esire. Manila, June 20, 1593.

[_Endorsed:_ "Filipinas. Copy of a letter written by Governor Gomez
Perez Dasmarinas."]

Memorandum of Troops Required in the Philippines.

The soldiers necessary to guard the city of Manila, and the redoubts,
galleys, forts of Cagayan and Cebu, and presidios erected against
the Zambales:

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TABLE

For Cagayan, seventy soldiers are needed for the defense of the city,
and thirty for the fort and presidio of San Pablo, near Cagayan,
the total amounting to one hundred
100
For the town of Arevalo, in Otton, one hundred
100
For Camarines, one hundred
100
For Ylocos, one hundred
100
For Cebu--that is, the city of Santissimo Nombre de Jhesus--one hundred
100
For the settlement of the provinces of Tuy, recently explored,
one hundred
100
For the presidios among the Cambales--namely, the presidio de San
Andres de Mexico, thirty; the presidio of Tarla, thirty; the presidio
of San Phelippe de Malabuc, thirty; the presidio of La Playa Honda,
thirty: the total amounting to one hundred and twenty soldiers
120
For the guard of Mariveles, eight soldiers.
8
For the guard and defense of this city of Manila, we shall need one
thousand men--or, at the very least, six hundred.
600
For the new fort on Point Sanctiago, ten gunners and twenty soldiers
30
For the fort of Nuestra Senora de Guia, eight gunners and twenty
soldiers
28
For the cavalier of San Gabriel, six soldiers and one corporal 7
For the fort at the port of Cavite, twenty-four soldiers
24
For four galleys to guard these coasts, to each one twenty-five
soldiers, a total of one hundred
100
Total, one thousand five hundred and seventeen men
1517
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With this number this kingdom would have some assurance of security,
both from the natives and from surrounding peoples. It should be
taken for granted that reenforcements be sent each year to maintain
this number; for, because of the unhealthfulness of this country,
many are constantly dying.

[_Endorsed:_ "Troops necessary in those Philippinas Islands."]

Letter from Gomez Perez Dasmarinas to the King of Camboja

Gomez Perez Dasmarinas, knight of the order of Sa[n]ctiago, governor
and captain-general of Luson: For the king of Castilla, my sovereign,
I wish you health and prosperity. I received the embassy and letter
of the king of Camboja [15] with great happiness; with these, as well
as with the elephant and the friendship tha