Show CIVILIANS JOIN BORDER PATROL Large Force Guarding Texas- Texas Mexican Line to Prevent vent Raids by Bandits Brownsville Tax Tex Au Aug 13 n. United States cavalry calr anti and infantryman 1 Texas rangers and civilians acting as peace of officers of- of freer numbering numbering- In all nIl about 1600 person persons per per- sons son tonight were cre tho In International In- In n border between Laredo and nd Brownsville T Tev as a a. precaution r repetition o of the raids by Mexican can bandits which have cre Jd d a n reign n t. t of terror In Texas border border counties durIn dur dur- J In g the tho past L' L week en un one onu 01 OL raia rn IB HI sun to be bo intact It is believed to number In the neighborhood Hr f thirty and poses losses t tonight nl ht arc aro searching the country country country coun coun- try fifty miles north of or Brownsville In nn effort to loen locate te and arrest or disband disband dis dis- ls- ls band the tho marau marauders Tho The gang is said ald to be that which last Sunday attacked l e the ranch house hous Some members cf the thc gang are arc known to have crossed the tho Rio Grande Grando from rom Mexico end It IsAid Is Js said Aid the gangs gang's avowed ed intention was to conquer a a. portion of oC Texas Captain Fox and Captain Sanders of oC the Texas rangers who have ha been en engaged engaged en- en in an attempt to i identify the thc ral raiding ln Mexicans were said tonight to have ha evidence that Mexicans from the interior r of at Coahuila a Mexican border hart had brought advance Information information tion on the ral raids s to Mexicans living in Texas It was said tonight that there was evidence c also that a majority of ot the leaders had fled led to Mexico Although It Is 13 officially stated that between fifteen and md twenty Mexicans have c been killed hilled as the result of ot the he theraid theraid raid It I is believed In man many quarters that a l revised re list will Ill show greater casualties than that Several Mexicans are arp known to have been shot b by offIcers officers cers cors' cors while endeavoring to e escape ape being t taken into custod custody Strictest observance observance ance of oC the law aw Is IB required of oC all Mexicans exl- exl cans and carrying of oC firearms by them tIen has hns b been en forbidden en Situation In 10 I Hand lland Washington ton Aug 13 The The Mexican border situation continued to absorb attention in official quarters tOOn today and was wai 1 the thc subject of oC a conference be between be- be tween tl President Wilson and Assistant Secretary Breckenridge e of oC the war de do- do The President had before him the appeal of oC Governor Fer Ferguson of or Texas for tor more federal troops and Mr Breckenridge e submitted General Funston's reports regarding recent disturbances disturbances disturbances dis dis- and outlined the m military tar forces now on the border or at nearby posts about hout men in all aU Later Lator Mr Ir Breckenridge c said that no more troops would be bo ordered to tho border General Funston should request them No news s of oC a disquieting character has as come from Vera Vcra Cruz Crux since General Gen Gen- I oral eral Carranza's announcement that AmerIcans Americana would be bo given full fun guarantees guarantees guaran guaran- tees of protection The battleships New Hampshire Hamp and Louisiana are expected to reach Mexican waters within a few tew tewy I flays ays y |