who are helping General Aguinaldo greatly are Senor Leyber, Senor Lagards, Senor Azevolo, Senor Daniel Tirana, "and Bal-derma Aguinaldo, a cousin of General Aguinaldo, Senor Tiron is Minister of War, snd Baldermo M The prisons around Cavite are crowded with Spanish soldiers, and every'cot in the hospital is taken, but they are all treated most humanely. Many of them are doubtless better off than when in the Spanish service. Colonel Johnson, General Aguinaldo's Chief of Ordnance, who is also quite an authority on hospital, prisons, ete., used in warfare, says that the Spaniards are far better treated by the insurgents than the Spaniards in the Philippines or elsewhere have treater their prisoners of war; and he is doubtless right, at least as far as the Philippines are concerned.
Tae 121m oF JONE was a great day for the insurgents. They assembled to the number of nearly 10,000 at' Old Cavite, where 1,000 troops were drawn up and a stand was erected to hear the reading of Aguinaldo's last proel+mation, which amounts to a declaration of. indeperslence and " formal announc-ment of the formation of a provisiona' government, A band played, speeches were mide, a feast was served, flags and bunting were flown. to thw breeze, and despite the heavy rains good time was enjoyed by-all,
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