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It Js not the purpose of “ The Rattler’> to sttog, but to get out a rattling good ne'wspaper. RIO GRANDE RATTLER CirciUatlon 15.000 Copies. Are You Bending a Copy Horae? P u b lished in the Field by the New Y o rk Division HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 23, 1916, 8 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS 101 “ T h e Strength of the Wolf is the Pack, but the Strength of the Pack is the WoW* 10 A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR sta t e of n e w YORK ex e c u t iv e ch a m ber Capitol, Albany, August 18,1916. ‘ *1 am deeply grateful of haring the opportunity to ^press my piide and that of every citisen of . the State in the splendid spirit shown by 'die soldiers of the Nation^ Guard of New York, who so willingly answered the call to arms when it sound ed. \ “ Our State not only furnished promptly the quota re quired, but prepared to send many more, each unit war strength. Those ^l(^ho were forced to remain behind showed by their keen disappointment their patriotism and their desire to serve their country. “ No one appreciates more than X do the sacrifices which have been made by the soldiers of New York in order to fulfill Xheir obligations to the country and to the flag. Again oui* State has done more than that which was merely required of it in order to protect the United States. “ I believe the entire nation is deeply grateful to New York which has furnished such a large proportion of the troops at the Border and such a splendid force.” CHARLES S. WHITMAN. M aj ,G enl . J ohn r O'R yan C ommanding N.Y. D iv is io n . ON HIKE AND IN BIVOUAC All Brigades Start Regi meats In Field Maneuver -Supply Officers Test SOLDIERS STANOiNG TEST WELL The urogram fo r t h e p r a c tice m arclies n„.l m a n e u v e rs of th e in f a n t r y com S a n d s of th e N e w Y o rk D ivision co m - , . on A\v.3i-Nt 10, and it is th a t eleven days of h ik in g an d field fc. Tvork w ill h a v e been and 3rd B r igades respectively, have now been on t h e m a rch fo r a w e e k , and the o th e r o u t f i ts will follow a t in terv a ls u n til A u g u s t 28, w h e n th e 12th, 69th and 74th ■which a r e th e la s t to s t a i t , Svill g e t under w a y . The obiect of these p r a c tice hikes is, prim a rily, to tea t th e efficiency of th e Supply O fficers w h o w ill w o rk under conditions e n ti r e l y new to m o st of them and to give th e lin e officers experience lling t h e i r troops in th is kind of and skirm ishing and w ill gam v a luable experience in ta k i n g care o f t b e ^ e l v e s in the field, w h ic h w ill p r e p a r e them fo r any ev e n tu a lity late r on. E v e r y care has been tak e n by the com m a n d ing officers to f com fort of th e men and to see th a t , these field m a u o u v e rs are not any m o re | of a hard s h ip th a n is absolutely neces sary. N a t u r a l ly , t h e g r e a test has^ been iu lo c a tin g sufficient and tiiita b le w a t e r suppUc-s along th e route, h u t profiting b y th e experience o f the divisional c a v a lr y org a m z a tio n s who liavi- a lr e a d y covererl th e route, it is -expected th e m en w ill n o t be p u t to anv serious d iscom fort fo r lack of w a t- p r ’A t Y o u n g ’s R a n c h , w h e re each outfit enmpa a t fo r one n ig h t, th e r e is a fw im m ing hole, w h ich is large give an e n ti r e regim e n t a com f o r table bath an d sw im . The program has been arrau g e il th e route outlined above. The 71st is a l ready seven days on its way and will be follow ed by the 7th and 12th R e g i m ents on A u g u s t 22ud and 28lh respect- The 3rd B rigade, whose home station is a t P h a r r, will bivouac the first night a t M cAllen and then M issiou and com p lete the same itin e r a r y as t h e 1st and 2nd B rigades. The 3rd R e g im e n t, as was s ta t e d above, s tarted out on A u g u st 16th and will be follow ed b y the 23rd on A u g u s t 22ud and t h e 71tli on A u g u st 28th. In M ission, P h a r r , M cAllen .ond E d in burgh the men will be g r a n ted town ' leave a t th e discretoin o f th e i r com m anders. F a c ilities will probably be a f forded th e m en for sending back mail every d a y or so. The en tire m a rch of course, w ill bo iu the flat open country w ith w h ic h th e m?n have become fi»m- ' iHi;.' in