y the
Commissioners appointed to arrange for the evacuation of Porto
Rico and other islands in the West Indies, under the Protocol of
August 12, 1898, which is to continue in force till its provisions
are completely executed.

The time within which the evacuation of the Philippine
Islands and Guam shall be completed shall be fixed by the two
Governments. Stands of colours, uncaptured war-vessels, small arms,
guns of all calibres, with their carriages and accessories, powder,
ammunition, live-stock, and materials and supplies of all kinds,
belonging to the land and naval forces of Spain in the Philippines
and Guam, remain the property of Spain. Pieces of heavy ordnance,
exclusive of field artillery, in the fortifications and coast
defences, shall remain in their emplacements for the term of six
months, to be reckoned from the exchange of ratifications of the
treaty; and the United States may, in the meantime, purchase such
material from Spain, if a satisfactory agreement between the two
Governments on the subject shall be reached.

_Article_ 6.--Spain will, upon the signature of the present
treaty, release all prisoners of war, and all persons detained
or imprisoned for political offences in connection with the
insurrections in Cuba and the Philippines and the war with the
United States.

Reciprocally, the United States will release all persons made
prisoners of war by the American forces, and will undertake to
obtain the release of all Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
insurgents in Cuba and the Philippines.

The Government of the United States will at its own cost return to
Spain and the Government of Spain will at its own cost return to
the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, according
to the situation of their respective homes, prisoners released
or caused to be released by them, respectively, under this article.

_Article_ 7.--The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all
claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind,
of either Government, or of its citizens or subjects, against
the other Government, that may have arisen since the beginning
of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the exchange of
ratifications of the present treaty, including all claims for
indemnity for the cost of the war.

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