Note 26 — XXXI THE AMERICANS AS CONQUERORS 1846–1848
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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.