WHEN HE WAS IN CONTROL OF

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FRANCISCO VILLA AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS MILITARY POWER UNITED STATES WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ====

THE LARGER PART OF NORTHERN MEXICO, AND THE TO RICCHINIZI HIM A At 11

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THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE SECRETARY OF WAR
MAJOR-GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT AND SECRETARY NEWTON D. BAKER. ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL CONFERENCES BETWEEN THEM, ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LATTER HAD TAKEN OFFICE, WAS TO MAKE EFFECTIVE THE PRESIDENT'S DETERMINATION TO PUNISH VILLA, A TASK FOR
WHICH GENERAL SCOTT WAS PECULIARE

SQUIPPED BY HIS

PERSONAL

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COMMANDER OF ALL THE AMERICAN TROOPS THAT HAVE PATROLLED THE MEXICAN BORDER FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF FROM BROWNSVILLE, TEX., TO SAN DIEGO, CAL.; AND IN CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE CAPTURE OF VILLA AND HIS MEN