churches, public buildings and most valuable property immediately behind them.  On the day after the naval battle Admiral Dewey sent word to the Governor-General that if these guns fired a shot at any of his vessels he would immediately reply with his whole squadron.  Owing to their location, this meant a bombardment of the city.  This threat was effective; these guns were never afterward fired, not even during the attack of August 13th, and in return the navy did not fire on them, but directed all their shells at the forts and trenches occupied by the troops outside of the suburbs of the city.

Within the walled city are the cathedral and numerous churches, convents and monasteries, the public offices, civil and military, military workshops and arsenals, barracks for artillery, cavalry and engineers, storehouses and a few dwellings and shops.

The infantry barracks are outside of the walls, four in number; viz.:  Neysing, Fortin, Calzada and Fruita.  They are modern and well constructed, and will accommodate about 4,000 men.  They are now occupied by the United States troops.  Under the terms of the armistice the arms laid down by the Spanish troops on August 14th are to be returned to them whenever they evacuate the city, or the American army evacuates it.  All other public property, including horses, artillery, public funds, munitions, etc., is surrendered to the United States unconditionally.

The question of sending back the troops to Spain is left absolutely to the decision of the authorities in Washington.  They are all within the walled city, but as the public buildings are insufficient to accommodate them, they are quartered in the churches and convents.  These buildings are not adapted for this purpose; they have no sinks, lavatories, kitchens or sleeping apartments, and there is great danger of an epidemic of sickness if the troops are not soon removed.

Pending their removal they are being fed with rations furnished by the United States Commissary Department, and the officers receive from the United States sufficient money for their support.

Spanish Navy.

At the outbreak of the war the naval force in the Philippines consisted of

10 Cruisers.
19 Gunboats.
4 Armed Launches.
3 Transports.
1 Survey Boat.
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Of these Admiral Dewey destroyed, on May 1st, ten cruisers and one transport, and he has since captured two gunboats.  The Spaniards have sunk one transport and two or three gunboats in the Pasig River.  There remain thirteen or fourteen gunboats, which are scattered among the islands.  They are of iron, from 140 to 200 tons each, are armed with one breech-loading rifle, caliber 3 6-10 inches, and two to four machine guns, each caliber 44-100 to 1 inch.  One of the captured boats, the Callao, under command of Lieutenant Tappan, United States Navy, and a crew of eighteen men, rendered very efficient service in the attack of August 13th.  These boats would all be useful in the naval police of the islands.  They will, however, probably be scuttled by the Spaniards before the islands are surrendered.