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Spanish officers will be paroled and the
forces at the arsenal will deliver all their
arms.”
Capt. Sostoa then pleaded for more time.
The talk had all been in Spanish, and the
time when Commander Wood was to open
fire was already nearly up.
Consequently Commander Lamberton
gave the Spaniards two hours’ time. If the
white flag was not rehoisted over the arsen-
al at noon he said we should reopen fire.
We returned to the Petrel just in time and
started back across the bay to report to the
commodore.
At a quarter to 11 o’clock the white flag
was hoisted, but when we went to take
possession of the arsenal in the afternoon
we found that every seaman had marched
off to Manila, carrying his Mauser rifle with
him. Having learned that evening that
the governor of Manila had refused to let
the cable company transmit our messages,
Commodore Dewey sent the merchant
steamer Zafiro a short distance down the
bay and had her cut the cable. Having no
instruments for working a cable, we could
not keep up communication, and the gov-
ernor would not let the cable company send
its operators to our ship.
No one can complain that Commodore
Dewey has been slow in finishing off his
work, but he would have done it even
sooner but for an accident to one of the
Raleigh’s pump, which detained him in
Mirs bay two days, and also the slow speed
of which transport vessels are capable. But
for these delays the Spanish ships would
have been destroyed on Thursday instead
of Sunday, as in all other respects Commo-
dore Dewey’s plans were complete. Dur-
ing the passage of the forts at the entrance
of Manila bay on Saturday night, Frank
B. Randall, chief engineer of the revenue
cutter McCullough, died suddenly from
heat and prostration. He was buried at
sea the next day. Although the McCul-
lough was of no value as a fighting ma-
chine, Commodore Dewey several times
made use of her to overhaul sailing
craft. She kept at a safe distance from the
scene of action on Sunday, but went down
the bay to meet the English merchant
steamer Esmeralda, which was coming in,
and made an excellent record for speed as a
dispatch boat while bringing us over to
Hong Kong on Thursday. There were
three civilian spectators of the battle at a
distance of 10 miles from the fighting line,
but that incident hardly warrants the
claim of any newspaper that it had a
steamer specially chartered to accompany
the squadron.
As soon as the natives ashore learned
that the Spaniards had been driven out of
Cavite they began coming in crowds to pil-
lage. Finally they became so bold as to
attack the hospital, and it was necessary
to send a guard of American seamen to pro-
tect the wounded or to transfer them to
Manila. The latter was done on Wednes-
day, Commodore Dewey utilizing captured
steamers for this duty. All the houses of
the Spaniards in the town of San Roque,
near Cavite, were absolutely gutted by the
natives, who even ventured into the arsenal
and carried off many boat loads of furniture
and stores before the marine guard was
posted at the gates.
The Spanish defeat was advertised for
miles away by the ships burning in Cavite
bay. The Castilla, which was set on fire
in Sunday morning’s battle, was a magnifi-
cent mass of flames 12 hours later and con-
tinued to burn all night with brilliant in-
tensity. I boarded the Don Juan de Aus-
‘tria, Isle de Luzon and Marquis Del Duero
while the were still burning. I found
them fitted up with the Canet rapid fire-
guns and most of the modern improve-
ments. I did not discover until after we
had spent the afternoon in their vicinity
that all their large guns had been left
loaded with powder and shell, making
them particularly dangerous tosmall boats.
The guns generally laid level just above
the surface of the water. As several of
them were pointed at the arsenel their
charges were first drawn and then drowned
as the fire might reach them at any mo-
ment. When our ships drew away for
breakfast Sunday morning the temper of
the men was well illustrated by the almost
tearful appeal of one gun captain to Com-
modore Lamberton: ‘For God’s sake,
captain, don’t stop now! Let's finish ’em
right off! To hell with breakfast !’’
“Old Purdy,’’ a privileged petty officer,
because he has served in the navy or army
nearly fifty years, was greeted by the Com-
modore on Saturday, when the old man
‘‘shifted his cud,’’ and said : “I hope you
won’t fight on the 3rd of May, commo-
dore.”’ :
,‘Why not ?”’ asked Commodore Dewey.