theh'.eompV .y tien of the route, how e v e r ,emUi«ce.H a _p/Aeticfll rtescTt and it will bo a severe te s t of endurance ns th e tra i l will be cith e r choked w ith loose, d r if ti n g sand or thifik mud. T h e s e field m a n e u v e rs are being held under conditions -which are en tirely d i f fere n t from an y th in g th e N e w Y o rk D ivision has y e t p a r ticip a ted in and every officer and enlisted m an w ill be on his m e ttle to d e m o n s trate to the public a t home and abroad th a t the U n ited S tates N a tio n a l G u a rd is capa ble o f tak i n g its place side by side w ith th e reg u lar arm y and of giving a moat excellent account of itself. here. The miVitary law of tho stuto ju-ovides an allowance for organiza- tiohs equal to $1.60 for each enlisted %iir. ^ f r t t * + V nf. of five ,]>re«cnt fo r du ty .at each o f five compulsory <lriHs . ............. parades, for the defraying necessary mili- inses. This fund which amounts to eight dollars per man per year is ordinarily m ade available a t the close purpose of tary expei •ht A FEW TELEGRAMS Copy of telegram s sent to prom inent statesm e n and soldiers by our editort “ Confidentially, when will the N . Y. D ivision re t u r n n o r t h ? ’ ’ Replies to Date “ T h e m a t t e r w ill have careful con sid e r a tio n a t C a b inet m e e ting to be held ab o u t Nov. IG.” . WOODROW “ T h e w e a ther here is v e ry w a r m .” — L E O N A R D WOOD ADiliTANT 'SENERAl ’ ’ ARRIVE IN CAMP Commences the Work of Giving Troops State Pay -Welcome News STATE FONDS TO BE ADVAHCED B r igadier G eneral Louis W . Stotes- b u r v , The A d ju tan t G eneral of New Y o rk, arriv e d a t McAllen last week am i began imme<liate p r e p a r a tions for p a y * i i n d \ h a r a S o r ^ organizations left a t home which upon by th e sta t e vd.cn the N a tional Guard I th e President s call w ere prom p tly OUR MISSION ON THE BORDER Major General O’Ryan Gives Our Representative Inter esting Interview HEW YORk~Tivis«m rn I A staff Tcpresentativc had an inter- 1 view with the Major General coromand- 1 ing, Eiaturday in reference to obtaining a few words to the members of his command in the first issue of The R a t tler. The General said: “ I presume they would prefer to have me answer two questions rather than Bi)cak on the subject of discipline, sani tation or training, The two questions I have in mind arc: 1—^What are w© here for? 2-—When are we going hornet In answering the flrsfr question my sole source of information is the Presi den t’s Proclamation. In th a t procla mation tho President says: “ Ilaving in mind the possibility of future ag gression on the territory of the United States and the necessity for the proper protection of same, the President has thought proper to exercise the authority vested in him by the Constitution and laws and call out the Organized M ilitia and National Guard necessary for th a t purpose. ’ ’ As we know from conversation with 1 people along the border aggressions I were more or less continuous up to the 1 a rrival of the National Guard, and th a t ’ since th a t tim e all aggressions have ceas ed, and ohr fellow citizens of Texas, residents along the border have enjoyed a feeling of security which they ha*I ■ ■■■'■ inths be- estion LLu .w..g ..ere, be cause 1 have no inform ation affecting the question except th a t which is pa ten t to all. I have read and enjoyed a little verse rumored to have becu w rit ten by one of our cavalry on the sub- I ject of the length of our stay, entitled I a t M cA ilcn,'' Tmsed upon a statem e n t attributed \to me th a t we would eat our Christmas dinner here. not experieiced fo r many mo fore our arrival here. I cannot answer the second qu to how long we shall be her “ Tomorrow, if my liiiluenco has any weight at Washington.-— CA R R A N Z A “ G rape juice should be added to the r a t i o n . ” - H I L L BRYA N ___ i. „.;ii ftniv hft ab o u t 25 m iles. T h e ! _______ cover six m iles an d th e rest 3 m iles a c cording t o th e sta t io n th e y s t a r t from , | and wSrk up to 16 m iles, w h ich w ill be. th e longest single d a y h ik e o f th e trip . There w ill be tw o d a y s fo r ei»:h outfit when th e y w ill cover b u t 3 im lcs. O w ing to t h e co m p a r a tiv e ly \h o r t d i s tances covered each d a y , th e r e w ill be ample d p p o r tu n iy fo r tleld m a n e u v e r s , w hich w ill b d held a t th e discretio n o t the com m a n d ing officers o f the ive units. E a c h reg im e n t w ill as they would p r o c e e d ing through h o .tu u V ' \ ' : ” ? , ’ ^ « ” n Btatiooed a t ev e ry h a lt. O fficers wi keep w a r diaries, d a il y Held o r d e r s w ill U iH.