Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, Volume 1, Part 7 |
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL appointed Army ARTHUR MACARTHUR August authorized band of insurgents barrio Binondo board of health buildings Capt Captain captured casualties Cavalry charge chief commissary city commission city of Manila commanding detachment Company cuartels Department of Northern disbursements disease district duty fire fiscal Forty-second Infantry HEADQUARTERS PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL horses hospital Ilocano Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Inclosure Infantry inspection insular insurgents issued July June 30 killed license Lieut Lieutenant Luzon ment miles military governor month municipal Nipa Northern Luzon Nueva Ecija offenses officers ordinance Pasig Pasig River person Philippine Islands police prisoners Private property province provost courts provost guard quartermaster ration received regiment regulate repair respectfully revenue rifles River rounds of ammunition Sampaloc Santa scouts Spanish stations streets superintendent supply surgeon thence Thirty-fifth Infantry Thirty-fourth Infantry Thirty-second Infantry Total troops U. S. Infantry United United States Army Visayas Volunteers wounded
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Page 106 - All questions relating to the repatriation of officers and men of the Spanish forces and of their families and of the expenses which said repatriation may occasion shall be referred to the government of the United States at Washington. Spanish families may leave Manila at any time convenient to them. The return of the arms surrendered by the Spanish forces shall take place when they evacuate the city or when the American army evacuates.
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Page 129 - On and after the fourth day of July, 1901, until it shall be otherwise ordered, the president of the Philippine Commission will exercise the executive authority in all civil affairs in the government of the Philippine Islands heretofore exercised in such affairs by the military governor of the Philippines, and to that end the Hon.
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