexico
he is nevertheless convinced that the inva-
sion Of our territory by armed and organ
| lied bodies of thieves and robbers to prey
upon our citizens shoud,not be longer en-
dured. ..
General Ord will at once notify the Next
can authorities along the Texas border of
the great desire Of the President to unite
with them in efforts to suppress this long
continued lawlessness. AT the same time he
will inform those authorities that if the
Government OF Mexico shall continue to
neglect the duty OF suppressing these out
RACES, that duty will devolve upon this Gov
eminent, and will be performed, even il its
performance should render necessary the
occasional crossing Of the border by our
troops.
You will therefore direct General Ord
that in case the lawless incursions continue
be will be ut liberty in the use of his own
discretion, when in pursuit Of band of the
marauders, and when his troops are either
in sight of them or upon fresh trail, to fol-
low them across the Rio Grande, and to
overtake and punish them, as well as retake
stolen property taken from our citizens and
found in their hands, on the Mexican side
Of the line. l have the honor to be very
respectfully, GEORGE w. McCRARY,
Secretary of War.
General ". r. Sherman, Commanding
army Of the United States.
THE CABINET MEETING.
Messrs. Seward and Tyner represented
Messrs. Evarts and Key in the Cabinet
meeting to-day. NO appointments were
completed by the Cabinet though there was
a general discussion Of the merits Of APP
plicants for positions at home and abroad.
Most Of the session was devoted TO the Rio
Grande troubles, and the conclusions reach
ed are fully stated in the letter OF the Secre-
tary of War to the General of the Armies
of the United States. The theory is that the
State Department was relieved of all con-
nection with the matter, for the reason that
action through that Department would have
involved some formal recognition :of the
Diaz government, for which step the Ad-
ministration is not now prepared.
~ DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement shows decrease of
S6,9S1,274; coin in the Treasury, $685.
$4,000; currency, $4,000 900. ::
The large apparent decrease OF the debt
is attributable to current expenses not
being paid, including nearly $2,000,000 to
the Navy Department. The real decrease
is about $5,000,000.
VARIOUS ITEMS. ...-
John Defrees assumed control of the Gov
eminent Printing Office to-day.
Colonel Rogers, the Presidents private
secretary, has gone West for few days. re-
creation.
The President has appointed Pheophilus
Gaines, formerly Of Ohio, but now Of West
Virginia, district attorney for Montana.