*.ied an d ro u te sk e tc h e s m a d e Of course each m a n w ill c a r r y h is fu l field equipm e n t w ith ratio n s , f regim ent will \>e acc4m .pai.ied b y it» flcH aml.ulancMi, w a g o n s , a u to tru c k s , etc., nrnkiag th e hik e h a v e all «P' - pearaaccs -.if actual service fir i n g it aa Inter- ns pov-ublc to 1st llfig a d e ,lo«‘ratcd a t M ission, camp* at th e follow ing p o .n ts ‘O tlonrA H o n . S r - r l i n g ' s Ranch, fitO llingS Kun. li, L a g u n a S c r u „ Y o u n p s Kaneh, Kdoil ir;:. M cAll- u ;...d bn-.k to M issba. T h e 14|h. o f th i s Jirig s d o , »s already on the m » d :uM w.ll too itinerary by A u g u s t 2»Uh. b ' A g n-t 22i.d, the 2nd R e g iJ n e n t wNI get tift way, followo'l on A u g u s t ‘-6 t h by fh.» b'»th Regiineot. ^ Tho regim e n t’. >>f tb r -n d HngiPJO, s f w t i n g frtm . .M- \ ! b n w ill cnoip a t ‘W e have ju s t arriv e d . p n y i n g 't h e D ivision th e difference be tw e e n federal p a y and th a t authorize*! b y th o s ta t e when th o N a tioi is ou d u ty fo r sta t e purposes. In an in terv iew on Fri«lay last, w ith a rep o r ter fo r The R a ttler, Gen. Stotes- b u r y said: “ I am here prepared to pay t h e Now York troops th e d ifference betw e e n the .state anti federal rate of pay from the date of th e call for m o b ilization until actu a l m u ster into the federal service. T h e sta t e forces ivere, as a m a tter of fact, under federal ju risd ictio n and su b ject to fed e r a l pay from the tu n c of reporting a t com p a n y rendezvous. “ The sta t e rate of p a y fo r officers w h ile in the sta t e service is from ten to fo r t v per cent more th a n the base p a y o f 'N a ti o n a ! G u a rd officers in the federal service, t h e increase being made according to length of service lo r enlisted men th e base pay m tho fc.ler- al service is ab o u t one th ir d of t h a t pro- vided under m ilitary law fo r like of the calendar year, based upon returns filed in December. In order to m ake to meet it is ...—....g, __ allotm e n t fo r irst six m o n ths im m e d ia te ly avail able. The drills and parados reported should be fo r the period prior to the m o b ilization. “ Considerable criticism has been beard a t home upon the ‘“^‘Gr.niTia our state forces—n o t — „ tcred into tho federal service but p a r t of this fund available present em ergencies in tl.e field, : proposed to divide the fund into paym e n ts m a k in g the * the first six m o n th s DEM&DK'&RiF •■**^“\* I wouKi cat our v./jinai,uias uiuuci jicic, tir* 1 1 T i l n r n n n n A n y thing further I m ight say in regard H r A 1 I n H r i . l l n l l U * ) second question therefore would l l b r l L l l l I l L v U l l l ^ |b c in the realm of speculation. i The occasion seems opportune to say , la few words concerning the results of Rigid RfileS of DlSCiplinB''’”’^ stay rere. These results may be Make Health Conditions on Border Ideal lAnBACTlNG EAmOLE ATTENTIOH The occasion seems op] I a few words, concerning our stay Eere. These results may be classed as those personal to us, and i those th a t affect us as a tactical unit. So far as the first class is concerned it is common knowledge th a t many offi cers and men are perfornvmg their ser- great personal sacrifice. vice khre a t gre a t personal sacri A substantial percentage of this class have been discharged, b u t the total number of dischar The health of the N e w Y o rk Divi- — O 'R Y A N “ A r r iv e d u t W innopeg to d a y , still -o fferin g from Tflxas h e a t. N o tim e to a n . « . A,n grades in th e sta t e service. CAUSE FOR THIRD ALARM! “ F'ire! F i r e ! ” the piercing cry of startled into apprebeMHivc attentjon, and as the thick, black smoke rolled iluggUhly out Pt the top window of the crowded tcuem iut and tho flames burst forth with a roar and a crackle. iiut we are f^orgelting ourselves The fire did not tik e place on 1 MffMi: but rielit on the railroad trucks in front of Difvision H eadquarters on Thursday, the lluttesi .lay of the week Bcvii^al hiindr«4 I*'***\* ® ouncked at Il«idqu:irt.o:>, Fed.