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GETTING TO BE SOME RATTLER! W e N o w H a v e 4 Rattles to Our Credit. Published in the Field by the New York Division “POST TOASTIES” Are Now Being E a ten at H e a d q u a rters M ess “ I t Pays to A d v e rtise” THINK IT OVER! VOL. l . - ^ N 0 . 4 HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916, 8 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS 1@] “T h e Strength of the Wolf is the Packy but the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf” DISAPPEARING NEWSPAPER MEN FORM SERVICE CLUB Men Sent to Base Hospital Plans of Organization Dis- at San Antonio Return- i cussed at Length- Many I ____ ing Cured NO NEW CASES IN TWO DAYS. Officers Elected NO TREASURER ON 201ST. BALLOT D u ring th e p a s t th r e e w e eks upw a rd of eig h ty soldiers of th e N. Y. D ivision have been tak e n ill w ith paratyphoid fev e r . O w ing to th e fa c t t h a t t h e Camp H o s p ital a t M cAllen w a s not entirely com p leted, m a n y of these cases were sent to th e Base H o s p ital a t San A n to nio. The firs t cases of th e disease were discovered in th e 14th In f a n t r y a t M is sion aud l a t e r eases appeared in the 2ud am i 69th Infantry.S p o r a d ic cases broke out iu th e 1st C a v a lry, Squadron A, Cav airy, and 12th In f a n t r y a t M cAllen, also 'th e 3rd I n f a n t r y at P h a r r . A field lab r a to r y was established at M cAllen w h e re blood tests w ere nmde of all suspected eases, thus perm itting a prom p t diagnosis aud segregatiou of the positive cases. P a r a ty p h o id fever is an in testin a l dis ease form e rly included, because of our incom p lete know ledge, m the typhoid fever group; hence its name. I t IS, how e v er, »ow d e f initely know n to be a miieh m ilder affection, sh o r ter in duration, much less fa ta l, and so far n e v e r observed in th e wide epidem ics so typical of tru e typhoid. I t usually occurs in sm a ll groups of cases. P r a c tically all our large A m e rican ci ties have a certain num b e r of eases of p a r a typhoid every year. The unfam i- lia r i t v ^ o f th e disease to the general public in spite of th is is th e surest evi dence of i ts com p a ritively slight im p o r tance. I t is n o t negligible b u t should easv to coutrol, and should not cause any serious am o u n t of illness, much less fa ta li t y . The m edical officers of the ^ v i s i o n w h ile keenly alive to th e im p o rtance ot m ild in character there is ^ ^ effUjiency of th e en tire organization for ' “ ? l i e ' ' r g a n i a \ t o ' o f the M edical Do- th r e e sections all oi wnicu through th e D ivision Surgeon L t. Col. W m. S. T e rriberry. The first com p rised the investigation S 5 ;v;.-iS:s=s-=\ ders and regulations. The chem ical aspect^ of^the^te^^^ affo r d e d in M r re- r e l i v e d in seieotific cir- eles w ith much interest. A new service club lias been organiz ed a t M cAllen by the w a r correspon dents representing the great New York dailies, on duty w ith the Division at one tim e or another since its mobliza- tion. I t was first intended to make it a secret society, b u t th is proposition mot w ith no support, a yachc club was then suggested as a compromise. This idea m et w ith some favor, and the com- ^ m ittee appointed to procure a suitable ■ vessel saw Commodore V a n d e rbilt o f ' th e N. Y. Y a c h t Club. He informe.l them , however, th a t his yacht, the N o rth S tar, had been taken by the B ritish governm e n t a t the beginning of the E u ropean wav, and he had not seen it since, hence he was unable to give them the boat. The coim n ittee then made inquiry as to the feasibility of procuring th e Dopey Isaac, of Spaui>h W a r fam e , but this idea was _ later abandoned as im p racticable, owing to the fa c t t h a t the publicity which would neceessarily accrue to the owner, should he m ake the g if t, would be very dis tastefu l to him. A t the last m eetiug i t w as decided to m ake the club a purely social organi zation “ in so fa r as th a t m ay be com patible w ith the ordinary procurem ent o f new s.“ , , , 1 -1 1 The clubs emblem is a cold boiled lobster ram p a n t, somewhat resem b ling a raw scorpion, except as to color. It is understood the m o tto is: “ You c a u 't keep us o u t.’’ The exterior design of the club house resembles to some extent the P a r k Row entrance to tlie Brooklyn Bridge, while the interior decorations follow those ot the P ress Club—to the extent th a t new spapers from Brownsville, San B e n ito, M ission, H idalgo and other cities are found in the reading ^room. The ch a r ter members are: Vvilham P reston Beazell, W orld, president: D e ltus M. Edw a rds, H e rald, president; E a r l J. H a d ley, Sun, president; W. A. D a v enport, Am erican, president; Rob ert Lee Lew is, chairm a n of the board; Carl Dickey, Times, chairm a u of th board; M a rtin Green, E v e n ing V orld chairm a u of the board; Captain Robert B. K idd, Journal, asst, president, Isaac Russell, M ail, asst, president, R. H. Rohde, Tribune, asst, chairm a n ot board: P. H . Price, jr., Telegraph, non resident chairm a n of the board. The secretaries are as follows: AV B. Rae, Tim es; W. S. Gill, Am erican; T racey H . Lewis. Telegraph M. P. Goodfellow, Brooklyn Times, H . G. Tei- ford. Sun; F. A. Tierney, Albaiij Times-Union, G. E. Lo\gl^^ry A m eri can; H. J. K liue, Globe; R. B . Why- tock, W o rld; H . C. B a te jr Press; 1. W. W ard, Rio Graude R a ttler, W . L. Thompson, Associated Press; Jerom e L. Sm ith, A lbany K n ickerbocker Press, W E. Rogers, Brooklyn E a g le; A. D. Drew, Press; E. N. Jackson, American Press Association; Brooklyn E a g le; G. ^ ■ News; John Rogan, Brooklyn Citizen, Leauder Gale, Brookljm Standard bn- ion- J. W. Curley, Tim es; H. P- Jarym , Buffalo 'Courier; E. Von Y e n ing, Z o k l y n E a g le; John M e llett, Amen- can- W\. McCormick, Tim es, J . L. Sm ith, A m e rican; J . a B u tcher, Times; I. M o ritz, McAllen, (Tex.) L. Deutsch, Am erican! C. G. Jordan, ® hav4 found it impos sible to agree upon a There are no associate members. PACK TRAIN NO. 19 OF 0. S. fm Enlisttd Ues REtDI FOI SERVICE WIIR N. T. D. GUARDSMEN HOME OCTOBER FIFTEENTH Pack Master R. L. Evans Such Are the Reports Being Rapidly Organizes the Newly Published and Credited To “Washington\ “ Kill him! K ill dat m u le!” ‘ ‘ My Lord, man, dat a in ’t tight, pnill ’er up uow! All right, take the blind ers o f f ! ” “ Get another mule; get that wild one over there! Get a pack; now then, throw the hitch!” Such were the busy morning setmes down around a bunch of new mules, with nearly all new men, from August \ 3rd to the middle, of the mouth when i Packmaster R. L. Evans was able to report that pack train No. IS) ,attached to the New York Division was ready for service. Now, anyone at all fa miliar with the job of training such an outfit knows th a t this was “ some record,” not easily accomplished ami made possible because R. L. Evans ot Lawton, Okla, who has been in the ser vice for twelve f'oarn running pack trains all through the southwest and in Cuba, is one of the best at the game. He has had an able assistant in Harry E. Aim, the Targador, who has spent seven years dodging mule kicks in the I'hilippines and west of the Mississ ippi, and who knows all th a t's good {and bad in a mule. He can ride any NO OFFICDIl ORDERS RECEiVEB WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—AH of wP National Guard will return to iheir moblizaiion camps in the various : ‘.ates by October 15. This informatLor was given by a high authoritv today with the additional statement that the ernment proposes to release the , imnl from federal service soon after the units arrive at their state destinadons. “ Tlic only complications like” - to prevent the carrying out of thif ; ro- gram ,” said the official, “ is that ^iieio should be a fatal break betwee; the Unite<l States and ifexiso at tL' ap proaching sessions of the interna*:i-aal commission.” The official regartls the strike ; d ila tion as practically settled and tr-.ilis the service of the guard will n d be needed for anything connected wi.h il. Iu a previous issue we published tho statistics of the general health of the N Y Division from the middle ot Ju ij until the middle of August, and were pleased to note t h a t the rate W'as but a fraction over tw o percent. We now publish the figures from August 1 to August 31, which shows t h a t the aver age was .0152, or fifteen sick to every 1 000 in the Division ,hardly more thau would be ill in th a t number i f at homo. This includes all meu suffering from cuts, bruises, kicks, etc. The table follows: STATISTICS—Daily Sick Bate OUB H O NOR BOLL. re- Y e a rly subscriptions m the older ' cozneliu. V .anae.bilt, Div. Sta£E. M a i. S. !'