Nogales international., 1931-05-27
The Closing Of The Army Posts

In the course of general program Of economy,
the government might well dispose Of some OF It's
army posts as it has announced 1t Will do. But the
posts with which it could best dispense those in
the interior where officers and men stationed are like
" to have nothing to do except to enforce martial
law something they are seldom called to do; The
states not often find 1t necessary to confess their III
ability to maintain order.
This country no longer has frontier such as we
had from the first settlements when our advance
bristled with outposts We have two borders. 1t is
our boast that for century we have left the northern
border unguarded by fort or post against friendly
neghbor and that no waship patrols the lakes which
constitute part of the boundary That boast carries
with it prospect Of continued peace which we and
our neighbor would the more hesitate to terminate.
But along our southern border there has not al
wavs been serenity We have been frequently touch
ed within the last two decades by revolutions IN the
course of which we have had to defend our citizens
against attack as at Columbus, New Mexico. Once
we were compelled to throw American troops across
the border in punitive expedition.
We are hopeful that order along the border will
never be disturbed again The present government OF
Mexico is stable The tranquility of the coun-
try has not been recently threatened and we trust
revolution will again raise its head But II 1t
should do so, it would likely appear first in one or
more of the more distant states of the republic, as
usually it has done IN the past III or another OF
the northern states.
While we have reason to believe that the present
strong government of Mexico will preserve order,
and we may believe that the of revolution has
given way to of peace and progress, We are not
forgetful of the fact that for more than 80 years
til recently trouble has been frequent and the lives
and property Of American citizens have been inse-
cure.
Of the 13 occupied forts proposed to be aban-
doned two are Arizona border posts. Two important
Texas posts have been marked for closing so that the
southern border would be left unguarded along it's
whole length.
We heard a married woman say that she can take
the clothes of her husbands back by crying vgor-
ously This is just hint to Nogales husband he is
the man she was talking about.
Nogales need not waste time expecting some out
side mlonaires to come in and build it up let every
citizen practice real cooperation in all civic enter
lprises and we can build up our own city
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tain several articles because the writer forgot to sign
his Or her name
Nogales merchants deserve the support of the
people here when they offer their goods in modern
manner and at reasonable prices This is the mer-
chants contribution to successful trade-at-home
Campaign.
Lest some of readers forget, this is the time
to make some positive step toward the permanent
identification OF your premises. Less talk about
beauty in general and practice in particular
yards is the system that spells community improve
ment
Every once in while a man wants this news
paper to publish something that he has written,