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Government and treaty terms in the Philippine archipelago
The text outlines the military government structure for Negros and related islands, advisory council duties, voter qualifications, and civil appointments. It discusses treaties with Sulu, slave freedom provisions, and the role of the civil and military authorities in governing, justice, and education under U.S. sovereignty. It also covers foreign affairs, including relations with Chile, Germany, Canada, and Samoa, and calls for continued congressional action on civil arrangements and a Philippines plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Interior, Agriculture, Public Instruction
Bacolod
Philippines
Oirht
Island of
Negros
Advisory Council
Tres Culture
Islind
The
Sudvisory Council
Sulu
Sulu Islands
Spain
Bates
United States Volunteers
Artme
United States
Jolo
Ishimd
Elo
Congress
Sulu Archipelago
Manila
Commission
Department of the Pacific
Phil
Ippines
Congress of the
Dewey
Hay
Fst
Islands
Botton
Argentine
Chile
Buenos Ayres
United States Senate
Argentina
Belgium
Brussels
Senate
Amazon River
Panama Star and Herald
Colombia
Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Darien
Colombian Republic
Denmark
Santo Domingo
Heureaux
Juan Isidro Jimenez
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Republic
Central America
Merry
Hunter
Reyes
Bluefields
Mosquito
Detroit
Nicaragua Canal
Maritime Canal Company
Nicarveut
Isthmian Canal Commission
John G. Walker
U.S. N
Atlantic
Atrato River
Bay of Panama
Pacific
Uncle Sam
China
Seaboard
Boston
Legation
Peking
Shanghai
Nanking
Tsing-Tao
Kiao Chao
Ta-Lien-Wan
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Paris
Faure
France
Yncre
Exposition Grounds
Vienna
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Germany
Borkum Emden
North Sea
Azores
Prussia
New York
Caroline Islands
Canada
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Great Lakes
Russia
Alaska
Africa
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Mexico
Samoa
Joint Commission
Pago Pago
Isla
England
Tutuila
Ofoo
Olosenga
Manua
Louisiana
Puerto Tico