New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-04
Rio Grande, Nearing Flood
Stage, May Inundate
Militia Camps.
GENERAL NAFARRATE
THREATENS RAMPAGE
bad Boy of the Border Re-
ported To Be Raising Army
TO Make Trouble.
BY ROBERT III. ROHDE.

Headquarters 9Th Field Division,
U. S. A. (McAllen. Tex, Aug 3.-Two
dangers hitherto held in leash, one by
the drought and the other by what au-
thority the de facto government has
maintained in the Tampico district,
menace the National Guard of the
United States from south Of the Rio
Grande River tonight.
One is the San Juan River; the other
General Nafarrate. the gringo hater.
Both are reported on a rampage.
The San Juan has been cutting up
for a week. A mere trickle in the dry
season, it has become raging torrent,
sweeping into the Rio Grande and lift
ing that low, placid, muddy stream al
most to the top Of its high banks. A
rise of ia feet already has been re-
corded and few feet more will see the
river miles in width instead OF yards.
If the Rio Grande escapes its banks
it is more than likely that the camps
of the New York field artillery and
cavalry will have to be abandoned.
However, the troops here will be better
off than the middle Westerners at
Llano Grande, whose camp site is on
much lower ground.
A food at the worst could scarcely
mean more than discomfort for the
Guardsmen, most of whom are miles
back from the river. but Nafarrate's
rampage may mean Intervention and
war.
bad Boy of the Border"
General Nafarrate, following his re-
moval from command OF the Tampico
district, is reported TO have started TO
build up fresh title to his oldtime
sobriquet, "The Bad Boy of the Bor-
der"
As the word comes over the grape
vine which crosses the Rio Grande even
in these days of strained relations, the
general shows indications of cutting
loose altogether from the Carranza
cause.
His reputation gained in the defence
Of Ma.amoras has won for him a large
peon soldier following. Luis de la
Rosa and Anecito Piano, who have
figured actively in bandit raids, are
said to have pledged themselves and
their personal retainers to the general.
II he obtains an army of sufficient
strength, according to those familiar
alike with the general border situation
and Nafarrate's characteristics, the
general will almost certainly set up a
new standard, make a new declaration
Of principles and start one more rev
olution. And the first fighting, say the
border strategists, will be on the Amer
lean side, for across the river there are
no longer well stocked ranches and
thriving villages left to plumber
As for the camp news, II didn't rain
to-day Instead, the sun famed down
fiercely out of a cloudless sky, and the
men, before the peak of the heat had
been reached in mid-afternoon, were
wondering what they had found TO COM
plain about with the cool showers fall
ing.
Dough Boys Rebuild Streets.
The mud was still so thick that no
drills could be attempted. A detail Of
Squadron A went on a practice hike,
but the dough boys remained in camp
TO rebuild washed out main and COM
pany streets.
In one of his rare official statements
Major General John F. Organ, com
handing the New York division, places
blame for the mobilization delay on the