The Portland daily press., 1899-11-25
Natives Told That They Must Do
Seine Work.
Also Induced To Reform
; Their Morals.
More Doctors and Officers Are
Needed.

New York, November ga Washing
ton despatch to the sun Gays;
Captain Richard =. Leary, U. 5. N.
the Governor OF Guam, In report to ths
Navy Department.. has withdrawn tempo
rarily his reqnest for re-anforoenents oil
mariLea He indica ties his purpose, how
ever, of renewing tbs req uest when living
quarters for the additional men have been
com letsd. The lack of materials and
tools for use In preparing and construct
ing quarters and the difficulties Of trans
porting them from the coast have re-
tardsd the work. The men are compelled
to bring all material distance Of five OF
six miles
Capt Leary is getting along very well
IN some respects in the experiment Of try
ing to inset some idea Of American en-
terprise and deoency into the QUANTITIES
He has Irooeeded TO accomplish both by
official DEGREES prescribing what the peo.
pie may do and may not do in certain CIR
cumstances. Secretary Long today per-
mitted The Sun reporter to make extracts
from the report and gave him copies Of
the DEGREES, or orders. as they are desig-
mated by Capt. Leary. Conoubinage and
polyRamy have been abolished In an order
to which the stringenoy Of the Edmunds-
Tucker Anti PolyRamy act is mild. He
has directed every man to work to escape
the application of the vagrancy laws. He
must own "at least twelve hens, one cook
and one SOW In his report Captain
Laery says;
"Ths scarcity of competent natives and
their ignorance of the English language,
together with the prejudice against
American customs and rigid adherence
to the native laws, have forced me to or
ganize q military commission for the ad-
ministration of justice, which will exer-
else its fun tion until further orders.
cit has become necessary to begin the
work of reformation among the natives.
to train them to become ussful and repu :
table citizens. For this purpose have is
sued orders prob biting concubinage and
avn requiring q proper appreciation of the
married state.
"Tbe results are most gratifyin ing. and
the divorce court and hymeneal altar are
popular resorts. The court orier and the
merry wedding slls are constantly and
harmoniously ringing out their DEGREES.
Lack of food mas made IL necessary to
plies issued to visiting ships or sold out
OF the island, and the result has been
satisfactory. The disinclination Of the
natives to work, and their lack Of indus
try has forced me to command those
without a trade to till the soil Special
attention Is directed to the planting OF
cereals, COCOA and coffee. for food pur-
poses. The natives are progressing favor
ably"
Captain Leary says that medical stores,
saw mills, Ice making machines. and al
ditional officers are immediate necessities.
He expresses regret that some officers
were detached from the station for duty
others be sent to this sta tion," he says.
sit is not only necessary for government
purposes, but is good object lesson to
the natives, in whom we are trying to- in
culcate lessons Of good citizen ship and
industry" He asks for medical officers
and more marine officers ct once.
The orders Issued by Captain Leary
abolishing concubinags and compelling
the people to work, follows:
Government House,
"Agana, Guam, Sept Is, 1899.
General Order No O.:
1.-THE existing custom Of oonoubinage,
rearing families Of Legitimate children,
IL repuisive to ideas Of decenoy, antago-
nistic to moral advancement, inoom-
patibis with the generally recognised Gus
toms of civilized society. q violation OF
the accepted principles of Christianity
and q most degrading Injustice to the In
uooent offspring, who ia not responsible
for the condition Of his unfortunate ex-
istenos. The aforesaid custom Is hence