Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-30
\ "wooDEN" POLICY.

One more severe arFaignmcnt OF
the ,sovvrprhenrs Mexican policy H
found IN he following from the NJ
Paso Times.
According 10 reports which reached
the Times Monday night. Red FLAG
rebels raidcd the culber,son ranch
located near Ilaohlia. \. NJ. on the
American side, Monday, By cutting
the pasture fence. ana succeeded IN
driving OF $40 head OF horses belong
ms TO settlers In the viciblty and the
victoho Land ana Cattle company
with such Occurrences as this on tho
border It IL evident that there n
something radically defective Ia our
border pfo,eotlon in spite OF the fact
that there are several thousand
American troops now located on the
American exfcsn border
Doubtless these American troops
are doing the very best they can with
the faculties afforded them for the
hard task that Mes ahead OF them.
and the blame FOE a failure 10 extend
adequate protection does not lie at
this end OF the line. There appears
70 be a total lack al comprehension
al Washington of the conditions On
the border and the necessity for thor.
ough field equipment In dealing with
the situation AZ Il exig,s. There ls an
apparent lack of up~to-date methods
of commanlcatlon between dotach.
mgnts Of troors serving on the bor-
dor. and when something transpires
like tho raidlng Of the Culhertson
rRpch. facts IN connection Herewith
cennot be obtained for many hours
and not until the raiders are gone IN
there an understanding Of what has
transplred. Rushing additional troops
TO the scene after the raiders have
escaped back on their own side OF
this boundary line does no good.
Tho war department at Washington
has In service wireless telegraph
corps. telephone and telegraph corps.
aeroplane corps and practically every
other method of receiving and trans
hitting Information that Ia known TO
Tho military service The question IN a
why In IL In the face OF the serious
conditions that prevail on tho entire
Amerlcan-M Mexican border these facil-
ties OF communication arc not called
INTO roQuisitlon Are the smart young
lfflcers at the heads of that service
W busy displaying their naity now
uniforms around the eastern watering
places that they cannot be- assigned 20
his border service when their sery-
oes are 30 badly needed?
Geo Wood appears 60 bo satisfied
vtih ..aaaen policy down here ON
Inc border. and the average observer
= wondering why there ls an appar-
mt effort 4" do something with no
adequate facilities provided for doing /
lnything except providing real sors-
CO for the gallant forces under the
Erection OF General steovcr engaged ,
n a futile effort to properly protect
he American border II In an In
Justice ana reflection upon these
men that such conditions prevail aud
1 tx a situation that should be
promptly remediod. There should be-
'Tdered out from Washington and
uch othef points as they may be as-
embed all the different corps that
ire necessary 60 transmit informa-
ion up ana down the border. ~ u
= necessary to install a wireless or
ield telegraph service, or an aero
lane service, Il should be, done
promptly and the men who are try :,
M to protect the border should be
iven the necessary means OF doing
O. r.