‘Well, you see,’’ the old man answered,
“I got licked the last time I fought on that
date.”” Purdy had been with Hooker at
Chancellorsville, and he did not like that
anniversary.
All our men suffered greatly from the
heat during the action, for they were shut
up below with furnaces blazing and the
tropical sun pouring down its heat rays.
Probably several of the men would have
succumbed but for the excitement of battle.
Eighty Spanish bodies were found unburied
on Monday night, and we gave them burial
Tuesday morning, calling in a Roman
Catholic priest to read the burial service
over their remains. The bodies presented
a horrible sight. One had the head almost
wholly carried away. Another had been
struck in the stomach by a projectile, cut-
ting away everything to the backbone. One
very large man, apparently an officer, was
not only mangled, but burned, and all the
bodies were frightfully bloated. To add
to the horror of the scene several lean,
wolf-like dogs had discovered the bodies
before we had.
Probably there were nowhere a more in-
terested or more thoroughly happy set of
persons than the group of wives of Ameri-
can naval officers who had been living in
Hong Kong in order to be near their hus-
bands. Having heard little news except
alarming rumors since the squadron left
here, they are now recovering their normal
serenity with the certainty that their hus-
bands are safe. Thereare about a dozen of
these officers’ wives forming a little navy
colony here.
The Opposing Navies.
Full List of United States and Spanish War Craft.—
Comparison of Their Strength.—Total number of
Our Vessels is 143—The Spaniards Have 113—We
Outnumber Them in Nearly Every Class and Have a
Larger Variety of Fighting Craft.
All the world will watch for the results
of the engagements between the United
States and Spanish fleets. The following
table shows the complete fighting strength
of the opposing navies :
UNITED STATES.
FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIPS.
Material. Tons. Guns.
Towa.....ccinnmnnn inal Steel 11,340 18
Indiana...............cci..r Steel I
1
10,288
0,288
0,288
SECOND CLASS BATTLESHIPS.
POERS civ seers sasnssnarerss sind Steel 6,300
SEA-GOING COAST DEFENSE MONITORS.
MONIEIEY. .cocoerrnmnsisersioiross Steel 4,084
Puritan....... ....Iron 6,060
Amphitrite..... Iron 3,990
Miantonomoh Iron 3,990
Monadnock Iron 3,990
Perror......ics.. Iron 3,990
FIRST RATE ARMORED CRUISERS.
Brooki¥ilui seereriesssscnneessd Steel 9,215
New York.......coooernsssenenns Steel 8,200
FIRST RATE PROTECTED CRUISERS.
Minneapolis.....ceueseecesesnens Steel 7,375
Columbia... Steel 7,375
Olympla.......ccciicresersirsed Steel 5,870
SECOND RATE PROTECTED CRUISERS.
Philadelphia............ccceeeu Steel 4,324
Chicago...... Steel 4,500
Newark... Steel 4,098
San Franc Steel 4,098
Baltimore .. Steel 4,413
Cincinnati.. Steel 3,213
Raleigh ..... Steel 3,213
Charleston.. Steel 3,730
Atlanta... Steel 3,000
Boston ... Steel 3,000
New Orleal Steel , 3,450
NON-SEAGOING COAST DEFENSE MONITORS.
2,100
2,100
Mahopac Iron 2,100
Manhattan . Iron 2,100
Wyandotte .. Iron 2,100
Catskill...... Iron 1,875
Comanche.. Iron 1,875
Jason... Iron 1,875
Lehigh ... Iron 1,875
Montauk Iron 1,875
Nahant... Iron 1,875
Nantucket.. Iron 1,875
PaSSaiC. coors carsiiisieisiasrveiy Iron 1,875
RAM.
Katahdin... coir Steel 2,183
THIRD RATE CRUISERS (MODERN).
Marblehead .. Steel 2,089
Detroit ...... Steel 2,089
Montgomery.. ..Steel 2,089
POPRRR ere cinrienrisinivinnend Steel 1,800
THIRD RATE GUNBOATS (MODERN).
