and their property against robbers. — 3. They are allowed to organize a neutral police force of twenty five armed and mounted men for protection of the town against robbers and for assisting the authorities in executing their duties, the criminals taken prisoners by them to be delivered over to the Governor of Puebla. — 4. Permission is likewise granted to said authorities and inhabitants to defend themselves against any one who comes to plunder, rob or attack them, may he be robber, guerrillero [i.e., "guerilla"], or an American soldier. — 5. The Municipality of San Martin has permission, to arrest and remit to their commanding officers all American soldiers, they may find within the district of San Martin, drunk dispersed or deserters. — 6. It is strictly prohibited to the troops and followers of the United States army to open the prison at San Martin and put the criminals in liberty. — 7. A copy of this Safeguard has been forwarded to the General in chief of the United States forces in order to communicate it to the commanding officers of the army, and of divisions, which have to pass by San Martin. Another copy has been remitted to the commanding officer of the military post at Rio Frio. — "'
24. Numerous large monasteries, occupied by only a few monks, were found useful, and the use of them for such a purpose gave no offence (Scott, Mems., 11, 580).
25. Scott's policy. Scott, Mems., ii, 393-6, 547-9, 580. Hitchcock in Republic, Feb. 15, 1851. Lawton, Artillery Officer, 147. 69Safeguard. 60Scott, May 26, 1846. 65Gen. orders 20, Feb. 19, 1847. Ho. 60; 30, 1, p. 873. Sen. 1; 29, 2, p.55. So. Qtrly. Review, Jan., 1852, p. 133.
26. Scott called upon "the 97 honorable men in every 100" to seize in the act and report the "scoundrels" committing outrages (Ho. 60; 30, 1, p. 914). He thus enlisted, he believed, the coöperation of "thousands of good soldiers" (60to Marcy, Apr. 5, 1847). As in civil life, it was of course impossible to apprehend all the criminals.
27. The impracticable attempt to keep liquor out of the city was not tried here. A system of license and supervision was adopted. April 1 two taverns were authorized to sell liquor (to be used on the premises).
28. Worth's successors in the governorship were Col. Henry Wilson up to about the middle of December, 1847; Gen. James Bankhead for a few days; Gen. Twiggs until Mar. 25, 1848; Col. Wilson for a day or two; Gen. S. W. Kearny. When Wilson left in December, 1847, the merchants and consuls gave him a vote of thanks (Lerdo de Tejada, Apuntes, 11, 585). Mar. 30, 1848, the Mexican ayuntamiento was restored.
29. Thompson, Recolls., 4. Dysentery was prevalent and dangerous. Dec. 29, 1847, a responsible writer at Vera Cruz stated that not less than 1,200 Americans had succumbed there to the climate since April.
30. The Vera Cruz district. 52Trist, May 7,1847. Bullock, Six Months (1825 ed.), i, 19, 20. 100Ayuntamiento archives. Lerdo de Tejada, Apuntes, 1, 572-3, 584-5. Lyon, Journal, ii, 214, 221. Flag of Freedom, i, no. 4. Lawton, Artillery Officer, 112, 115, 117, 119. Niles, Sept. 25, 1847, p. 53, etc. 361Woods, recolls. 144Cassidy, recolls. 327Sutherland, letters. 322Smith, diary. 152Claiborne, mems. 270Moore, diary. Oswandel, Notes, 105-6. 86S. Anna to Soto, Apr. 14, 1847. Wash. Union, July 26, 29, 1847. Amer. Eagle, V. Cruz, Apr. 3, 13; Oct. 11, 16, 1847. 76J. Soto, July 3, 1847. 256J. Parrott to Marcy, Apr. 19, 1847. 13Giffard, Apr. 13; May 15; June 15, 1847. 221Hill, diary. 69Scott to Patterson, Mar. 30, 1847. 65Wilson, orders (1847) 20, 23, 64, 116, 128, 142. 65Bankhead, orders 167. 65Twiggs, orders 11, 14. 65Wilson,
