

SPAIN. 



peseta*. mt including n floating debt of 4.10,000.000 

 pesetas nor the Cuban the t.-ial 



public .l.-bi wa 



Including the Cuban .1. bt of ... 

 000 pesetas. A .d loan of 400.000,000 



pesetas was obtain. d in NovemU r the 



** ' IT pre-siii.; obligations to the 



the continuance 

 war in Tuba. 

 llh MIIIT. Allablr-b 



.iriuv. The minimi 



at 80,000 mm. 



at the age >f ninrt. rin <>f 



active srrvireTms -\pirr.i tin- -M.MI.-I- an- itiv< ril>i 

 in tin- flr~- r throe years, ami then I 



yean in the wwnd nwen 



' regular i lie peace footing in 1896 



was 188,188 men. di'vi.l-d into 64,190 infantry, 1 1. 

 976 ca^lM. 11.711 artillery. -VJ1M - 

 adm. I, !MN in the medical *T 



14.697 gendarmes, and 1 J.l^i 

 customhouse guards. i;\ the : 

 20, 1897, the strength of the army in Spain was 



0.140 



hili- tin- forces in Cuba and tin- Philippines 

 would U maintained a! < Icter- 



mined by the eventualities of war. Tin- war 

 strength of tin- regular army in 1897 was atat 

 be 133.INN) infantry. 17. bill cavalry. rj.Hir, artillery. 

 li.o-j; re, 11,140 administrative troops, and 



;s; - .:_. : - : ...tai. ls::.!7-J rum, with 11.^0 

 hones and mules and .'.'.MI field gun-. 



. 1805. an.i -7. there were sent to 



: -rising 181.7:58 mm. - 



officers, 40 generals. 'Jr.'.:.! 1 ,! rihVs. JM field pin-. 1'J 

 juii k-fin; j J.088,670 cartridges, and 29,500 



wen- sen: 



ili.vrs, 9 generals, 4:i.l<K) rifles, 24 guns, 21,- 

 ni665. irtridgea, and 80^04 shells. 

 The Xa^ ih naw in 1897 poss. 



ships, Thr M CristobaJ Colon," launched 

 .m, has a displacement <>f 6,840 tons 004 

 *>00 horse power, and an armament of 4<' 

 with 4 torjHMio-ejt'Ctors. Tin- IN-ilm d'Ara. 

 of the same model, was nnl-r inMrnriioii. 'I'h.- 



iro, M launched at La S.-ym- in 1^7. of 

 tons ni. with ().^<i hoi- ,!id a 



speed of l"' s knots, with a In-lt of armor 1* iix-hrs 

 r the vital part- and 11 inches on tin- 

 barbettes. I'J'-iin-h K""> >n turrets fore 

 and aft. 1 11-inch cun in on .-it her 

 a 6^-in h gun in theow.and a battery of 6 4j-iiu-h 

 gun* on each broadside. Then- ar<- <; first-class ar- 

 mored cruisers, launched IH-IW.-.-H l^.m an.l 

 but not all rwidy f these, th. 

 "Almirmntf <>jncndo." -Cardenal < In- 

 fanta Maria Teresa.' A-turias" and 

 ara, w have ear- h a .1 



- i".WiT. I ininal -j, 



tnnor and 8-inch armor orer the 



pin impi. nd an armament of 'J 11-inch 



n barbette turr i aft. and 



'. c'lnn on each side. A more 



powerful cruiser U th. Emperador Carlos V," re- 



the Riwian " Hunk: and having a dis- 

 of 15.000 horse 



VI a mn- ; .,ry arinain<-nt. 



he ' 



;d r -U iiMinl with new M.il.-r- and mrHi- 

 om arinaiiifiit<i. The accoml-class deck-armored 



MfofiMi Mil .>: . ,,f 4,^00 



pow. f 2Q knots, hare their 



armament disposed in a nvdel manner. The un- 

 finished armor- alnfia." of 6.648 tons 

 and engines of 15.000 horse power, will carry 23 



and 18 torpedo-ejectors. Of smaller cruisers 

 and gunboats Spain has v!s that arc capable of 



::d 71 "f le>> ..|i,.,.d. 