Bennington............. lee Steel 1,710
Concord ..... ....Steel 1,710
Yorktown... 1,710
Suwanee .... 1,700
Wilmington 1,392
elena 1,392
Nashville V 1,371
Castine Steel 1,177
Machias..... Steel 1,971
Annapolis... Composite 2,227
Vicksburg . omposite 1,118
Wheeling 1,081
Marietta. 1,054
Newport. 1,008
Princeton. . 1,000
Dolphin..
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Bancroft.
Cushing (No. 1)
Ericsson (No.
Foote (No. 3)....
Rodgers ty 4)...
Winslow (No. 5)...
Porter (No. 6) ......
Dupont (No. 7) .
Rowan (No. 8)..
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Farragut(No. 11).
Davis (No. 12)......
Fox (No. 13).....
Morris (No. 14)
Talbot (No. 15)
Gwin (No. 16)...
Mackenzie (No. 17)..
McKee (NO. 18)..cccvvrernnnne
Stringham (No. 19) ........!
Goldsbor’gh (No. 20).......8
Bailey No. 21
Stiletto...
Somers ..
Plunger (submarine)......
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BATTLESHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (FIRST RATE.)
Kearsarge.. Steel 11,525 22
Kentucky.. Steel 11,525 22
Illinois... Steel 11,525 18
Alabama... ...Steel 11,525 18
Wiseonsi....cccinirnrvinns Steel 11,525 18
OLD STYLE WOODEN CRUISERS.
1anCasSter ..icirrrrs. iiiise irri 3,250 12
Hartford... - 2,790 13
Alert...... 1,020 3
Adams 1,375 6
Alliane 1,375 6
Enterp: 1,375 4
Essex 1,375 6
Marion .. 1,900 8
Mohican... 1,900 10
Ranger... 1,020 6
Thetis....... 1,250 1
Monoeacy......c.cccersnrsnene 1,370 6
AUXILIARY FLEET.
CRUISERS.
Yankee (50). Harvard.
Dixie (51) Resolute.
Prairie (52). Jamestown.
Yosemite (53). Badger.
St. Paul. Panther.
St. Louis. Shawmut.
Yale. Nichteroy.
REVENUE CUTTERS.
Hamilton (1). McCulloch (7).
Hudson (2). Grant (8).
Manning (3). Corwin (9).
Morrill (4). Rush (10).
Windom (5). Perry (16).
Woodbury (6).
LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS.
America (11). Maple (13).
Mangrove (12). Suwanee (14).
YACHTS.
Eagle (20). Restless.
Hawk (21) Illawari.
Hornet (22). Viking.
Wasp (23). Au Revoir.
Vixen (24). Corsair.
Scorpion (25). Penelope.
Thespia.
TUGS.
Algonquin (30). Potomac (38).
Alice (31). Choctaw (39).
Nezinscot (32). Powhatan (40).
Osceola (33). Fearless (59).
Sioux (34). Vigilant (60).
Tecumseh (35). Active (61).
Uncas (36). s Vigilant (No. 2).
Wompatuck (37). Philadelphia.
HOSPITAL STEAMER.
Solace (17)
REPAIR STEAMER.
Juniata.
SUPPLY STEAMER.
Zafira (18)
COLLIERS.
Merrimac (45). Niagara (43).
Lebanon (46). Sterling (44).
Nanshan (47). Irawaddy.
Saturn (48).
SPAIN.
FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIP.
Names. Material. Tons, Guns.
Pelayo.....ic...connrnisiniiene Steel 9,900 35
THIRD CLASS BATTLESHIPS.
Numaneia......ccceeieiinenen Iron 7,305 27
VIOPIR ciiiiiiiionsionensansn Iron 7,250 28
FIRST CLASS ARMORED CRUISERS.
Emperado Carlos V ...... Steel 9,235 26
Cardenal Cisneros.........Steel 7,000 24
Cataluna................ Steel 7,000 24
Princesa de Asturia: Steel 7,000 24
Almirante Oquendo .....Steel 7,000 30
ViSeaya............i0 in Steel 7,000 30
Infanta Maria Teresa ....Steel 7,000 30
Cristobal Colon.............. Steel 6,840 40
SECOND CLASS PROTECTED CRUISERS.
