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etre Hotchkiss cannon, and two Gatlings. The U. S. S. _Raleigh_, protected cruiser, 3,213 tons, speed, nineteen knots. Battery: one 6-inch, ten 5-inch rapid-fire guns, eight 6-pounder rapid-fire guns, four 1-pounder rapid-fire cannon, and two Gatlings. The U. S. S. _Concord_, gunboat, 1,710 tons, speed, 16.8 knots. Battery: six 6-inch rifles, two 6-pounder, two 3-pounder rapid-fire guns, two 37-millimetre Hotchkiss cannon, and two Gatlings. The U. S. S. _Petrel_, gunboat, 892 tons, speed, 11.7 knots. Battery: four 6-inch rifles, one 1-pounder rapid-fire gun, two 37-millimetre Hotchkiss cannon, and two Gatlings. The U. S. S. _McCulloch_, revenue cutter, 1,500 tons, speed, fourteen knots. Battery: four 4-inch guns. The _Nanshan_ and _Zafiro_, supply ships. SPANISH FLEET. The _Reina Maria Christina_, 3,520 tons, speed, seventeen knots. Battery: six 6.2-inch hontoria guns, two 2.7-inch and three 2.2-inch rapid-fire rifles, six 1.4-inch, and two machine guns. The _Castilla_, 3,342 tons. Battery: four 5.9-inch Krupp rifles, two 4.7-inch, two 3.3-inch, four 2.5-inch rapid-fire, and two machine guns. The _Velasco_, 1,152 tons. Battery: three 5.9-inch Armstrong rifles, two 2.7-inch hontorias, and two machine guns. The _Don Antonio de Ulloa_ and _Don Juan de Austria_, each 1,130 tons, speed, fourteen knots. Battery: four 4.7-inch hontorias, three 3.2-inch rapid-fire, two 1.5-inch, and two machine guns. The _General Lezo_, and _El Correo_, gun vessels, 524 tons, speed, 11.5 knots. The _General Lezo_ had two hontoria rifles of 4.7-inch calibre, one 3.5-inch, two small rapid-fire, and one machine gun; the _El Correo_ had three 4.7-inch guns, two small rapid-fire, and two machine guns. The _Marques del Duero_, despatch-boat, 500 tons. Battery: one smooth bore, six 6.2-inch calibre, two 4.7-inch and one machine gun. The _Isla de Cuba_ and the _Isla de Luzon_ were both small gunboats, 1,030 tons. Battery: four 4.7-inch hontorias, two small guns, and two machine guns. The _Isla de Mindanao_, auxiliary cruiser, 4,195 tons, speed, 13.5 knots. Two torpedo-boats and two transports. Officers of the U. S. Asiatic Squadron: Acting Rear Admiral George Dewey, commander-in-chief; Commander B. P. Lamberton, chief of staff; Lieut. T. M. Brumby, flag lieutenant; Ensign H. H. Caldwell, secretary. U. S. S. _Olympia_, flag-ship: Captain, Charles V. Gridley; Lieutenant-Commander, S. C. P
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