| Albert Deane Richardson - 1868 - 644 str.
...acquired much prominence there. General Scott testified : — " But for our graduated cadets, the war with Mexico might, and probably would, have lasted some four or five years, with more defeats than victories falling to our share, whereas in less than two campaigns we conquered a... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - 1894 - 692 str.
...California. Gen. Scott has said (in a letter of June 21, 1860): "I give it as my fixed opinion th-it, but for our graduated cadets, the war between the...to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns wo conquered a great country and a peace, without the loss of a single battle or skirmish." It is something... | |
| United States. War Department - 1878 - 734 str.
...explicit testimony given by General Scott to a national commission in July, 1800. " I give it," he says, " as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets...probably would, have lasted some four or five years, within its first half more defeats than victories falling to our share, whereas in less than two campaigns... | |
| United States. War Department - 1878 - 614 str.
...explicit testimony given by General Scott to a national commission in July, 1860. "I give it," he says, "as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets...probably would, have lasted some four or five years, within its first half more defeats than victories falling to our share, whereas in less than two campaigns... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1879 - 630 str.
...explicit testimony given by General Scott to a national commission in July, I860. "I give it," he says, "as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets...probably would, have lasted some four or five years, within its first half more defeats than victories falling to our share, whereas jn less than two campaigns... | |
| 1880 - 1178 str.
...was mainly indebted for its disci pi i ne." " I give it as my fixed opinion," wrote General Scott, "that but for our graduated cadets, the war between...Mexico might and probably would have lasted some four and five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas,... | |
| United States. War Department - 1887 - 920 str.
...distinct and explicit testimony given by General Scott to a national commission in July, Ib60: "I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the I'uitcil States and Mexico might, and probably would, have lasted some four or five years, within its... | |
| 1891 - 708 str.
...conquest of Mexico and California. General Scott has said (in a letter of June 21, 1860) : " I give it as my fixed opinion that, but for our graduated cadets, the war bet ween the United States and Mexico might, and probably would, have lasted some four or five years,... | |
| 1896 - 758 str.
...give it as my fixed opinion that but for our own graduated cadets the war between the United State? and Mexico might, and probably would, have lasted...defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas in two campaigns we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.... | |
| James Grant Wilson - 1897 - 456 str.
...West Point graduates of whom General Scott later said, before a congressional committee, " I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the United States and Mexico would have lasted four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories fallen... | |
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