Alfonso XI11.........cco00iun Steel 5,000 25
1.epANL0... uiiseerncrnninsnnss Steel 4,826 25
THIRD CLASS PROTECTED CRUISERS,
Marques de Ensenada.....Steel 1,030 13
Isla de Cuba..........cooeeerend Steel 1,030 12
Isla de Luzon........ccceee nad Steel 1,030 12
SECOND CLASS PARTLY PROTECTED CRUISERS.
Alfonso XIlL.......cccvevneens Steel 3,000 23
Reina Cristina.... + oes Steel 3,520 21
Reina Mercedes ............. Steel 3,090 21
Castilla..... .. Wood 3,342 22
Navarra .. Wood 3,342 16
Aragon .... es ..Wood 3,342 14
THIRD CLASS UNPROTECTED CRUISERS.
Conde de Venadito ......... 1,130 13
Don Antonio de Ulloa 1,130 11
Don Juan de Austria. 1,130 14
Infanta Isabel........ 1,130 13
Isabel II ‘ 1,130 13
CRUISFRS (UNCLASSIFIED IN PUBLISHED LIST).
uiros.. 3156 4
Velasco 1,152 1
Villalobos 315 4
DISPATCH VESSELS,
Fernando El Catolico....... Iron 500 4
Marques del Duero.......... Iron 500 4
SLOOP OF WAR.
JOrZe JUM suse sersssnisassirsin Wood 935 i’
TORPEDO GUNBOATS.
Don Alvaro de Bezan .......Steel 830 8
Dona Maria de Molina .... Steel 830 8
Destructor.......c.ccc ve Steel 458 4
Filipinas.............. Steel 750 6
Marques de la Vit teel 830 8
Marques de Molina.. teel 571 8
Galicin. .........o.ceuedvs . Steel 571 6
Martin'Alonzo Pinzon...... Steel 571 6
Nueva ESpana .......ceeessnen Steel 630 6
Rapido.......... teel 570 6
Temerario 590 6
Vincente Yanez Pinzon... Steel 71 6
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS.
400 6
380 6
380 6
380 6
380 6
380 6
Knots.
26.
25.5
24
24
21.3
19.5
21.5
20.5
20.1
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Besides these there is a fleet of 13 vessels
of the Compania Trasatlantica of Cadiz
available for arming as cruisers; 4 iron gun-
boats mounting 3 heavy guns and a machine
gun each, of 500 tons displacement, but
suitable only for coast defense; 4 iron and
7 steel gunboats, slow and suitable chiefly
for police duty, with displacement ranging
from 100 to 525 tons; 2 composite gunboats
of a light class; 18 small steel gunboats for
service in Cuba, carrying 2 small guns each.
—New York Post.
The Philippines.
Much has been written and printed about
the Philippine islands, but the victory
of Commodore Dewey practically in
the harbor of Manila adds renewed interest
to these faraway is lands. Never before has
the United States conducted extended mil-
itary and naval operations so far away
from its own shores.
There are several hundred islands in the
Philippine group, but only nine are of any
considerable size. The island of Luzon is
the principal, it is about the size of Penn-
sylvania and has about the population of
this State. The total area of the group is
estimated at 114,326 square miles. They
extend from four degrees above the equator
to twenty north latitude. The population
is put at from 7,000,000 to 10.000,000.
The islands are separated from Asia by the
China sea, and can be reached in two or
three days’ steaming from Hong Kong.
This distance was traversed to carry Com-
modore Dewey’s official reports to a neutral
telegraph station at Hong Kong. The ca-
ble from Manila to Hong Kong was under
Spanish control, and was cut before the
full news of the victory reached here.
Manila, the capital of the islands and
the center of Spanish power, is on the
southwestern side of the island of Luzon.
It contains with its suburbs a population
of 350,000, of whom 10,000 are European.
