Show TEXAS RANGERS I UNIQUE BODY OF FIGHTERS i Origin of Unusual Force Forc Forcel History of Their Brav Deeds j i r Special Telegram Correspondence EL PASO P. T Tax x Marci Marem Thc Th The conc concerning a number of ot Texas cu r. r raE rang i under the leadership of Capt J. J J jq Jc ders derl and amid nd tho expedition to th thor h of or Clemento Clemente Ver Vergara an Am b by Mexican federal roop served to bring again Into the public what undoubtedly la is the tho most picture set of ot legalized of-legalized f fighting men In try tr They have no counterpart rt In f we Only forty In number they the theare are ate almost an any cm emergency rg ncy that may fa when It comps comics to putting to a n test f fighting qualities Bravery Bravery of the tho to Men Men The Tho conquest of or this formerly th hit lul lent lemit region infested with various divers l r bands of outlaws S 'S must be aU largely to tho time ex exercise of or bravery bra endurance find amid ant expert i ship on omi the time part of ot the lie bands ot who have Q at nt nt times comprised ranger r organization y In the ol old days davs time the rang rangers r had distinction of being tile the real gun I men J of or tho the world orld and tl this ii still belongs to them Their method metho operation me ate different loa toddy today howe how although the tho little arm army of men no mio the tIme states state's tato service is Just jut an as bravo brave as expert exper in the use of rifle an and j p as In lii the time whon when their chief was wag righting lighting bands of 01 depredating It lm or running down the time bandits of ot tte dora dors J j A movement mo was wail started about a al ago to tn disband th the thA an rangers ers on 01 the tho gr an that their I. I eri are no long longer r n t tar mary t-ary and that th they v aro are used perform the duties that properly t be to the time p peace a co officers officer of ot the t Ite ites But tho thu tw fad t that the they were ere n first l to tu be ho called Jc upon when prote was waR demanded In iii connection with wih Mexican ha has haj pro prot put an au end to this lila movement for all al t Mostly Former Foner Cowboys boys J Most of or t her ui W formerly cow cowand and amid wl when n they leave time the ranger 5 el they thi return to the ranch Wl Wh vacancy o occurs In iii a a company the tam tain of that haL tul company selects a ma nia till fill fl it It A ATho f Tho The conditions existing tn along th the lf tier ter at tho time time the time ral rangers r were vere or 01 was unique The Time cattle raids the state of ot Mexico Texas commenced with wih what I Is Ito the war var in 1 9 and 1 One Outlaw Subdued a l aThis This was u. u u most mot remarkable ono one without in lii our single Ingle la lawless ranchero with a n bat friends capturing a a town of ur n nearly arly Inhabitants and amid not nor only de defying bu bUI but the tile forces of oC Texas and then Eying on a war against time the com forces of Texas and tho United B St maintaining himself for or upward ot ol of months month from July 13 1 to ta to December 1839 1859 on American soil si with wih the Me Mci e flag fag flying over o his camp and si then the treating across time Rio Grande Grando ane read red renew the he tight 1 Such was the remarkable comm comme ment of or tho the bor border pr troubles on th th Grande Grando Grandt one well wel calculated to InspIre lawless lawles clement In Mexico I with tl l de df li pride anti and ad to teach leach the American Amerlan p pe the extent of the danger to which P were exposed and their safety on the strong arm of ot the g ge gemont ga mont f j These feelings were vere con confirmed a am an creased when the bold robber and ou who was as under numerous Texas for tor previous killings and rob robb and who bo had bac left lett the American ten in defiant defant warfare with the United SI S was deliberately sent by tho the Mexican Mexican- clothed with tIme the high oC off general generl of or the army and governor b hi the time er very scene seen of ot his hla outrages The whole countr from Bro to Rio Ro Grande Grands Grade City 1 miles mies and ard to the Arroyo Colorado Colordo was 13 laid i There Thore was not an American nor any erty belonging to an American thano that tha no destroyed In this largo large tract of try Their hor horses es and cattle were d across Into Mexico and there U iC cow and a calf calr by hor her side for 1 1 Cattle Work Although cattle stealing was tas the nal object object of ot the ra raids the lawless lawle lawles engaged In them had been to the perpetration of or other and g crimes Tho The lawless spirit lawles eng b by their trado trade and their own eng prot caused them to kill kil travelers who to meet them thorn on their raid rad those whom they thou thought ht might t a against them In fact th those o raids soon son turned Into general robb robber slaughter The These o conditions on Oti 01 tho the low Grande Granda began to Improve ho e soon as Capt Cp L. 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I McNally to company company of or rangers were sent U down the outlaws No quarter curter was or given givon It lt was waa a tight to tha when he lie and arid his lila men got sot within s si distance of ot the Mexican thIeves C s Even International law had hd noor no m me for or them at such times Ou On 01 one ea eathey they chased a 0 band of about fifty thieves es across time UIO river into In ing twenty nine of or them without a an their own being killed or wounded Halls Hall's Name a Terror Teror A 4 name mine which for tor many yean J. e terror Into the heart henrt of or border crl was as that hint of or Capt Lee Loe Hall HaJ Capt ap who Is now over o er Et sixty was at th t of ot a company of ot rangers ranger which a n territory as lar large c as aa two or thu nary stats states They hc were a n flying squadron t i th fearlessly Into nn any kind of ot trouble dut duty called cled them and th their lr bat bt battla tho Indians the lawless white m rn Mexicans Were so numerous the th ero In almost constant active three or tour four our years So 50 much VS V'S a 4 tam tain Hall Hal feared by those who h had d j to dread the tIme ranger ronger service ier that n nO attempts w w wore r made mado to A the lie room In which he lie slept bJ Into several lines limes at ot night I 1 I I Ater After Train Trai Ro Robbers Upon a summer Kummer day about ago Captain Hall Bali Hal and amid his men Wt wt ing a short rest In their camp amp In t tl Bend country a wild wid and remote bordering time the upper Rio no Grand much frequented frequente ns as a n rendezvous ou b b murderers robbers smugglers lr and an- an variety of or other criminals criminal when rode rOle In with wih time tho ue news th SO Southern rn Pa lc train trin hal ha been t tand f fand f and robbed robb d tic near Dryden n niile The word to be up and ni off wis given and us as the tho ranger range neither tents nor chuck wagon to their movements bu but only a blar blank dot der which to sleep and a small two In iii which to carry their CO coin supplies i It was only a few i they wore headed across a t try for the scene of the robbery By daylight next morning t lt made sixty miles of the tho Journey Journey- leaving their tired horses at S' S horse they snatched an hour l Pj fresh horses from the tho corral and were oft off again Bandit Cheats the tho Law By making a detour the rani range enabled to hit the trail again the tho deputy marshals On time the fou after breaking camp In the tho BI country they came within sight t the outlaws outlaw and the tho shooting soon ns as the rangers and within firing distance One of the was waa killed at the first lire and and end ond seeing escape cut off 01 dime dim point within of the rangers I liberate blew out his brains days later the tho veme ha haBig Big Bend country hunting for ci ciLl olt Ll C |