Arizona republican., 1899-03-25
GOOD AS TROPHIES
Guns Captured in inc SdR-
 fiagO Campaign.
Report of inc Joint Board Appointed to Consider Their Disposition. A Large Portion of Them are of Obsolete Pattern.

Washington, March 24.-The report of the trophy board, appointed to de- termine the division to be made of the captured guns which have become the prcDerty of the United States as a re- suit of the operations of the navy and army in Cuba against Spain, has been approved by Secretary Long and Sec retary Alger after Captain Francis W. Dickens, representing the navy, and | Major George H. Hopkins, represent ing the army, had spent nearly four months in consideration of the subject, during which time a great number of documents were examined and inspec- ticns were made of all the guns which had been returned to this country. The report of the board is voluminoug. From the documents submitted it was found that the number of guns in the l custody of the war department is as follows:
 At Watervleit arsenal, from Santiago de Cuba, 82. of which II are steel, 31 cast iron and 40 bronze.
 l At New York arsenal, from Santiago, | 4O bronze pieces.
 | Total in the custody of the army i'll the United States, 122.
 The reports of the chief of ordnace showed that the following guns had been captured from the land defenses, Santiago de Cuba, July II: At San Antonio, l piece; St .Inez, 6 pieces; l Sueno, 3; Caney road, ,; Palomar. ?; St. Ursula, 2; Can2des, l, and Central Beneticiencia 1.
 Captured in .harbor defenses of San tiago, July IA, as follows: Moro Castle, 13 pieces 6 mortars and guns); battery east of Morro, pieces; Morro dock, ,; Estrella battery, 3, Lower socapa battery, 4; Upper socapa battery, 5; Punta Gorda, 4; Punta Blanca, 4O on ship Reina Mercedes, l, and in Santiago arsenal, P. Brought from Baracoa, 1 from Guantanamo, 2; total, Al pieces This leaves 19 not yet returned to the United States.
 The captured guns in possession of the navy department number fifty-siX. Of these are at the New York navy yard, of which were taken from the Reina Mercedes, from the Almirante Oquendo and from Cayo del Toro. TWenty-fOur ara at the Norfolk navy yard, two of which were taken from the Maria Teresa, there being no re- port as to the source of the remainder. At the Boston navy yard are two guns secured from the gunboat Sandoval and at the Washington navy yard are g pieces, of which 10 were taken from the Vizcaya, 10 from the Maria Teresa and from the Oquendo.
 In conclusion the board recommends that of the captured guns, etc., taken from the Spanish ships and now in the custody of the navy department 4 from the Vizcaya, from the Maria Teresa and ? from the Almirante Oquendo be delivered to the war department that the eight cannon captured at More Castle, now in possession of the war department be delivered to the navy; that the five mortars captured at Morro Castle be retained by the war department; that the nine guns c2p- tured at the battery east of Morro, seven guns and two mcrtars captui ed at Fstrella battery and four guns cap tured at Estrela battery and four guns captured at Lower Sccapa bal- tery, which are now in possession of the army, be delivered to the navy, | and that all other captured guns in the possession of either depa! tment be retained by that departmert The | board declares that nearly all the guns. | being obsolete or unserviceable, are of little value except as trophies.