Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-26
FORT BROWN IS
REGARR|S0NED
STATE AND FEDERAL TROOPS
GIVE BROWNSVILLE FAMILIAR
LOOK OF BORDER GARRISON
TOWN OF FORMER DAYS.
FEDERAL TROOPS REPORTED TO
BE HERE TO PREVENT ENTERING
MEXICO, THOUGH STATE PRE-
CAUTION UNNECESSARY

CAUTION UNNECESSARY.
With the arrival this morning at q
o'clock OF Troop NJ, Fourteenth United
States cavalry, from Laredo, there is now
4 guard Of respectable size of both fed
cral and state forces i'll Brownsville All
are in camp in the Fort Brown reServa-
ton, and proably will remain there dur
ing their stay here.
Summed up, the forces in Brownsville
include Troop G, Of the state cavalry.
from Austin, Company 4, Third Texas
infantry from Houston, Troop A. state
cavalry from Houston, Company & of
the Third Texas Infantry from Corpus
Christi. Troop VI. 14th L. s. Cavalry.
Company l.. Second Texas Infantry Of
Brownsville. Altogether there are prob
ably 115 soldiers in Brownsville today,
including the troop of federal soldiers.
! According to reports the troop Of fc-
Cral cavalry from Laredo was ordered
here by the war department with inStruc-
ton TO prevent any invasion of state
militia from Brownsville into Mexico. al
though it is very improbable that there
was any such intention, as Gov. COlquitt
explicitly instructed the militia officers
from the start to keep out Of Mexico
Y 1t is thought by many here that the
4 governors action was merely n rusc to
force the war department to send fedcr-
al forces to this section of the border
for protection. Notwithstanding the be
lief Of many people III Texas and in the
North that there have always been fed
Cral troops StatiOnd in this vicinity, three
hundred miles Of border territory con
tagiOus to Brownsville has been with
out a single United States soldier
The state militia here is under the
general direction Of Adjutant General
Henry Ilutchings Of Austin. who is as
sisted by Captain Bruce Palmer. t. S
A.. inSpectOr-inStructOr on special duty
with the Texas militia
The forces here are Differed as fol
lows:
Troop NJ, 14th U. $. cavalry, Captain
Walker.
Company G.. Third Texas Infantry Of
Corpus Christi; Captain j. r. Stockton; !;
First Lieutenant III. q. knight; Second
Lieutenant Julius DOrcnfield
Troop c, of Austin, unmountcd: Cap
tain L. II. Younger; First Lieutenant
Wallis J. Moore: Second Licutenan:
Burney Thorpe.
Company 4, Third Texas Infantry
the Houston Light Guard; Captain
Dallas j. Matthews; Second Lieutenant
Ben Dyer.
Troop \ of Houston, unmounted:
Captain John TOwlcS; First Licutcn-
ant j. X. EdmundSOn; Second Licutcn-
ant Roy l.. Blount.
Company L. Second Texas Infantry Of
Brownsville: Captain George j. Head.
Other officers here are. Second Licutcn-
ant Il. t. Penn of Houston of the com
miSSary; Ma or Churchill TOWlcS Of
Houston, in comrand Of camp: Captain
Bruce Palmer. U. :. A.. nSpectorinStruct
or on special detail for duty with Texas
state militia.
Captain j. j. Sanders and his com
pany of eight rangers are expected in
the city sometime today. having been or
dered here by Adiutant General Hutch
ingS. Captain j. NJ. Fox is now on duty
at Rio Grande City. but without a com,
pany. The total force Of the Texas rangers
now comprises eighteen men,
General lIutchings this morning was
iocularly asked by a newspaper man if
he contemplated invading Mexico To
this he replied: II have answered all
your questions freely, but when ii comes
TO that I'm clam"
General IlutchingS could net say this
morning how long the state militia will
cmain in townsville. but it will probably
be only fO few DAYS They came with
hurrv-Up orders. and were not able tC
provision themselves in anv manner Tho
boys are pleasantly quartcrcd in the ar
mory in the Fort Brown reservation.
The federal cavalry arrived in a spec
ial train Of nine ears. two carrying tho
men and the others horses and prOvis
ions. The troop is equipped for a cam
paign of thirty days and unloading an(
preparation for camp in the government
: reservation was in progress this morn
ing.