The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-29
Detachments to Be Placed at Points Along the
Mexican Border, and Scouting Parties
Sent Out 10 Look for the Raiders.
Garza Reported to Be Recruiting His
Forces on This Side of the Line.
Mexicans Living in Texas in Sympathy with
the RevolutiOnists and Doing Everything
Possible to Assist Them.
An Effort to Be Made to Hunt Down Cat


no Garza and His Band.
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 2S.-The situ-
alton on the border is becoming more seri-
Gus. aud 1t is believed that the trouble will
not be overcome without considerable
bloodshed. as the revolutionists continue
to boldly organize their forces this side
OF the border without any apparent fear OF
interruption by the United States military
authorities. Capt Francis H. Hardie. of
the United States Third Cavalry. has been
heard from through Capt. John G. Bourke.
who is in, command at Fort Ringgold. the
following dispatch having been received
by Assistant Adjt-Gen. j. p. Martin, at de-
partment headquarters here to-day:
"A courier from Captain Hardie, at Sa-
lieno, reports that he has two Mexicans
with him who know all the ranches and all
the people up there suspected of completely
in the recent attacks upon Mexican terri
tory. He will search SalienO and adjacent
ranches this morning. Second Lieutenant
George L. Langhorne, of the Third Caval-
ry. left at midnight, with twenty men, to
look for a band of revolutionists said to
be skulking in the vicinity of Havana. l
have two small detachments out In the VI
cinity of Patio and SalienO. L will go ont
to see HardIe this afternoon. as / under
stand the Cara men have secret marks on
their clothing by which they identity each
other. which it is very important for Us TO
find out. Will YOU please arrange for good
guides and scOuts to be attached TO each
column moving out from here. as il is i'm
possible to do anything without them."
General Stanley. commander of this de-
partment. sent number of dispatches this
evening to the different post commanders
along the border instructing them all to
Eel ha al NTH date OH nc hair
forces and scout for the revolutionists. An
order was also issued this evening by Gen.
Stanley for the remaining United States
troops stationed at this post to move at
once. The transportation arrangements
are now being made for t.Aem to leave here
on special train tomorrow morning.
They will be distributed along the border
at different posts. thus strengthening the
military guard. The order produced much
excitement at the post here.
In addition to thsincrease in the military
protection, the entire ranger force of the
State is to be sent to the frontier. Briga-
d,er-general Stanley received the following
dispatch from w. NJ. Mabry, Adjutant. gen.
eral of the State: Under instructions of
the Governor. this department will order
aud Will use every effort to arrest the mur-
derers of Corporal Edstrom."
Dr. Plutarch Ornelas. the Mexican consul
here, received number of i'm portant COM
munications from the Mexican authorities
this morning. The first one was from Gen.
Garcia, who is the commander of oil the
Mexican troops in the fela in northern
Mexico with headquarters at Mier. Mexico.
q small town some sixty miles from the
Rio Grande border in the State of Tama-
huilla. 1t read as follows:
II am positively informed that Santos
Salinas, residing at Arrollo; PalO Blanco
Baltazar Cara. living at Las Rivera, and
P-udenclO Gonzales, living at Aqua Negra
ell Ribbara, oil Texas ranches. are protect
ing and sbeltefing in their honses Catarino
CARA and other revolutionIsts. L send
this communication to you In order that.
if yOu deem it convenient, You may bring
this information to the knowledge of the
proper anthorities.'
A second telegram was received an hour
later. and was also from General Garcia.
1t reads rs follows:
IL am informed that there Is meeting
of revOlutlonists at LakOres, near the
ranch of Filipe Gutierrez, six miles north
of Roma. Tex, and another meeting oppo-
site the ranch of Nuemico Prez. on the Rio
Grande river. AT these meetings there
are present Eustos Clio Ramon. General
Francisco Behavides and Juan Manuel
Falcon. / am also Informed that Ygancio
Ramirez is endeavofing to enlist revolu-
tiOnists ut his ranch. / communicate
these facts to you in order that if von deem
il proper you may bring il to the knowl-
edge of the United States military author
tiles"
Dr. Ornelas received telegram from La
media Diaz. Mexican consul at Laredo
Tex, which says: General Reyez, the
Gov ernor of Nuevs Leon, wires me that he
has been informed that in Casa Blanca.
Tex. the enlisted revolutionists are gath
ering in large numbers"
Governor Reyez this evening telegraphed
DR.. Ornelas here as follows: Il am in
formed that on the night of Dec. 23 there
was some kind of festivities at Ygua, Tex,
and that many people in q state of drunk
enness went to the bank of the Rio Grande
and insulted the Mexican troops guarding
the Mexican eide of the river. One of
those drunken people shouted across the
river praising the Mexican troops and the
other killed him instantly. don't know
whether this man was Mexican or Amer
ican."
telegram was also received from Louis
Ceron. captain OF Mexican cavalry. IN COM
mand at Nueva Laredo, stating that the
revolutionists are ordered to meet at Casa
Blanca. Tex, in order TO he enlisted. All
of these telegrams were Mt once submitted
to General Stanley, who wired them to the
War Department at Washington. General
Stanley stated this evening 20 your corre-
spondent that he believed that there is
hardly q Mexican on this side of the border
but who is thoroughly in sympathy with
tho revolutionists and is giving them all the
AID possible.
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