OCR Text |
Show DIPLOMAT AS WELL AS SOLDIER B Hen. IIukIi l. Scott Is prnlinbly B the must unique clinructcr In ttic Unit- d States finny. In the diiys of tho Indinn dlslurlmneos on thu Western frontier lio khIikmI distinction ns nn Imllnti lighter, and us rcnmrltnblo ns J It mlKht seem, Inter liecnmo tho In- j dlnns' friend nnil cnmiKdlor. lie Is BV foinlllnr with their folklore nnd talks j (heir bIbii Iuiikuiikc. j Scvernl yours ngn, when ono of tho J tribes wont on tho wnr putli Oenerul J Scott whs sent to the scene of tho dls- j (urtiunccs mid nfter a few days of J friendly neKotlntions succeeded In J lirinslntf nliout pence which tho nnncd J forces of the Htnlo hnd hceu unuhle to J accomplish, B After Villa's rnld on Arncrlcnn BS 7onIer towns, murdering Amcrlcnns B nd looting their homes, flcnernl Cnr- j lunr.ii hnvltiK gained control of the sit- B ration mid 1111 Auierlcmi force linvlnR B 1-wn dispatched Into Mexico to run -""" BBfl (Sown Villa, (Jeneral Scott, accompanied by General Funston, held a series of BBB inferences with Oenerul Obregon, then minister of war In tho Carranza rahlnct, with a view to bringing about peace In northern Mexico and tho with- BBb, ilrawiil of the American forces from Mexican foil. BBJ He Is now the military head of the American mission to Itusslu. |