Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-12

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pleasure. A large band stand, built of
granite and large enough for 80 pieces
and q magnificent bronze statue OF some
ancient Don, surrounded by rustic seats
and promenade OF solid blocks of marble.
Through the plaza can be seen all kinds
of trees bearing tropical fruits, such as
mangoes, papes, bread fruit, oranges,
lines, bananas and various other kinds,
some which never saw before. We
have all the fruits at our disposal, and |
assure you we are not slow in taking
advantage OF same. Some OF the
boys caught some monkeys around the
grounds and have them aboard the ships
for pets.
In the Arsenels can be seen tons and
tons OF of all kinds of ammunition, most
of which has been thrown in the bay,
rendering it harmless. In all of their
workshops nearly everything has been
undisturbed, leaving all OF their machin-
cry and tools where they stopped work
early on the morning of the LIST OF MAY.
One place we saw where one workman
had left his saw sticking in piece of
board and even left his coat and vest in
his mad haste to get away. A shell had
hit and exploded in that building, SO
they thought it was time to vacate. A
high wall surrounds the entire navy
ward, mounted with these large, old
fashioned smooth-bore guns, and under
meath these walls are dark, foul smell
ling dungeons, where many poor, mis-
cradle natives have died a horrible
death, chained to the damp, Shiny
walls, praying for death to relieve their
suffering Here is where that place
they call 1.-The Black Hole where it
is safe to say hundreds of insurgents
have been put to torture.
In the marine barricks everything is
in such disorder it is hard to describe.
All of their chests, amounting to sever
al hundred, have been turned up side
down and looted. l found several small
articles | have now, such as buttons,
pens, paper, small strings Of
Shells, heads, and various other articles
could name l will keep as curios.
They had an early breakfast that
morning and did not take time to clear
away their table Left everything there.
In their clothing room we found all
kinds of uniform and everything that
belongs to soldier. In front of the
South gate is where we have sour head
quarters. This gate is the principal one
to the yard facing the town of Cavite.
On top of the wall on either side of the
gate is large coat of arms Of Spain,
with miniature cannon and stack of
balls, spears, maehetas and other things
to decorate the entrance. Outside, in
front of the gate, are always assembled
crowd of natives and insurgents, UNI
der the leadership of Gonzales This
insurgent leader is a fine looking man,
very intelligent and can speak excellent
English | have shaken hands with
him and had quite chat with him. He
told us the situation they were in, say
ing as soon as our Admiral says the
word he will pounce ON the Spanish.
He is following the instructions of our
Admiral and is now under our COM
mand He says that every day adds
more men to swell the ranks of the in
surgents. He gave us all a handful OF
fine cigars and said when the time
comes to move on the Spanish army, he
will have his men in the front; 5000
troops are on their way down here now
and by the time you get this another
battle may have taken place They
are we'll entrenched outside of the city,
and will make a bold and stubborn
stand for awhile. There are about 5000
of them here that we have to capture or
destroy yet And | hope when you get
this we will have captured all their
forces ashore and be in full possession
of the city and islands.
The weather here is very hot and the
greatest fear we have is from that
dreaded fever which may break out any
day. | am so bronzed by the sun that
you would hardly know me.
Having left the navy yard | will give
you the scenes in the forts ashore
There are four batteries ashore in front
of the navy yard. These gave us quite
as hot reception as the ships did. AT
ter we sank their principle ships, our
guns were directed on the forts and
nearly every shot did terrible work.
Visiting the batteries the day after the
battle, we could see where our shots
had dismounted many of their large
guns and tore great holes in the walls,
burying everything inside under tons of
debris, so we do not know how many
were killed in the forts but we have an
idea that very few got away to tell the
tale. Our men buried dozens of their
dead from the forts, and we estimated
over l, 900 were killed, including ships
and ALL
The Baltimore and Raleigh went out
to the entrance Of Manila bay and took
the batteries there without one shot.
They were completely bluffed after see
ing all their ships go down, so they sur
rendered without a struggle, turning
over all their arms and ammunition
we also took the governor of Corrigador,
that is the island at the mouth Of the
entrance, to protect him and family
against the wrath of his fellow-country
men, He is now in China; we gave