Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-12
WAR DEPARTMENT
AGAIN CONTROLS
OLD FORT BROWN
PRESIDENTIAL ORDER CAUSES The
MILITARY RESERVATION TO Pc
VERT TO ORIGINAL OWNER.
ALL BUT TWENTY ACRES GOES BACK
is FIRST STEP PROBABLY TO-
WARD REHABILITATION.

What 81 considered tile first step to-
ward the rehabilitation Of the United
States military reservation ADJOINING
Brownsville. known ~ Fort Brown, was
taken by President Woodrow Wilson the
second day III NV when III signed n
proclamation which causes the re-erva-
ton 10 revert from the department Of the
interior control to ihe var department.
from which it was taken by an executive
order issued IN Pre- dent TAFT on the first
day 81 October ia 1911.
The proclamation. q copy of which was
received Thursday by Colonel Augustus
T.. Blocksom, commanding the Brownsville
border patrol district. from the depart
mental ~headquarter- at Fort Sam HIous-
ton, says:
.The executive order date October II.
1911, no. ll22) placing The military
reservation a. Fort Brown. Texas, under
the control of thc ecrctary 81 the Interior
for disposition an provided for by the
act Of July ;, 1851, t23 -tat. 1873 NJ a-
may be otherwise provided b. law. IS
hereby vacated aud the land, Included in
the said military reservation are hereby
placed under the control OF the war de
partment tor military purposes. Provided.
that a tract of land containing about
twenty acres, lying t. the east and south
east ~ 4 line drawn from u point VA the
Rio Grande, shown on the official plat al
che survey. approved December lG, 1919,
at angle point No. q. 10 the nearest point
on the northeast boundary ~ the re~crya-
riou, ~ hereby -ct apart Tor the use Nj
the department OF agriculture. the sand
twenty acre tract being now occupied I'm
the weather bureau and thc bureau vi en-
tomology. Tor the work of the said hu-
rcauS.
"NOODBOW WILSON
Since October. 1911. the reservation
has been NJ the care VT Louis Cpbulini Wy
c~aretakcr. Mr.. Cubolnl expects shortly
e. be- notified WI thc change by thc de-
partmcnt 81 the interior, and viii relin-
uui-h control III thr reservation "a tho
military authorize at Fort Brown.
The tract comprising the military rc~cr-
cation include 3Gl icr,- of land. MI which
twenty acres. a~ Indicated III the procIa-
nation. will remain in the control of chs
interior department tor u-c by thc depart
mcnt of agriculture.
Fort Brown was abandoned bv tho war
department a~ 4 garri~oucd post IN 1906.
nftcr the notorious negro soldier trouble.
aud did not aealr occupy THE post until
in 1910 when e troop of cavalry was sent
here n~ \ result ol the MHdcro revolt M
Mexico. Latter thi- troop was removed
and IN 1913 with tine outbreak ri Che Car.
rama revolution another Troop was sent
and this wa~ later Increased by e squad
ron of cavalry. Che strength of thc pos
being gradually increased M where b now
has about % regiment and q halt of sol.
dier~.
The old buildings Of the reservation
have been permitted to go to waste. until
about II year ago when at THO instance ~
the commander and the posi- euartermas.
ter M Fort Brown approximation were
secured for repair W the buildings and
the construction ot temporary buildings
about ~10.Ouo being expended all told ioi
tins work. Il = estimated hy local mei
that II will require Ht least \ halt mlll0i
dollars Ia place the reservation hi coudl-
ton for permanent use in the event thc
war department deridcs tn maintain u gar
rl~on at tins point.
senator Morris sheppard upon the 90
caSion If 4 visit here two years ago I'm
.ertook the details 81 bringing about the
change III thc control oi fh, post. a~ 4 pre-
hminary to the establishment ST 4 per
maucni post. Late m April hc notified
Louis Cubolim that thc matter was being
taken up. and predicted that the chang,
would soon be mad, hN thc president.