It was true the Spanish garrison first occupied it, but if the necessity that its ample roof should protect soldiers from the torrential rains had existed perhaps it had ceased to be imperative.

The matter was duly presented to the military authorities, and the objection found to immediate action that the Spanish prisoners of war should not for the time be located outside the walled city.

They must be held where they could be handled.
Coincident with the call of the Archbishop came Captain Coudert, of the distinguished family of that name in New York, and his grace was deeply interested in that young man and warmly expressed his gratification in meeting an American officer of his own faith.

The Archbishop is a man of a high order of capacity, and his influence has been great.

His position is a trying one, for it would be quite impossible for him to remain in Manila if the insurgents should become the masters of the situation.