The sun., 1916-08-28
THIS RATHER FROM
BORDER LACKS STING
New York Division Gets Out
First Edition of an Army
Newspaper.
MAJOR WARD Is EDITOR


Enlivcn Shcct-Gcn. Organ
Answers Critics.
Vol. 1. No. 1. Of the Rio Grande Rather.
whose purpose Is not ITO sting. but to
get u n rafting good newspaper" ar
rived In New York yesterday. The Rat
tier, II is almost unnecessary to add. Is
the journalistic effort of The New York
in the field In liidalgo county. Texas.
under date Of August 20. And a lively
publication II IL. with not an amateurish
line In its eight pages.
when do we GO home: :" Is the ques-
ton OF greatest interest to the soldiers,
and 1t is treated on almost every page,
seriously and otherwise. The best ex-
ample OF treating 1t otherwise is worthy
quotation entire:
Copy Of telesram- sent :" prominent
statesmen and soldiers b, our editor:
"C"ndentially. when will the New York
division return northT"
Replies to date;
The matter will have careful consid.ra-
,icn at cabinet meeting to be held about
THE weather here I. very warm.
weight at Washington. CARRANzA."
Grape juice should hc added 20 the ra.
"surse., Kaiser william and po,.ibly
Emperor OF Japanc.e the only persons who
might facilitate Think it eysri; o,,.
w. have ju.. arrived. oRYHNN."
Arrived at winnlpex to-day. s:iil suf-
fering from Texas heat. No time to an.
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"oARLINoToN"
Gen. organ On First Page.
Seriously. Major-Gen. Organ. whose
portrait. sketched by Private n. Emery,
New York Ambulance Company No. B.
ad1rns the first page. gives an interview
In which he says he oocs not know. He
refers to the statement attributed ,c
me that We would eat our Christmas
dinner here" but neither afiirms nor de.
MES making the statement. Anything
he might say on the subject would be
pure speculation, he adds.
Other articles are decidedly cheerful
The New Workers. are well satisfied
with their physical condition. ,heil
low rate Of sickness. their increas
ing military efficiency. and they resen'
in several pointed paragraphs the as
sumption that they are "k!d glove" sol
d.erS or boy Scouts
There are well written dissertations o.
hikes and field manpuvies. despatche.
from tho various regiments co%nyeyin,
personal and corps news. and an inter
esting account Il the way the mail Il
banded at McAllen. where the pos, ofic,
business leared from one push cart loa,
II day to three two horse truck loads
and stamp sales from about $1,000
month to $4,000.
AA, e.. ,. ,l- f.- 4
strung the motto. THE Strength Of tn,
Wolf Is the Pack but the Strength o
the Pack Is the Wolf"
Plenty Of Advertising.
There IL advertising ap.enty, toe
Local mcrct ants who deal In brick, lin
and building material. have com
through apparently out OF sheer goo,
Will. Not 80 altruist!c are the advertise
;. ments ~ the Tee cream p~ar.ors. the ic
dealers. the mineral water firms. gen
eral stores, grocers. ~tailors, restaurant
and hotels, who no doubt are roaping
golden harvest. The camera supply me-
also take large space. Gregory a. Card
well 81 McAllen significantly advertis
KNIVES that will cut army beef
There are four want ads" tn
Rather itself var a sporting edito
and live reporters. Cooks are wanted n
corporals' pay. recruits are asked, AN,
girl stcnoCraphers. typists. bookk"cpers
clerks. nurses. telephone operators an
u,,t,ro.s,s 49,, v.r,ed Address "a : :
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ingular lack or business acuihch. 'h'
ia given Jews space instead OF besn
nrIr.cJ 81, .i,cr,iaiuy rates Eum. IN
pu.'.,n' ,,'''te nr ha E.d.r.
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paymastcr and VIII show up Just aDol
AZ soon
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Active Service Auxiliary. denounce IRE
spousihlo newspaper correspondents. c>
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