On the contrary, officers have been publicly insulted and stabbed; and this has occurred not once but many times.

This boldness has increased to such an extent that it is displayed on the slightest occasion.

On this account we cannot maintain sentinel duty, or the necessary precautions, because we, the master-of-camp and the captains, cannot punish them as formerly.

The soldiers no longer have for us the fear and respect that they once had, which has caused in these islands the complete loss of that military discipline which was formerly so strict.

This has been shown repeatedly, so that the natives indulge in all sorts of daring, holding us in very slight estimation, as they did last year in Panpanga, five leagues from this city.