• Corps o( E n g a E Loo V K a u s t, 7th In f a n tr y . E d w a rd E. Dillon, 60th In f J . Ooo.go A lbert W ingate, -nd - ^ 'r t o r g e 'E . Koosovolt, lUth Inf. C h a r l s E . Fishe, 1st C^lvery, “ ” ' “ « o n ^ ' » r r i n \ n \ . ’ ^ 4 ; a t e r n b e r g e r , Dlv ‘^ 'c f p t . W ash. - r n l u n s ' - V - u l o r b ’ilt, Jr-, ^ ^ - p o r t S o i c „ . , J . M . W a l n w r l g h t , I n s p . G c n . D e p t. N. V. F IE L D DAY. At -1 m eeting of the representatives A t J i Division now S M S » i- a r r .a J i i t o - n t i o n relating to E.o Sion Headquarters. nishes Very Interesting Statistics Command of Lt. Col. IVERME RATE RE 1 H PER CERE HHE 'S’ ____ _ _ ->«■ ^ fn The New York Engineers came to Texas as a corps composed talious of four companies each. Ihere have been many “ General th a t they would be reorganized into the 1st New York Engineers, The reorganization is practically completed, liv in g two three companies each. Old B am i companies were split up and ed among other companies and tno e r a ^ n g oth e ; companies and tv:o -f vou hip ^ l l : ? „ 1 . : n r t o m : o r y : i . “ prin”e ; g^l M ajor Conrow of the 2nd Battalion ailU UrtU lil a XUUHT. AlC CitU J lUC - thing and i f you have any “ so-called” outlaws, bring them around to the Tai-gador aud let him surprise them . ' c u o u l u r a j i v i i u n i : w . . i i i i . The expense of maintaining the ,'dj.inl in fcileral service is given as o.; • of w ith a ride. ^ These men, after reporting to Lieut. Col. H. S. Sternberger, Quartermaster of the New York Division, U. S. A., on August 3rd, had to train their ten the reasons for returning the o ;;ani izatious to .state control. A feder;-! :iol- diei- costs the government about :;<1,000 a year . According to figures obtained today there are on the border iibout 105,000 of the militia, 15,000 are on their way home and 25,000 remain iu the states under call. The total of t i e pay rolls is $145,000. T^UPPLY CO. ORDERED EOllE. Orders, were rcceivcEi i-cstcrday iVu.-.r Jleadquarts Southern Department di recting tlie Supply Company of tLv 71st Infantry to proceed to the State mob- — , . , , , . , • X u l U l l l l y l U I.U U C W U l U Lilt* K?l<XisK on August ord, had to tra m their t 1 jj^ation camp. Thev will take vitl if. ,/ou.d ride f.„ „ 1 wv I. orders hove bee., re, lve„ b d l horse. A pack train consists of fifty pack mules used to carry anything from bar rels, sack^, boxes, machine guns, lum ber, wagon wheels, in fact all articles a wagon can handle. Then there are fourteen saddle mules for the packers to ride, one bell horse whose only job is to go at the head of the mules, anil the mules will follow anywhere the bell horse leads; one packmaster, as a rule called “ C a p ;’ ’ one Targador, known in “ No. 19” as the “ Crankydor” — for reasons which the name implies; one cook, Arthur Chapman—all cooks are fam iliarly known in pack train undignified slang as “ belly robbers, one blacksmith, S. E. Johnson, and ten buck packers, known iu the army as “ rough necks” —a title that usualB fits the situation nicely. They acquire nick names very quickly after joining the pack train, names brought out bj nf pharaeter. as is also August August August August August August August August August August 10 A u g u st 11 A'ugust 12 August 13 A u g u st 14 August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18 A u g u st 19 A u g u st 20 August 21 August 22 Augu-^t 23 'A u g u st 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August ....0 2 4 5 ...0242 ...................... ...............0202 ....................... 0193 ...................... 0196 .................... ....... 0168 ........................ ...0162 ........................... ....0 1 4 4 ........................... ....0 1 3 1 ........................ ....0 1 3 0 ...................... ....0 1 3 6 ...................... ....0 1 4 0 ...................... ■ ....0 1 2 4 ........................... ...012,3 ......................... ....0 1 3 1 ...................... ...0113 ........................... ....0 1 3 2 . ........................ 0143 . ........................... ...0145 ........................ ...0121 ...................... ...0135 ........................ 0139 ........................ ..0153 ........................... ...014S .......................... ....0 1 4 1 ........................ ...0144 ........................ ....0 1 5 9 ..0166 0133 h a f bein made Lieutenant Colonel^of the new regiment: Captain of C Company becomes 1st Batallion and Captain of old G Company, becomes major oi the 2nd Battalion. b®e“c\nfe4 B T g in°elta?