"H.L. Scott,
"Acting Assistant Adjutant General."
"Headquarters of the Army, National Palace of Mexico,
"September 18, 1847.
"General Orders No. 289.
"1. The army by degrees, and beginning as soon as practicable, will be distributed and quartered over the city as follows:
"2. The first division (Worth's) in or near the direct route from the San Cosme toward the cathedral and extending a little beyond the east end of the Alameda. This division will keep a competent guard with two guns of medium caliber at that gate.
"3. The second division (Twiggs's) about the Grand Plaza and extending toward the gate of San Lazaro, or the Penon, at which it will keep a guard and two pieces of artillery, as above.
"4. The third division (Pillow's) on or near the direct route from the gate of Peralvillo, or Guadalupe, toward the cathedral, but not south of the convent of San Domingo, and will keep a guard of two pieces of artillery at that gate.