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ernmtnt has encouraged them to violate it.
He moreover requires the Mexicans to fur
nish accessories Cor all his prisoners. and al
lows them to furnish Gs many lururies as
they please. .. p:
The following orders OF Gen. Scott point
to danger by which he is beset. The or
der is eminently characteristic Of his high !
spirit, his humanity and care. for his troops /:
GENERAL oRDERs-No. 296.
HEAD QUARTERS OF rHn ARMY,
Mexico, Sept. % lS47.
The General n-Chief has received, thro' |
many kind sources, Mexican and others, I'M
doubted information thnt en- extensive con-
spiracy is on foot about US, to surprise (by
means of an insurrection) our guards aud
quarters, and to murder our officers and
men. ,-z
Mexican officers and soldiers, in disguise,
who had not the courage to defend their cap
tai, are the leaders Of ths conspiracy, aided
by some fifteen hundred thieves and murder
ers, who were turned loose for that purpose
and to prey upon the peaceab!e inhabitants,
the night before the trumphal entry Of the
American army into this city.
The conspirators have also the services Of
several false priests who dshonor the holy
religion which they only profess for the spe-
cal occasion.
Until ready for the instruction, the dis
ruiseI villains hope to do us much harm in
detail. Their plan is to essaesinate stray
glers. particularly drunken men; to entice
individuals or small parties into shops, to
drink, and to stab them when in their cups;
to en,ce our gallant Roman Catholic soldiers
who have done SO much honor to our coors,
to desert, under promise OF lands in Cali
fornia, which our arms have already conquer
ed. and which. forever, will remain 4 part
of the United States.
Let all our soldiers, Protestant and Cath
olic, remember the fate of the deserters Ia
ken at Churubusco. These deludcd wretch
cs were also promised money and land; bat
the Mexican Government, by every sort of
III usage, drove them to take up arms o.
gainst the country and flag they had vo!un-
tarially sworn to support, and next placed
them in front Of the battle-in positions from
which they could not possibly escape the
conquering valor Of our glorious ranks. AZ
ter every effort of the Genera-in-Ch;ef to
save. by judcious discrimination, as many
Of those miserable convicts as possible, ,Efy
of them have paid for their treachery by an
| ignominious death on the gallows
Agnin the generalinchief calls on his
brethren in arms, of oil grades, to be con :
etantly on the alert, by day as by night; new
er to appear in the streets without side arms;
to walk out only in parties of twos threes or
more, and to avoid all obscure places-par-
ticularly treacllerous dram shops and liquor
stores.
by command Of 'tini. Cen. Scott:
Ii. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G..
The following orders will show how solic
ltous Gen. Scott is that the religious senti-
ments of the MeXicans should be respected
by his troops. Ali tolerant and good men
we think will approve:
GENERAL OEsDEEs-No. 297.
HEAD GvAnT&Rs OF THE ARMY,
f Mexico, Sept. q, 1877. (
I. Hero. as in all Roman Catholic coun.
tries, there are frequent religious professions
in the streets as we'll as in churches, such
as the elevation Of the host, the uia!icum
funerals, &c.
3. The interruption Of such professions
:, has already been prohibited in orders, ant
as no civilized person will ever wantoDly Dc
any act to hurt the religious feelings of 9th
ers. it is earnestly requested Of all Protes
tant Americans either to keep out Of the way
or to pay to the SCatho!ic religion and its
ceremonies every decent mark Of respect
and defereuce.
3. In the case Of the viuticun, Visits 0
, consolation to the sick and dying) comman.
ders Of corps ara requested, when called up.
en-, TO allow two Roman Catholic soldier:
; to perform the usual functions on such &C.
, casioDs.
A. There is every reason to believe that
4 very large distribution of knives and dirk
, have recently been made to liberated con
! victs (thieves and murderers) for the purpose
Of assassinating American soldiers tount
drunk, or otherwise off their guard.
5. Measures are in progress to search gu
and seize for execution the instigators ant
, leaders Of those assassins. In the meantime
guards and patrols will search all suspicious
, persons, dsarm, and if necessary, conline
them for trial and punishment.
BY command Of Maj. Gen. Scott:
II. l.. SCOTT, A. A. A, G.
The following order touches the military
police of the city:
GENERAL ORDERs-N0. I9S.
HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ARMY
I Mexico, Sept. q, 1647.
10 insure good order and dlclpllne curing
the occupation by the army. of this capital
the following daily details will be regularly
made:
/. A general officer of the day, to report
to the general-in- Ghetto superintend gen.
orally the exterior good order and dicipline
Of the whole garrison, to visit the guards and
outposts, to call out and inspect the in'ying
| pickets as often and at such times rs he may
think proper, to organize patrols from the
in!ying plckets, and to receive all reports
concerning the preservation Of order and
discipline, and make immediate communi-
cation Of any extraordinary occurrence to
the general-in. chief.
2. A field officer OF tie day ofeach divis-
ion, and one of the cavalry brigade. who
will have the immediate superintendent Of
the troops in quarters of his division or brig
ade; to be present at the mounting and dis
mounting Of the guards of his division, par.
ticular'y Of the inlying pickets, always to be
| consi1erad nnAnr his NOR cOn ma nd