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Show oo m FMSTON REPORTS I K rK K n r km Bands Organized to Rob and ' j jH Commit Depredations ii H Running Fight With U. M S. Soldiers Reported. j M ; H Washington, Aug, 1L General f.tl Funston reported to the war ,depart- y fH 'ment today that best information he H can gather indicates that the brigan- 1 j 'M dage In Cameron, Hidalgo and Star H counties, Texas, was caused by Mexl- H cans in Texas, with headquarters at i H Brownsville, which, having a pollt- f I H leal feud, sent Danus to roo anu at- i h tack each other. I i H The majority of those engaged In i rM the lawlessness, General Funston re- IH ported, wore residents of the United J nH States, although some were known to f f H have come from the Mexican side. Jl JH Secretary Garrison said he had no l , M report that Carranza troops had eu- y M tered Texas territory. If they were f I M captured, he said, they would be dls- ?H armed. If they attempted resistance, j f B lie declared, they would be shot. I IH Secretary Garrison today telegraph- ) . H ed to General Funston he would send H all the troops available if the general ' H needed them. The secretary said H General Funston had not asked for more troops and that none had been H ordered to Texas or been given orders ' H to be In readiness to move. Tho 1 j H war department has referred to Gen- . H oral Funston for report of all calls I, H for more troops including that of the f H American consul at Nuevo Laredo, H Texas. k PH Laredo, Texas, Aug. 11. Paasen- !H gers arriving from Tamplco today re- tfH ported that four American residents jH of that city have been sentencod to I H long penitentiary terms, chargod with H counterfeiting. It was reported that ' jH these Americans had been plncod . j'H aboard the Mexican gunboat Bravo " f H and sent to Vera Cruz. H Brownsville. Texas, Aug. ll.T-Rang- H crs today captured lu Hidalgo county, F 'M west of here, a flag hearing tbei words jH in Spanish: f Tl "Army of liberation for Mexican! in J fcH Texas." H |