Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-07-12
IMMIGRATION
FORCE HERE TO
Be INCREASED
Eighteen Men Will be Added
to Care for Immigrants
Under New Ruling; Addi-
tional Appropriations

AT least lS men, to be selected from
names now on the civil service regis
tiers, will be added 10 the immigration
forces in the Brownsville district when
the appointments under the $l,250.000
appropriation for increased border
guarding are made.
A number Of men who have been on
the civil service registers were callea
In during the current week by Capt W.
vi. Hanson at San Antonio for exami-
nations To the additional positions.
Capt. Hanson is director Of district -,
which will take on about 60 new en-
ployees.
The men put in viii add much TO the
efficiency Of the present border patrol
IN this district which has 10 cover some
$50 miles of straight river front Only
eight patrol inspectors are at present
operating in the Brownsville district.
which is the largest geographical sub
division of immigration district %
These eight men constitute the patrol
force in the Brownsville district the Jur-
isdiction Of which exteads to seven
counties.
ID. w. Brewster. who has offices in
Brownsville. is inspector in charge for
what is known as the Brownsville dis
trict which includes Cameron. Hidalgo.
Starr. Brooks. Will2cy. Jim Wells and
Kleberg counties.
Because of the large river frontage
the Brownsville district has been one Of
the most difficult to patrol. the eight
men doing the range work having TO
hu ha 4Ao
Zapata county line to Brownsville. The
additional men will more than double
the existing patrol force.
At present there is a total OF 80 en-
ployes under the jurisdiction OF the
Brownsville office. At conference Of in
spectors-in- charge from the eight border
stations held in San Antonio in May the
problem Of smuggling was taken up. in
detail and the chiefs at each point esti-
mated the number or extra men needed
to put an end to smuggling operations.
II was estimated at that time that about
56 additional inspectors would be re-
quired for district 22
An Associated Press article from San
Antonio says that the force Of men
guarding the entire Mexican border will
be increased by about l40 lin the near
future according 70 an announcement
BY X. Carl White. assistant secretary OF
labor nj Washington
The increased forces, the announce
ment continues. come partly because
more men have been needed in the past
and because the new immigration laws
which became effective July / are more
restrictive. adding much TO the work of
border guarding. About Sl.000.000 ed
ditional was appropriated for the work,
but this fund has to be divided between
the Mexican and Canadian Borders.
There are three immigration districts
in Texas. the largest IN area being No.
22 headquarters for which are in San
Antonio. Capt. W. NJ. Hanson is dis
trict director there. This district axes
in he greater part Of the state.
District No. 25. headquarters at FL
Paso. includes Arizona. New Mexico, and
n part of Western Texas. George
Harris is the director. District No. 80
has its headquarters at Galveston and
is under the direct supervision of James
Il. Bryan. Its work is almost entirely
examining alien scamen and looking af-
ter general immigration affairs and diff
fers considerably from the land border
points. II takes in the Gulf coast as its
territory.
There are eight border points work
ing under the San Antonio hcaiquar-
tiers with l07 employees. Laredo is the
most important station in District No.
%. "a men working out ~ there under
orders or James +. Trout. inspector in
charge The other stations il this dis
trict are Brownsville. Dsnard W. Brew
ster. inspector in charge: Del Rio.
Thomas 4. Cook: Eagle Pass. Jewell A.
Burnett; Fort Worth, Guy II. Smith;
Hidalgo. John r. Harold: Kingsyile.
Sigurd b. Sieurdson: Rio Crande City.
Clarence J. Bolleter. and Zapata. Virgil
N. Lot. Fort Worth ~ known As an "in-
terror station.
The FL Paso district has but two other
Texas stations They are Big Springs.
where Jones Nj. Hunter is in charge, and
Confined on page A.