THE OPPOSING SQUADRONS. 273 protection, tonnage, speed, and gun-powerthe United States squadronheipelessly outnumbered their opponents.

lobos:Displacement, 347 tons; armament, 2 smallquick-firers.

The Castilla was an old woodenship. Taking the six-inch gun, throwing a hundred-pound shell, as the typical heavy naval gunin a cruiser squadron,we see that while the American fleet had thirty-nine guns of this or of higher calibres, the Spanish fleet had only thirteen. Dewey's fleet carried sixty-eight quick-firing guns; his opponents had only twenty-three.

The following is the list of the Spanish warships at Manila at theend of April :— Small protected cruisers.— Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzon:Displacement, 1,040 tonseach; armament, 6 4i-inch guns and 6 quick-firing gunseach.

Second-class cruiser.— =■Reina Cristina:Displacement, 3,090 tons;armament, h 6-inch gun-, 2 lighter guns, 10 quick-firing guns. But even this does not represent the full superiority of the American squadron in gunpower. All their guns were modern weapons from the Washington gun foundry, of longer range, higher striking power, and (thanks to their flat trajectory) far more accurate than the Spanish guns. These were of various types ; there were Armstrongs, old muzzle-loading Pallisers, Krupps, and Hontoria guns; so that to provide a proper varietyof ammunition, and keep it sorted out in the arsenal, must havebeen a trouble omi business.

Third-class cruisers.— Castilla:Displacement, '.342 tons ; armament, 4 6-inch guns and 6 lighter guns. Don Antonio de Ulfaa:Displacement, 1,152 tons; armament, 4 4-inch guns and 4 quick-firing guns. Vclasco:Displacement, 1,139 tons;armament, 3 6-inch guns and 2 lighter guns. Gunboats.— FtCano:Displacement,525 tons; armament, 3 4,|-inch guns and Iquick-firing gun. Marques delDuero:Displacement, 500 tons; armament, 3 old muzzle-loaders. Villa-Finally, while the American ships wen 13