The United States took control of the island in the <answer>1898</answer> Spanish–American War, as part of the Treaty of Paris. Guam was transferred to U.S. Navy control on 23 December <answer>1898</answer> by Executive Order 108-A. Guam came to serve as a station for American ships traveling to and from the Philippines, while the Northern Mariana Islands passed to Germany, and then to Japan. A U.S. Navy yard was established at Piti in 1899, and a marine barracks at Sumay in 1901.:13 Following the Philippine–American War, Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini were exiled on Guam in 1901.:vi
When did the United States take control of the island?
1898