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Show uvr WATCHING THE BORDER ( Washington, Sopt. 19. The situation situa-tion along the Mexican border is being be-ing watched closely by tho United States government. If tho raids of yesterday on American farms and ranches by irresponsible bands are repeated and the border towns of Texas Tex-as endangered, tho war department wllj adopt measures of protection Thero are plenty of troops in the vicinity vi-cinity of tile border to meet any emergency In addition to tho troops stationed regularly in the department of Texas, there is an enforced brigade bri-gade at San Antonio and another at Fort Iluachuca, Ariz. |