These include the soldiery, clergy, officials
and foreign business and professional men.
The English-speaking residents do not ex-
ceed 600. The city proper is surrounded
by a massive stone wall more than 200
years old, and it is sparsely mounted with
obsolete cannon, The people living inside
the wall do not number more than 25,000.
It is, however, for a tropical city an ex-
tremely busy place. It is the principal
port of export, and the exports last year
amounted to $40,000,000. Manila bay, on
which the city is situated, is a capacious
land-locked harbor and has been well forti-
fied, but with the exception of a few mod-
ern guns mostly in an antique way. It
was in this bay Commodore Dewey fought
his brilliant battle with the Spanish fleet
and land defenses. The bay is about 120
miles in circumference.
The city of Manila was founded by the
Spaniards in 1571 and established as the
capital. It was captured by the British in
1762 in the war of the Spanish succession,
about the same time the British and Ameri-
can colonists subdued Havana. The Span-
ish commander at Manila when the British
captured it ransomed the town for $4,000,-
000, besides delivering up all the military
and naval stores. The British commanders
accepted bills for the amount of the ransom
drawn on the Spanish government, but
when the bills were presented the ministry
refused to pay them, and the victors lost
their share of the spoils. The British fleet,
however, did not return empty handed, as
soon after the operations at the Philippines
it captured two Spanish treasure ships
valued with their cargoes at $8,000,000.
One of them with $5,000,000, was the rich-
est prize ever brought into a British port.
If the British commander nearly 150 years
ago exacted $5,000,000 as the ransom of
Manila, Commodore Dewey may enforce a
like business adjustment.
As to the seven or ten millions popula-
tion of the Philippine islands the informa-
tion is vague. They are mostly of Malay
extraction, the exception being a race called
the Negritos. The latter are dwarfish
blacks and degraded to a degree that can
hardly be imagined. The tribes of Malay
origin vary in development from a state of
absolute savagery to civilization. A meas-
ure of the intelligence of the lowest tribes
is their knowledge of mathematics. Their
numerals usually stop at three, but their
teachers count up to twenty by making use
of their fingers and toes. The more civil-
ized natives are classed as adherents to the
Catholic church, and are held in strict sub-
jection by the friars and priests of that
church. They are kept in extreme poverty
by the heavy burden of Spanish taxation.
If the islands were given a stable, enlight-
ened government they would quickly be-
come rich and prosperous. Spain, however,
has used the islands only as a source to
draw a revenue from. The condition
brought about is described by a high au-
thority as follows: ‘‘While the officials
fatten the natives are left to die like cattle
if epidemic disease breaks out among them,
or to starve if their crops fail. There are as
a rule no roads worthy of name. There is
no justice except for those able to pay lib-
erally for it, and worst of all, there is no
opportunity for education except in one or
two of the largest cities and even there the
facilities are very poor.’”’ They have had
330 years of Spanish rule. The loss of the
Philippines to Spain will be a grievous
blow. She has exacted heavy tribute from
them and had the benefit of a lucrative
commerce. The resident Spanish popula-
tion is comparatively small. The thrifty
element is the Chinese, in whose hands are
the chief industries of the country. The
climate is enervating for the unacclimated.
There is nothing in the Philippines to in-
vite American occupation for any length of
time. A temporary occupation may be
necessary as a sequal to the success of the
American fleet.
As to the insurrectionary movement on
the part of the natives, of which there are
cable reports, it is to be said the Philippines
have been in a state of revolution for sev-
eral years, brought about hy the same
Spanish policy of despotism and oppression
that has driven the Cubans into insur-
rection. The Spanish government some
time ago announced that the revolution
had been suppressed, but all accounts seem
to indicate that it was only smothered and
has broken out afresh. It will co-operate
with the Americans in driving the Spanish
power from the islands. The chief of the
insurgents, with other leaders, is reported
to have accompanied the American fleet to
Manila and will organize a co-operating
land force. If it should obtain control in
Manila and other towns held by the Span-.
ish there are grave apprehensions, accord-
ing to the cables, it will go hard with the
Spanish population, as the natives have a
big reckoning to make.