-r»il pay n.iiijter and served m a i- fnlly as freightjengines to push a tram of box . . r n y u i of the danger zo .t^ A soimd from rifie head«i,uarturs dt t ^ h Z .l resC ed J mule after it had been iiV -luU'k «nd intm.*.- hem If DmT^.'ilroad strik e ABO r«5n»ior»»»■« - • - ; ,„5«a th a t WuV,” wn* thO laconm B.V ting ?ram .M. Mb-n ^ r k of on?,m a n who saw tho b U « . MiulMi the flr^t fi.gla «nd then follow tnntx ••T h e G o v e rnor has ordered th a t for nuriAoaes of pay th e troops w ill be con sidered as in the sta t e service until actu a lly m u stered in to the U. 8. s e rvice. T h is w’ill m a k e a differen c e of from ten to tw e n ty dollars fo r enlisted men amt as higl. as fo r t y per cen t difference for “^ I t U G o v e rnor W h it m a n 's desire thsit th is paym e n t be m ade w ith all possible d ispatch, avoiding n il-red tap e and ad herence to prescribed form a w h e re it is not jibsolutolv essontial. W h e n federal rolls have been p r e p a r e d , I am eompu- tin g the differetico and m a k ing p a y m e n ts ou retain e d copies. B e ing righ hw o on tho K ro,.«a, ueoo«.ary co rrw t- ions can be m ade and certificates ob tain e d , w h ic h would otherw ise have in volved w e e k s of correspondouce w ith its a tt e n d .m t delay in poy«»ff th e “ I have been hero less th a n u w e e k fl„d Imve already paid four orgam z a - tions api.ro x i.n a tely fifty thousand dol- lurs. Won. now on I oximct to be able to tak e care of an org a n izatio n a d i ^ “ I t is all real m o n ey too, continue G e n e ral S to tesb u r y , “ l a... paym e n ts in cash and th is m t m first tiriio w ithin my know ledge tlm t th i has paid in c u r r c jc y . I came .repared to p a y b y check if d e s y e d , l-ut upon .u b m ltllo K th» J i u o , .on Ibrought to w a r stren g th and ordered ;o our m o b ilization camp in anticipa- ;ioii of an em e rgency th a t was then thought to exist. I t was ileemed tko part of reasonable foresight and lu i t n o t , |9in to have these adilitional forces ready to supplem e n t tho troops actually lulled into service. “ The public goneralTy did not under- ta.id th a t all of our m ilitary equipm e n t ,rul clothing comes from federal sourc- 8. I t cannot be procured fiom other oiircos. I t is not a question ot having imds to pur.dm se. Tho prescribed lotiiiiig and equipm e n t can only be b t a i n A from th e federal governm e n t nd not elsewhere. ‘ ‘ F o r years in N e w Y o rk we have b een ying to induce tho federal authorities store the w a r stren g th property with- the state, offering to set a p a r t \i our rm o ries ailoquato storo room wduen iirht be held under the control of (deral officers,, so th a t in case of a dl the clothing and equipm e n t iiocos- irv fo r the increase to w a r strengtn iJould be on hand. As a m a tter of Act ih all arm o ries recently erected i t the .state such a room has been in- eluded. L e g a l obstacles, how e v e r, w e re flim d to such an arrangem e n t, and so ijie n th e call cam e, th e P foperty was „ht on hand and organizations orderiHl t i th e m o b ilization cam p eith e r h a d to T. ___ ; ___ ^,1 l<,uvn thflin a t _ and requests for discharge, when the strength of the Division is considered, is relatively small. Some , regim ental commanders report the num b er of men to be dis charged in their regim ents for any cause other th a n expiration of period Jgligible. A «;ok rate should bo_o£,iutereat of in terest not omy i substantial num oer ol me men whose to the men of the D ivision b u t to those term s of enlistm ent have expired are • ,„.i io,i nml em o tional persons at 1 le-enlisting. In some cases where ex- honfo^U o have been breaking into the cess officers arc requii^d to be Piaster, m ess about “ conditions on the border. U d out by the W a r D e p a rtm e n t, they I ‘ I mission's d X y /quipp^J g .sion due't'o the character of Hs p e - - \5 those S a r S n ? ' “ w e ’\ ” t s L\ J S r k a b l e cause oth er th a n expiratio n of peri the^official reports concerning the enlistm e n t, is practically negligible. ,ic k ra t e ahouia bo n o t oely U u b £ a n tia l n.en j h conditions on th e borde r. . .. . . ...... r - r . - - --------- --- have accepted commission in lower The fitrui'Cs given below indicate t h a t grades iu order to reiuaiu w ith the Di- the highest sick rate was th a t of July I vision ou the border. - 27 when b u t tw o and a fraction men C o n trary to the predictions of those out of everv hundred were ill- A f ter the first few days of August am i down to tl.e present tim e the rate has been th a t heretofore attain a b le only by well seasoned troops. STATISTICS— D a ily sick rate. Ju ly 19 Jn lv 20 .lulv 21 Ju ly 22 Ju lv 23 Ju ly 24 Ju ly 25 Ju lv 26 Ju ly 27 Ju ly 28 Ju ly 29 Ju ly 30 Ju ly 31 . . . .0141 ........ 