REPORTS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION THE CIVIL GOVERNOR AND THE HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1900-1903) BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1904 NOTE. This compilation contains the reports rendered to date by the Philippine Commission, the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, the secretaries of the executive departments of the insular government, the more important acts of Congress relating to the administration of civil affairs in the Philippine Islands, and the inaugural addresses of Governors Taft and Wright. The various exhibits which appeared with these reports as originally published, and to which reference is made in the text, have been omitted for the sake of brevity, as they relate to the details of administration rather than to the general development of civil government. MARCH 14, 1904. III |