The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-31
u PROTECT LABOR
COnStabulary Is to Be Organ
lied in Philippines.
is VERY BADLY NEEDED
In Outlying Districts Where
Outlaws Abound.

Manila, Aug. ao-The work OF organiz-
ing an insular constabuIary has begun
under the provisions Of an act passed by
! the Civil commission. AS explained by
Commissioner Wright, this force is to
supplement the municipal police. The
municipalities are poor, and they can
not be expected to police the outlying
sparcely settled sections of their jurisdic-
tons In addition there is much wild
and mountainous territory, not included
in any municipality. and furnishing con-
venient hiding places for outlaws. It is
TO police such districts that the insular
| constabulary is being organized, to the
end that, with peace and order, roads
may be built, the schools be kept open,
the fields TILED. the mines exploited, and
traffic be uninterrupted.
At the head Of this force will be a
Chief Of Jnsular Constabulary, to be ap-
pointed by the Governor with the con-
sent Of the Civil Commission. and to re-
ceive an annual salary of $4,000 There
are also to be a First, Second, Third and
Fourth Assistant Chiefs Of, Constabulary,
to be appointed as is the chief, to re-
ceive $3.50 a year, and to be assigned
by the Chief of the four districts into
which the islands are to be divided. In
each province there are TO be from one
to four Provincial Inspectors, according
TO the size and needs Of the province.
These are to be selected by the Chief,
are to receive from $500 to s., 400 annually,
according TO which Of the four classes
they occupy and are to have immediate
command Of the constabulary OF their
respective provinces. This provincial
consta bulary is to consist OF not less
than fifteen privates. one sergeant and
one corporal. and not more than $50
prfvates, four sargeants, and eight cor
pOrals for each province. to be enlisted
for two years, to be selected from the res
idents of the province in which they are
to serve There was some criticism of
this last provision, on the ground that
police thus chosen might be prejudiced
in their service through a kindly feeling
for their neighbors- But the Commits
sion thought it better to meet this crit
icism than to appoint aliens in any pro-
vince and to recall to the natives the
character and oppression of the Spanish
Guardia Civil.
Ample powers are given the chief He
is to make rules for examination of can
didates for appointment as provincial in
spectOrs, and for the selection and pro-
motion OF the ssrgeants, corporals, and
privates Of the consta bulary. He may
suspend. and, after due hearing, remove,
any inspector or other member Of the
constabulary for inefhciency. misconduct,
or disloyalty to the United States. He
may mount all or any part of the con-
stabulary and to meet special emergencies
he may unite the constabulary Of two or
more provinces.
The authorities are considering what
can be done to stop the traffic of human
beings in this city-selling of daughters by
their parents. 1t is a difficult problem,
as the transactions are secret, with the
details known only BY the parents and
the agents, the latter being Chinese.
The average price paid IS 500 CIexican).
A local paper announces that recently
a mother offered her two daughters for
sale, aged respectively. seventeen and
nineteen. In another case cited, ali
American was approached by the mother
of a mestiza and asked if he could not
secure a market for the girl, as the fam
lily was S25 in debt, and saw no other way
Of liquidating it. Questioned as to her
feelings in thus disposing Of her daughter.
the mother showed no repugnance or
shame excusng herself by saying that
it was the custom of the country. The |
paper quoted claims to have cognizance |
Of several other like cases of this bar
barious traffic.