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statement that on the day of its capture, March 11, 1904, he was 

 able to count 56 mounted cannon and 59 embrasures that were 

 empty, or, rather, contained gun carriages from which the guns 

 had been hastily dismounted. Nearly all of the guns were sub- 

 sequently found buried in the moats surrounding the fort or in the 

 ground. The following guns were still mounted: 9 iron guns, cali- 

 ber 5 inches; 7 iron guns, caliber 3 inches; 4 iron guns, caliber 2 

 inches; 1 brass 2-inch gun; 34 brass or bronze lantakas of Moro 

 manufacture and of various calibers. The iron guns were exploded 

 or fired by using the Moros' black powder. 



Guy Stratton, referring to the three-barrel laubaccas from Caga- 

 yan Sulu, is of the opinion that many of the lantakas or bronze 

 cannon employed by the Moro were cast at Brunei, north Borneo, 

 where the brass and bronze industry is quite well developed, al- 

 though the fact is well known that the Moros are quite capable of 

 manufacturing such weapons themselves. 



Several guns taken from a Filipino insurgent arsenal at Tala- 

 vera, Luzon, where they were captured by General Lawton's division 

 in 1899 were presented to the Smithsonian Institution by order of 

 General Otis. Most of these guns were exhibited at the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y. The guns consist of sections of 

 iron tubing, encased in wood and wound with rattan or in some 

 cases with wire wrapping. 



A brass trunion cannon, mounted on a small wooden carriage with 

 two small, solid, wooden wheels with wooden axle was captured in 

 the Camarines, Luzon, by the troops under General Kobbe in 1900. 

 Two heavy bronze cannon mounted on heavy wooden carriages have 

 the same origin. 



Improvised bamboo cannon constituted a part of the " Insurrecto " 

 armament of the village of Balanga, Bataan Province, Luzon, and 

 were made on the spot. Such cannon are wrapped with wire, bul 

 iuA^ariably exploded after one or two firings, creating greater havoc 

 among the troops operating the gun than among those fired upon. 



Frequently native troops were found to be in possession of cannon 

 and small firearms of Spanish manufacture. They were adept enough 

 in operating such weapons until their supply of ammunition was 

 exhausted or until repeated firing so heated the gun that it cracked 

 or broke down under the strain. The crude efforts that were usually 

 made in repairing such firearms were such that after a firino: or two 

 the weapon exploded or had to be abandoned for other reasons. 



Cannon employed by the Moro were uniformly small and could 

 easily be carried by two men. One of these. Cat. No. 275, 751, 

 U.S.N.M., collected by Maj. H. G Lyon, United States Army, 

 has a barrel length of 1 meter and 6.6 centimeters (41 inches) and a 

 bore of 3.25 centimeters (1.25 inches). This cannon is formed of 



