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Show TEXAS TO BE PROTECTED Stimson Assures Texans of Sufficient Troops For Frontier Washington, Feb. 2h Secretary Stimson today assured Senators Culberson Cul-berson and Sheppard thai every possible pos-sible precaution would be taken to protect tho Texas border against raidt-by raidt-by rebels lrom Mexico He informed Mr Culberson thai one regiment of infantry and a battery bat-tery Lad boen removed from El Paso to join tbe second division at Galveston Gal-veston so as to bo at the closest pos-sb! pos-sb! point to Vera Cru;. bii:. tired him tLaf the troops would be n pi iced at El Paso and that a sufficient force would be kept there to protect the frontier in that immediate vicinity He promised an additional troop of cavalry |