Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-23
Force of $50 Will Patrol Can.
adam and Mexican Borders
Groups Win Be Stationed
At Vanceboro, Me-, and
Newport, Vt.-Million Govt.
Fund to Support Project
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Especial 10 kennepSC JOuTnaIl
Washington. d. c.. Sept. e.-The
Bureau of Immigration is recruiting a
police force comparable to the Royal
Northwest Mounted or the Texas
Rangers, to prevent surreptitious en-
tries into this country by aliens. The
call has gone out for applicants for
about 100 positions on this force. the
total strength Of which will be event
ually about 450 men. The examination
has been set for October s.
This immigration police force. which
will be known as the Border Guards,
will be divided into groups for the va
rious stretches of the Canadian and
Mexican borders. A post will be locat-
ed at Newport. Vt. and another at
Eanceboro. Me. These posts will be
in the charge of an immigration inspcc-
tor. Each post will have about - pa
trolmen. who will eventually be ami
formed in some new style of outfit.
They will do their work mounted, but
on motorcycles and automobiles.
Since the new bill went into crfoot [
the immigration bureau has expert
enced considerable difficulty from
aliens who sneak into this country over
the Canadian border although the
trouble has not been as much as that
formerly experienced on the Mexican
border and more recently from Euro
pean Immigrants slipping into Florida
from Cuba. However, unvisaed aliens
coming from Canada in violation OF the
law have given trouble enough aspe-
cfally on the northern borders OF New
York. Vermont, New Hampshire sId
Maine
Hence the Border Guards. Congress
has appropriated something more than
4l.VOo,O00 for the organization and sup
port of the force and the ,mmigra I ion
Bureau is formulating extensive plans
for building 1t up.
The duties Of these guards Will not
conflict with those of the immigra-
ton inspectors. That is, ;hev will
merely act as police to keep the ave-
nues of illegal immigration free of
aliens and steer all prospective inmi-
grants into the hands Of tn right au-
thorfties. 1t will be n day and night
task-in fact 1t IL now for about 500
men already In the unit. These pr4s-
eht guards, however, are rather poorly
and hastily organized and have. not
'N>' NHhpptu INTO the eIncleNt OOllcp
force Commissioner General Husband
or tho immigration bureau hopes 10
have within few months time
The business of combating IN alicn
smugSler is Just as serious as task As
! mat OF chasing rum runners. done
smugg.ers or any other kind OF snug
giers. Mr.. Husband says. lie plans to
nave his men fully equipped. armed
ana trained for al emergencies. In
time each post will have its barracks
and accommodations for the men as.
signed to that point. The officer in
charge will have his subordinat .s and
the post will be run with the sane
military program that any other fed
eral police or army unit employs.
The history OF ''alien running
since the first attempts at immigra
ton restriction were made it note
worthy. A few years ago. Mexico
appealed to the European as an easy
entrance to the United States. At
the time the Border Guard had lust
been started with about So men along
the Mexican border. Scores nf aliens
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