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Show W mi Is Authority Tor Punching Punch-ing .Uc.TicHU Uurder ttuJIinuw. Washington, 22. General Ord, in command of the department of Texas, in his annual report gives a long account of border operations of Mexican bandits, most of which has been anticipateel by press publications. publica-tions. The report closed with significant sig-nificant suggestions. More ellective means must be adopted than sending send-ing troops to look on while our people peo-ple are being despoiled and murdered, for it is evident that soldiers, however how-ever willing, can do nothing if confined con-fined to this side of tho river; and au order to make reprisals with means to carry out the order, has sometimes some-times resulted in indemnity as well as security. |