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76Soto, Sept. 12. 86Llorea to Soto, June 12. 76Marín to Soto, Sept. 22, 25. 73Bermúdez de Castro, no. 517, 1847. Diario, June 11. 214Hays and Caperton, Hays. 257[Hughes] to Frank, Dec. 16. México á través, iv, 662.

10. 128Brackett, diary. 80Méx. legislature, address, Apr. 26, 1847; decree, May 31. 61Childs, Jan. 13, 1848. Flag of Freedom, i, no. 3. Gamboa, Impug., 66. Bustamante, Nuevo Bernal, ii, 53, 215. Apuntes, 386. Nacional, Dec. 18. S. Anna, Apelación, 29. 82Puebla state treas. to secy., May 10. And from 76 the following. Bravo, May 22, 1847. Guerra, circular, May 4. Lists of guerilla patents issued. Gov. Oaxaca, proclam., Jan. 25, 1848. Peña y Barragán, Nov. 24, 1847. To Torrejón, Dec. 28. Rea to Peña y Barragán, Nov. 26; to Guerra, Nov. 14. Rules of Rea's officers. Alvarez, June 16. Rea said he had commanded regulars. He treated some captured Americans with much civility.

11. Sen. 1; 30, 1, pp. 385 (Scott); 471 (Childs); app., 33 (Gwynn); 34 (Morehead). 13Thornton, no. 5, Oct. 29, 1847. National, Nov. 14. Brackett, Lane's Brigade, 113, 117, 131. 356Whitcomb, diary. Zirckel, Tagebuch, 102. 95Puebla ayunt., proceedings, Aug. 31. 65Scott, gen. orders 246, Aug. 5. 66J. L. Smith to H. L. Scott, July 13. Scott, Mems., i, 550. Flag of Freedom, i, nos. 1, 5. Kitchen, Record, 63-9. Lawton, Artill. Off., 278. 270Moore, diary. Oswandel, Notes, 248, 254, 259, 265, 268, 293. S. Anna, Mi Historia, 85. Negrete, Invasión, iv, app., 313. S. Anna, Apelación, 60. Sen. 52; 30, 1, pp. 202, 206. México á través, iv, 699. 76Comte. gen. Puebla, Sept. 18. 76Relaciones to Guerra, Dec. 11. Moore, Scott's Camp., 116, 214-6. 73Lozano, no. 9, 1847. 82Puebla congress, decree, Aug. 12. Ramsey, Other Side, 394-5. Smith, To Mexico, 171. Roa Bárcena, Recuerdos, 517. S. Anna, Detall, 33, 35.

The cavalry were under Capt. Ford, the artillery under Capts. Kendrick and Miller, and the infantry (six companies) under Lieut. Col. Black (Sen. 1; 30, 1, p. 471). Capt. Rowe, Ninth Infantry, commanded a hospital that was persistently attacked. A considerable number of the sick were able to do light duty. Some civilian employees helped. Childs had authority from Scott to organize the convalescents into companies and battalions (65Scott, gen. orders 246). Scott spoke of the garrison as "competent"? (Sen. 1; 30, 1, p. 303), and no doubt it was as nearly equal to the dangers that appeared to threaten it as was the army that advanced from Puebla. But the garrison was weaker than Scott had intended it to be, for many convalescents had represented themselves as well. Four Pennsylvania companies, Ford's company and Miller's company held S. José, which was a poor building for the purpose and badly placed. Guadalupe was occupied as a protection to Loreto.

Guerillas entered Puebla Aug. 12. Childs at once gave notice to the prefect that, should the people attempt to overpower the garrison, "the City would probably suffer" from his artillery (69Aug. 12). The first attack upon the Americans gave the guerillas about 700 mules and some other property. The next day some fifty armed teamsters and others went against the guerillas, and only fifteen of them returned. The authorities of the city were disgusted with the operations of the guerillas. About the first of September, by order of the state congress, the National Guards moved to help recover the city from the Americans, but the orders given them seemed to show little determination to coöperate with Rea or fight