Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-18
< WEDNESDAY. MARCH y. 1911
J;EGrLARS ANn RANGERS

JsF't IALS AND IN
When tlr soldict- came 10 'hc horicr
last year w were glad a. .r hem. We
had had 80 troubles "a aHy importance
before they came. Wc have had no
trouble since then. How far the pres
once Of the troops here has hern riic~
tive IN preventing trouble which. With
out the soldiers. might have come upon
rs thick and fast We have ~ means nf
knowing. II Is probable that their pres
ence here in connection with the uniir
ing work they have done ia the matter
of %pairolling the border has given ~
safety where otherwise We might have
been ia danger. Ia sending them here.
Uncle sam actci un the theory that the
best time 10 lock the barn il while the
horse Il inside. A "a their efficiency
and the thorouehne>s of their patrol
work. We have a. admit that We have not
only been safe since they came. hut wC
have felt safe since they arrived ANY
unfayorahlc comparisons ~ soldiers
with Texas rangers ia the matter 81 81
f~iciency a. NOT unlN ridiculous hat u IS
insulting 90 the army Officers and mcil.
The Governor must think Wc are a
rather crcdulous bunch al idiots II Ia.
expects a. - brlic,c that luJ rangers
can do the work uf 10000 soldiers. The
enlisted men of our army are ~ brave
a. any men on earth. Every one ~ them
~ ~ physically tit. - tho MISC physical
training NJ the army can make him. lie
~ taught order ami cleanliness and
self control IRON The dan hc ~rnli>t>. Tht
caNalrymcn are good h"r>cmcn and tire
less horScmcu. VIXEN il comes o. the
care al hui -c>. AMI 80 The riding Of them.
the average cavalrtman 0f our army has
got the brnnchu buster backed out ~ the
corral For ihc bronchu buster ma.
know the hIancho may have acquired
the traditional hrutdlilics that ~ a.
tanning The Wild mustang. hut h. l"r> not
know horses iu the thorough manntr IL
the soldier. Also the soldier y not ~
,%olitlrs, not likely Ia bc a gangsIcr. dues
iIs duty cody aud impartially. When
the Governor intimatcs that The soldiers
have been careless or incompetent IA pa
trolling the border since their arrival
on the border. h. should have the drrrury
Ia call attention Ia al least one ilagraul
instance ui iEcumpetru,h
No one can drnt that the Texas ran
gers are 4 brave AMI capable body oi
men. The, have work t. do for which
the, ar we'll fitted They are police
rather than soldiers. They b"lon. Ia the
conStdhularly and not {" the army. For
The purpose ~ arrc>ting malctacturS
The, are effective. Their mlillr, units.
10 - tar - they NAV have military or
.anizatiun. are vcIN small. ID company
Of them l"ing less ia number imam the
smallest company unit IN the regular
army. a. ~riaiH situations which have
arisen Ia Texas "a times. they have
proved themselves worth their salt. aHd
have made themselves trrrur> III Dil
doors. though i; may bc natri hat those
>ima'IouS aru,r luur" Frequently hcf"tc
the VAR than they have arisen since.
Nevertheless most Texans would hc
SORRY IT, see them eliminated from The
forces which protects The border when
there j. need oi protection. II il doabt
fnl. however il any ranger believes him
self a. ~ inNiurihlr When there II
fighting he c~Nl,>es himself 10 danger
with a rcrklcSSnrs> which shows hc j.
not n.egard ~ his blood when duty calls.
IL he STAYS ia ia" service lon. hc usugll,
bears ia his body marks that prove hi
hud, y no imprrvluus a. lead. hr can
bc killed like other men; hence he ap
prr,Iatc> rs much a. amy one the absurd
~, there would H. III leading hundred
rangers 60 invade Mexico.