What the Boys Will Eat.
When Militiamen Become Real Soldiers They Will
Have the Army Rations.
The question of what they are going to
eat is disturbing the minds of the militia.
It is generally supposed that the annual
encampment is a week for regular army
life, and while this is true of the drills,
guard mount, police duty, and many other
features, it is not altogether true of the
daily bill of fare, for this is augmented by
many delicacies which are purchased from
the private purses of the some-time sol-
dier.
The government ration is the allowance
of one person for the day, and consists of
the meats, the bread, the vegetable, the
coffee and sugar, the seasoning, and the
soap and candle components. When troops
travel otherwise than by marching, or when
for short periods they are separated from
cooking facilities and do not carry cooked
rations, soft or hard bread, canned beef
and canned baked beans, together with
coffee and sugar, are issued, and after troops
have subsisted upon this for four consecu-
tive days they are allowed canned tomatoes
at the rate of one pound per man per day.
The kinds and quantities of articles com-
prising the ration for troops where cook-
ing is practicable and the quantities com-
puted for one ration are as follows :
Fresh beef, 20 ounces, or an equal quan-
tity of fresh mutton, when the cost does
not exceed that of beef; or pork, 12
ounces ; or bacon, 12 ounces ; or salt beef,
22 ounces ; or, when meat cannot be fur-
nished, 14 ounces of dried fish, or 18 ounces
of fresh or pickled fish. :
Flour or soft bread, 18 ounces, or 16
ounces of hard bread, or 20 ounces of corn-
meal, When troops are in the field and it
is necessary for them to bake their own
bread, 16-25 ounces of baking powder will
be issued.
Vegetable components, beans or peas,
2, 2-5 ounces ; or rice or hominy, 1, 3-5
ounces ; potatoes, 16 ounces, or 12, 4-5
ounces of potatoes, and the balance to be
made up of 3, 1-5 ounces of onions, making
a total of 16 ounces. This can be changed
another way by decreasing the allowance
of potatoes to 11 1-5 ounces, supplementing
it with 4 4-5 ounces of canned tomatoes or
other fresh vegetables not canned, when
they can be obtained in the vicinity of the
camp or transported in wholesome condi-
tion from a distance.
The trooper gets 1, 3-5 ounces of green
coffee or 17-25 ounces of roasted coffee. If
he is fond of tea he may have 8-25 of an
ounce instead. Sugar is allotted at the
rate of 2 3-25 ounces per day, with 16-25
gills of molasses or can syrup as an alter-
native. Seasoning components consist of
8 2-5 gill of vinegar, 16-25 ounces of salt
and 1-25 ounce of bl pepper. Cleanli-
ness and light are provided for by 16-25
ounces of soap for the forner and 6-25
ounces of candles for the latter, when il-
luminating oil is not furnished by the
quartermaster.
Spanish Losses in Cuba.
The following article comes to us {from an of-
ficial source which we are not at liberty to dis-
close.—EDpITOR.]
Some ideas of the losses suffered by the
Spanish regular troops during the present
insurrection in Cuba may be formed from
the following figures :
Between March 1st, 1895, and March 1st
1897, Spain sent to Cuba 10 generals, 615
field and 6222 subaltern officers, and 180,-
435 soldiers. To these must be added the
12,000 officers and men forming the regu-
lar Cuban establishment at the outbreak of
the insurrection, making a total of nearly
200,000. Of these 1 general, 7 field and 53
subaltern officers, and 1314 men were kill-
ed in battle, 1 general, 6 field and 55 sub-
altern officers, and 704 men died of wounds
while 463 officers and 8164 men were
wounded and presumably recovered. The
losses caused by the enemy are then small,
being but little more than five per cent. of
the total present for duty. The case is al-
tered, however, in the jmatter of disease :
318 officers and 13,000 men died of yellow
fever, while 127 officers and about 40,000
men succumbed to other maladies.
