The lives and property of those who lay down their arms are also to be respected.
Article III.

Also are to be respected all sanitary establishments and ambulances, and likewise the persons and things which may be found either in one or the other, including the assistants in this service, unless they show hostility.
Article IV.

Those who disobey what is prescribed in the preceding articles will be tried by summary court and put to death, if such disobedience shall cause assassination, fire, robbery and violation.
Given at Cavite, the 24th of May, 1898.
_Emilio Aguinaldo._ It is to be remarked of this semi-official statement that Admiral Dewey did not make any promises he could not fulfill to Aguinaldo; did not assume to speak for the President or the army of the United States, but gave guns and ammunition to the insurgents, who aided him in maintaining a foothold on the shore.

The insurgents did not win Dewey's victory, but aided to improve it.

Without the aid of the American army Manila might have been destroyed, but could not have been captured intact.