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Show I IMS DENIED TO I DODDER RESIDENTS M IVAR DEPARTMENT REFUSES THE B ' REQUEST MADE BY THE GOV. M ERNOR OF ARIZONA. H Secretary Believes Arms Should Not M Bo Placed In the Hands of Any flfl Body of Men Except Thoso H Under Severest Discipline. H Washington. Senator Aflhurst was H Informed by tho war department on H Monday that it could not under tho Hj law furnish citizens of Arizona 3,000 H rlflcB requested by the govornor for Hj purposes of self-protection against H raids ifrom Moxlco. H Senator Ashurst madu public a telo- H gram from Secretary Dakcr to Gov- H cruor Hunt explaining tho dopnrt- H incut's refusal, H "Thero Is no nuthorlty of law for H this lssuo of anas," read tho telegram. Hj "In tho prvBont apparent panicky H Htato of mind of citizens along tho H border, I do not think that arms H should bo placed In the hands of any H ljody of men except thoso who aro un- H der tho sovorcst discipline. Tho pres- H enco In bordor towns of armed bodies H of citizens is liable to result In somo H unfortunato Incident which might pre- H clpltato tho very troublo that all wish H to avoid. I cannot recommend tho In- H dlscrlmlnato arming of tho civilian H population. Consular reports indlcato H that thero aro few iMoxIcau troops H along tho bordor. General Fun 3 ton Is H .awnro of tho conditions and is bollov- H cd to 'bo taking such stops for pro- H .teotlon of citizens as It should demand. |