A writer in the Revue Scientifique of Octo-
ber 16th, 1897, gives the following rates of
loss per thousand :
Killed or died of wounds.....cc.ccoeeuneus
Died of yellow fever.....cccuueecrrnnnins
Died of other diseases.............. "
Sent home (sick or wounded)........... 143.0
As all the sick and wounded, however,
have not been sent back to Spain, the num-
ber of these left behind must be taken into
account in estimating the total losses of the
Spaniards. While this number cannot be
accurately determined, yet there is reason
for believing that it cannot fall far short of
20,000. Accepting this estimate, we have
a total rate of loss of 521 per thousand for
the two years considered ; or, of the 200,-
000 constituting the regular Spanish forces
in Cuba, but 96,000, in Jround numbers,
were left to hear arms on March 1st, 1897.
These numbers have more than academic
interest for us just at present ; for if we
may assume the foregoing ratio of loss to
hold good from March 1st, 1897, to March
1st, 1898, then. after adding the re-enforce-
ments sent out during the year ended
March 25th, 1898, there cannot be in Cuba
to-day more than 100,000 regular Spanish
troops to bear arms. It is probable that
the number is somewhat less than this, but
the assumption of 100,000 gives us a small
factor of safety in estimating the number
of men we shall need in order to overcome
Spanish resistance on land in the island.
It must be recollected that the foregoing
figures are only approximately correct, as
there is ground for the belief that the Span-
ish medical returns have purposely misstat-
ed, is not understated, the losses of the
Spanish army in Cuba. But for that very
reason we may feel tolerably sure that the
results here given are not in excess of the
trath.—Harper’'s Weekly.
Poor Little Alphonso.
Alphonso XIII, the 12-year old king is
small for his age, and delicate ; his face is
wan, His father was brought back from
exile because the Italian Amadeo had
proved a failure. Alphonso married his
first cousin, the daughter of the duke of
Montpensier.
After a few months she died, leaving Al-
phonso disconsolate and childless.
The necessities of State required him to
provide an heir, so he was easily convinced
of the urgency of an immediate marriage.
There was only to be found one woman
practicable. This was the Archduchess
Maria of Austria.
Alphonso died unexpectedly in 1885.
Two children, both daughters, had been
born to the queen, but, fortunately, the
king left a poethumous son and, heir, born
May 17th, 1886.
The Carlists saw their hopes dashed. The
cabinet officers and members of the regency
and privy council were all present as his
birth, as a report had been circulated that
a bogus heir to the throne was to be palm-
ed off. Each Spanish queen had, theoretic-
ally, been subjected to this ordeal, but
never, at least in modern times, had this
been strictly enforced. The Spaniards ral-
lied around the queen regent and the baby
king, doing everything in their power for
the continuance of the Bourbon regime.
The boy king knows that his situation is
precarious. He has had no real boyhood
life and knows there is no one in the pen-
insula whom he can count upon except his
mother.
From his cradle he has been surrounded
by the ceremonials. He can have no play-
mates, because he has no peer. He attains
his majority at the age of 15 years ; so, but
for Cuban trouble and the political dilem-
ma which is a result of it, he might have
ascended the throne with some prospects of
a fairly peaceable reign. But the country is
bankrupt ; the war in Cuba is at an acute
stage ; the insurrection in the Philippine
islands is serious, and withal there is the
menace of the United States. The Carlists
hope that little Alphonso may never live
to wear his father’s crown.
Should the king die, no woman with
Bourbon blood in her veins will be allowed
to ascend the throne, as the very disastrous
reigns of Queen Christiana and Queen Isa-
bella II. are fresh in the memories of all.
The probable solution of the sitting is
that, if AFphonso should die, his eldest sis-
ter would marry Don Jaime, the son of
Don Carlist pretender. This would satisfy
both parties and free Spain from the possi-
bilities of civil war.
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Plumbing etc.
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YOUR
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Many very particular
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No. 6 N. Allegheny St.,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Nov IS THE TIME TO EXAMINE
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During the Rough Weather that will be
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you will have a chance to Examine
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33-37 BRL EPON TE, PA
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.| If you die from natural cause, §100.
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