ed States for any buildings
occupied by troops or officers without a special direction from
general headquarters; nor shall any private house be occupied or
quartered without the free consent of the owner or orders from
general headquarters. No deviations from these injunctions will be
tolerated.

"9. The collection of customs or duties at the several gates of the
city by the civil authorities of the same will be continued as
heretofore until modified by the Civil and Military Governor,
Major-General Quitman, according to the views of the general in
chief; but supplies belonging to the quartermaster and commissary
departments will at once be exempted from all duties.

"By command of Major-General Scott.

"H.L. SCOTT,

"_Acting Assistant Adjutant General_."

The effect of the strict enforcement of these admirable orders was to
bring the American army under a discipline which won for them the
confidence of the people of the city, and to revive and restore trade,
open up the churches, and, as near as could be done under the
circumstances, to place matters in the city _in statu quo ante
bellum_. At the meeting of the junta called by General Santa Anna he
tendered his resignation as President of the Republic and of the
command of the army. Under the Constitution of Mexico the office
devolved upon Manuel de la Pena y Pena, who at once assumed it, and
Santa Anna set out with a view to the capture of Puebla and the
occupation of the road leading to the coast.

Instead of marching on Puebla, Santa Anna turned his forces toward
Queretaro, but in a few days countermarched. After two or three
maneuvers of this kind, he finally invested Puebla with about fifteen
hundred cavalry and four field pieces. He summoned Colonel Childs, who
was in command, to surrender on the score of humanity. Santa Anna
represented his force at eight thousand men, and threatened assault.
Colonel Childs declined to surrender, and made preparations to resist
the assault by strengthening his position. The threatened assault was
not made. On October 1st Santa Anna raised the siege of Puebla and
marched toward El Pinal to intercept a train of wagons with supplies
and re-enforcements, leaving General Rea with sufficient force to
continue operations against the Americans. The Americans were so
annoyed by continuous firing from the housetops that Capta