“Ad:^! Lie4.cn“ r L a n / o f O Comp^au.v becomes Captain the Engi- l e e r E q S l “ « .n a iu s a V First Bat- old D compauj t nne becomes officer, and Lieuteu Battalion, Captain A d jutant of tne -mi ^ and Lieutenant Regimental pauy commissioned per- SupplyO fficer. 1 22nd Regi- sounel of the Conrow, inent of Engineers Lt. f adjut commanding, ^'’i^opographic Officer; ss: r ; r J\is B a u 's C ; D..m i*reys, tvP ‘ - pen to hear someone yell ‘ Prunes, get Z i iig ^ B o l ' I l k ’V B a i - ll - u p - J u e S and tell Montana to n Iv ! ” You may not know what it is an about, but you can bet i t ’s just ever.v dav happenings in a busy branch of army field work. The members of a pack tjaiu as a rule are a rongh and ready bunch and thev have to be, t h e i r lot is not past along luxurious lines at all. ihe> a r f obliged to take everything as it Tomes, o f long hikes, fording divers, un- 1 straiffht 6 niuff loads no'' and re 1 s?^hov X not s L e in the saddle halting to fi-x a crooked oad and then c a t e S i g up ^iti* Z on 111 day, riding, -watching and wnpkinff On the trail there are but plies earned. for the nioveiucut of the troops ;i >ilh, although such orders arc e.xpeci- * at Division Headquarters at any t-uic. The Fac tthat the War Dopa:: -icnr ficeis who give business as the ]■ :son, ficer.s who give business as tho : will not be accepted hereafter, is taken to mean that on account of th fact that the National Guard will soon be returned to home sations. such .-eaig- nations are not nece3.sary. WE t h a n k YOU! What some of t-ur more pro:. ; etd competitors sav abcut n.s: New York Evening Telegram; ‘ -Con gratulations on the first issue of Th.? Rattler, i t ’s a coiker, a ivide''.-wake metropolitan newspaper. Ycur adver tisers ought to find it a splendi > med ium. Best wishes for a suceossf::! ca- '^New York Times: “ An inte- -ting newFjmpcr.” Rochester Herald: “ That thc.c are some prettv well seasoned nev - nper men serving Uhelc Sam somewfce;-.' in Texas, io evident from tho initial num ber of the “ Rio Grande B a ttler.” New York World: “ The W>rM is mightv glad to have The R‘0 G Rattler on the exchange list. A- . i or volume 1. reached New York last ^ Kirv««nminr t'ortu me If Tt?acm;u • and for a publication blossomiDN orta the land of cactus, far awa; *rom tne laiui VI R-nv-iwv., r anv largo city, it is a marvel. I r ^very way—typography, size, make-u' um. tha't indefinable thing called c.as-» —it outranks many of the nows,-per.- published within the “ forty-fiv, niir- Etos from Broadway” area. Thcr. may be other publications issued by the lads in O. D. along the B'o LranK None of them have appeared he ;■ .^e . But if there are any, it s a at -c ‘>et tbev’ll have to' go some to c enpare with The R a ttler.” Troy Timw: “ The Battler a lot of interesting reading m j t c - ^ c k e r b o c k e r Press: “ The Batt.ej i, certainly a very readable^^^^^^^^^ ies earneRi. „.,aiiir pamned on I is certainly a vcr.v P a c k tram s are ^taking 1 T he KniekerbockAr Press jends off the pack saddle, comes ti , r. Evening Mail . and-watering of j Gran.ie Battler Is a i-.n-e/,. ei; pad next to the mule s b-ck.^cMb | ,},„,ving t!mr the boy?^ hu arrison, ' - ‘*1 TTnnii)lirey.s, Cept. ami waterin g ui. t i„,,.v pntlei] in 1 Gninue Battier i-- *' ' ' •• * B attalion; pad next to the ,i\ ! sheet, J.o.vi,.s ■ o h<ty-= Lane, A d juta - _ -pirat Battalion Spanish, the Cuua, | the ground stories, get. iheu; .inil ^ The line per.^oH\^^ Coup, picket lino which ' ' ® an.l ’ to the world, re-iinilc--.- - \h Capf. Boss, a “ dead man tu ^ ,,^„ven:^ fall. ’ - j-e T' . ......................... .y y i S m iA C o ..B -s : .:?,el3r™ a n - V ..................................... § 14 1 i Woodward, Lieid^ . •o'\it i'.' After ^ n m r i.ie goo-, ^ .......... . ‘ ' L j S? a,!: pooo:eL tleI op ,h,oo D Hick cut a place The hoalr.i i V - .'I ^ _ th e o n t e j M j C V M o h o n ^ ^ ^ -a Mo p„„„- of the p t e e e j o , , h , « . . ------------- - . . one of pur finest Arm. o *i,e W est. !' „nd Sr. John. one o f our fine s t -^” * 7 Back Battler may Lo . . Head- you going to . —March, dilation Manage! at d d i m ’ Navy Journal, qimrters. I.: !■ . I iir.i.g :> 'fiuisd flic’s for an hour. throwing ■Irish to enjoy an iut '.eating i/ach day ia an encore .......... ..... ' | if .you w i ^ - dowi. - f , - . T v a .o,X o . I . P a c k T ram . ■‘\ v T V e s t e n i en d ; ami witness T.^ - ii! L : J
