Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-01-30
Can't. Bourke,s Report.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Jan. 29.-Capt. John
G. Bourle of the Third cavalry, in COM
mand at Fort Ringgold, arrived at m ilitary
department headquarters here to-day. His
coming was UNEXPECTEDLY as; he informed
Gen. David S. Stanley few days aga
that he. had arranged to go con
scouting expedition and could
not leave the frontier for feEeral days. He
finished his scouts sooner, however, than he
expected and came here to hear what the
commanding OFFICER had to say to him. He
was closeted with Gen. Stanley several
any further than 1t pertained to the
conflict that has occurred between the cap
tain and Federal authorities over pressing
United States deputy marshals into the
military service is not known. 1t is
learned, however, from semi-O official source
that Captain Bourke made a detailed state
ment of his action, that he received the assn
ance of Gen. Stanley that if the charges
take any definite shape that he will receive
his support.
The captain is very much put out over
the lack of appreciation shown by the
Federal authorities of the work accom-
plished, and the services rendered by the
troops on the wild frontier of the lower
Rio Grande. He states that the
hardships experienced by the soldiers
during the CARA campaign are realized
y
,tEy, and the long-continued drouth has lit
Herally burned all vegetation from the face
of the earth. The troops are often COM
PEELED to march a distance of 100 miles and
not blade of grass or drop of water
is encountered. The Mexicans live
on buds of the cacti and mesquite'
beans. Capt. Bourke has been in
he field since last September in search of
revolutionists. He has run upon them sew
eral times and mas been in all the skir-
mishes that have have taken place on the
Texas side.
When asked to-day to give his views on
the situation on that part of the border, ne
said: ''There can be no doubt about
Garza's original force being broken up into
fragments, or else they have left the lower
part of the country, but believe that if the
troops were withdrawn that it would not
be ten days until the revolutionists would
be collected together in a large body and
would be causing greater trouble than ever
before. The only way in which this
dangerous condition of affairs can be over
come, is for the government to build
valley railroad from Eagle Pass, Tex, to
Brownsville, Tex Under the present lack
of communication it Is impossible to keep
the lawless border element under control.
the method OF protecting frontiers by es-
ta5lishing railroads has been adopted by
England, Russia, Germany, China
and many otner powerful nations.
As it IS now there is moi even a telegraph
line between Fort Ringgold and Fort Nc
Intosh, much less railroad. This Cara
movement is surrounded by many matters
which are to me mysterious. That he
Is receiving ample support from some
source is very evident. 1 have been
reliably informed that when Cara
made his first move toward Mexico last
September he had 1000 armed followers.
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Garza's present whereabouts now are. A
few days ago I received direct information
that he was in hiding at a ranch some dis
lance above Fort Ringgold. I visited
the ranch but there were no signs
OF Cara The Mexican govern