“The regiment remained during the summer, engaged in scouting and garrison duty, making occasional excursions after guerrillas and other rebel deprecators.”
“They became to be viewed as a set of robbers and deprecators, banded together solely for the purpose of plunder, and acting without authority of law or order.”
“The city critics and deprecators needed to know that there were processes being put in place, strategies being developed and people still committed to the revival of the city.”