0132 ........ 0166 ...........0177 ..0145 ,rv to th e pre— ........ - who contiuue to give publicity to the hostile views in the New Y o rk press, . the record made by the N a tional Guard of the country is regarded by all sol- isjq tnn n i ’oiqcnjeuiaJ es s.iaq> place, the N a tional Guard subsenbed- en masse to tho new Federal oath, ami I w ith rem a rkable speed and absence jOf ' confusion were transported, in most eases more than two thousand miles, to the border. This country has never seen such flue regim ents as some ot thosehose wee haveave inn thehe New e w YorkovK .............0145 t w h i t N t ................ ......... 0161 ion. Perhaps other N a tional Guard D»- ......................... ....................0208 visions now have sim ilar regim ents. ................ ...0 2 2 8 1 T h e Second New Y o rk In f a n tr y , for ................................ .0276 exam p le, has a strength of 1688 officers » * ’ rm .. rm .:-.! M V I n f a n t ................ 0270 ........ 0263 ........... 0229 ................ 0265 w ith tho exception of b lan k e ts and nmss k its, could bo issued u n til i ^ gauization w a s a c tu a lly m u stered into the F e d e ral service. I t took bring ab o u t an ndjustm o iit w h ich £m I- ly eim b lod the sta t e autiioritios to fully dquip tho organizations th a t wore le t t a t home. T h e y stood up m a n fully under llie hardships and discom fort w inch such «U'lny entailed, J * \ * \ ''';'\ were finally equipped fu I slreiiLftli th e y were splondul units. I f occasion should come they are prepared to join tho troops hoio 0.1 t h e border, fo r a f t e r fo r t y days of in ten s iv e field tra i n in g drilled a t Cam p W h itm a n , .7.*' bc fo.uid far short, m cap a c ity fo r arduous w o rk, of tho troops in service hero. t th in k tho troops hero have accom- ^ .... ff»i\rki\rrfl hi 1116 Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 10 A ug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug .0245 00 and men. The T h ird N. Y. In f a n t r y has a strength of 1595 officers and men. Tho 71st N. Y In f a n t r y has 1543 offi cers and men. Signal Corps and Sani tary units, C a v a lry and Iie h l A r tillerj wore practically a t w ar stren g th for m onths proceeding tho President s call, and hence these organizations have few the people of N e w Y o rk state could see the thousands of s trong ed vonng men constituU n g th e N. i . dsion swing ing by on thei e ir r marc.l ......... 0242 ......... 0202 ......... 0193 ......... 0196 ......... 0168 ....;0 1 6 2 .............. 0144 V O U llg * iiv u v w i 4 - » . v - , . - - e , - ...... 0i:n D ivision sw b y on t h m arches, ...................... 0130 th e y would th rill w ith pride over their ...................... 01361 representatives in the U . 8 . Arrny. ............. 01401 Upon tho arrival of .,..0 1 2 4 Texas an order was issued prohibiting ................................ ....01231 the men of the D ivision entering^ sa- ................................ hooiia or drinking any drink, and from s«1^3«Uug A- A nubhshed appeal was nn.l w o a rv eyes. I have seen no m an 1 ^ ^ 0 1 1 0 1 1 . A published c r.mi.Tit\on and the percentage the men to carry out thia or ' r t l l w th a t of a.!;- locality ; r ‘i„ latter anti apirit, t>‘«- w h i c h .t h e ...on in- w hich th e men are ura-.vj*. '-•* 1 to tins requvcv .............. o Dint is because th e y are picked have been practically no cases of 1 course th a t is becau se th e y a re men in tho firs t place, b u t th e n to be m agic in the a u to r in sp 'te of Iho h e a t mid hard w ork the men seem filled w ith energy, term iuatioii “ to see oven if it does ta k e u n til a l t e r C h rist G e n e ral S lotosbury is _ - ^ l o f t h e . . p a y . l o e . . - . • th e G o v e rnor h a - approved th a t w ill do ‘ \ 1 \ n ' l ; for aer'v.ee, Th.,.t W 000 n,on will ‘go w ithout liquor in any form and 10 and a self r»'- of gonuine pride.
