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3389. GENERALS, Usages of war and.—

I would use any powers I have [as Governor
of Virginia] for the punishment of any
officer of our own, who should be guilty of
excesses unjustifiable under the usages of
civilized nations.—
To Colonel Matthews. Washington ed. i, 234. Ford ed., ii, 263.
(1779)