CHAPTER PAGE THE WAR WITH MEXICO 18 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT 27 I. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 37 II. A SURPRISE FOR VERA CRUZ 53 III. THE AMERICANS GAIN A RECRUIT 61 IV. JERRY MAKES A TOUR 67 V. IN THE NAVAL BATTERY 84 VI. SECOND LIEUTENANT GRANT 92 VII. HURRAH FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE! 110 VIII. INSPECTING THE WILD “MOHAWKS” 120 IX. THE HEIGHTS OF CERRO GORDO 130 X. JERRY JOINS THE RANKS 146 XI. IN THE WAKE OF THE FLEEING ENEMY 154 XII. AN INTERRUPTED TOILET 164 XIII. GETTING READY AT PUEBLA 175 XIV. A SIGHT OF THE GOAL AT LAST 188 XV. OUTGUESSING GENERAL SANTA ANNA 194 XVI. FACING THE MEXICAN HOST 203 XVII. CLEARING THE ROAD TO THE CAPITAL 218 XVIII. IN THE CHARGE AT CHURUBUSCO 229 XIX. BEFORE THE BRISTLING CITY 240 XX. THE BATTLE OF THE KING’S MILL 250 XXI. READY FOR ACTION AGAIN 269 XXII. STORMING CHAPULTEPEC 279 XXIII. FORCING THE CITY GATES 291 XXIV. IN THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA 311 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “You Young Rascal! What’s the Meaning of this Racket?” _Frontispiece_ Winfield Scott――General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States at the Period of His Commanding in Mexico 27 “And All Your Army and Guns Can’t Keep Them Off” 46 “’Peared Like They Were Going to Ambush Me and Take this Turkey” 125 Lieutenant Grant Used this as a Ladder 264 MAPS The March to the City of Mexico, 279 Miles 18 The Campaign in the Valley of Mexico 194 WORDS OF GENERAL SCOTT His motto in life: “If idle, be not solitary; if solitary, be not idle.” At Queenstown Heights, 1812: “Let us, then, die, arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The blood of the slain will make heroes of the living.” At Chippewa, July 5, 1814: “Let us make a new anniversary for ourselves.” To the Eleventh Infantry at Chippewa: “The enemy say that Americans are good at long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon the Eleventh instantly to give the lie to that slander. Charge!” From an inscription in a Peace Album, 1844: “If war be the natural state of savage tribes, peace is the first want of every civilized community.”