 Of tin- former t : he " Infanta l-al>< -1 " 



Class. -peed of 1 | 



in impoi-taiM-,- aiv three 



.ubt.alx. not yet completed. ,.f the type of 



tin- Kngli>h "S !-." of gunboats there 



were l< fitted with t.-rp.-.i.. mi"--. l)exi,|,.>> :; that 



were until 



ftOO t' M lir-l ela-s ii 



the second class, and 41 of the third class. 



torpedo ileet incluil 



torpedo boats ,,f n, ->. :i ( ,f i 



claSS, 4 vedette boatS, 1 ! -hip. and 4 



ipleled destroyers. I- 

 land. 



Tin- in-r*'inni-l of the navy in ISH{ cnmpri 

 admi' ' ailmiraN. 15 rear ailmiraN. '.Ml cap- 



u>s and 41 i-class 



vessels, 87 cmuinanilcrs. HKl lieutenants ol 

 class and 258 of second-class vessels. M'J 1 ensigns, 



mplovecs, 64 pilots. 14,000 sailors, ami 

 marines. 'The na\y is recruited by con.seriptioii 



among the - oj 



< ..... lliilliirations. 'I i D t" trallir 



in l^'.ir, had a total length 



The length of telegraph line, in l^.U . 

 miles, with 59,241 The number of 



messages v 189, including 3,812,544 int. rnal. 



l,988.:5(l() international, and Lol,490 BervioC <ii>- 

 palchcs. The n-ceipts \v The 



llice in lsji."> f. .rwarded in the inti i: 

 .;.iMK) let i. Ml cards, 



neuspapcrs, circulars, and parcel-, and 1 

 mon,.y letters of the value of 169^ 

 in the international n-rvice 20. :;;. 

 im postal cards, 20,144.000 n . and 



48,000 mone\ letters of the value of 



tas; and in transit ls4,(KM) letters an<l 50.000 nevra- 

 papei-s and parcel-. TJ,,- receipts were .':{> 



I, 1 l.i:',-J.144 p(>setas. 



(ommcnM'. The total value of the imports in 

 1895 was KW,5(MMMi'' and of the ex| 



804,042,00<i The imports ,,f , 



as in value: coal. 4r,.:,s().(KK> pese- 

 tas; limb. ; tobacco, 40.JH l."M) 



M;tas; salt fish, 



"KJ pesetas: animal- 00 pesetas; ma- 



chinen. -J4,'.l (.(>(( pe-etas; chem: 



l'.t.<K,000 pesetas; iron. 18.51 

 pesetas; si,,,,-. ic.isd.iKKt pesetas; c 

 [M-setas: wool, 14.21M bas; silk>. 14,12 



pesetas; woolen-. 14, 01 4,000 pesetas; cacao, 13.309,- 

 000 pesetas; linen \am. 1 J . 1 S8.000 pesetas ; i 

 leu ra, 8.576.000 pesetas; silk, 8,024,000 pesetas; cot i on 

 goods, 6,668,000 pesetas. The export of wine were 

 value.] at " pesetas; iron. 46.577,000 pese- 



ad. 44,128,000 pesetas; cotton goods, 4:: 

 000 pesetas . copper, 



..nd shoes, 25,695,000 pese- 



tas; anin : 7.000 pesetas; cork. 28,060,000 



pesetas; olive oil. 17.771.(HK) pesetas: r; 

 996,000 pesetas: wo<>|. p. pesetas; \- 



flour. 12.9:17.000 pesetas; aim. -ml-. H.^IT.IHMI 

 tas: hides and ski.,-. ]n..v.i:,.000 oesetas; gr 



<MH pe-eta- ; paper, 7,982,000 pesetas ; qni.-k- 



1*5.000 pesetas; 



-h industry was di-astr. 'ed bythr; 



in Ciiba anl the Philippines. Half tin; 



mills in Catalonia were closed b -ing much 



misery, which would have been more apparent, had 

 'not been *uch a drain on the working popula- 

 tion to supply recruits- for the armies in the fieid. 

 In the country villages, tor,, the farm work wa.- to u 

 great extent left for the women and old men to do. 

 The stoppage of work and scarcity of food caused 



