The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-04
made the superior authority in the fol- lowing order:

provincial civil government having been established throughout the entire terri- tory of the archipelago not inhabited py Moro tribes under the instructions of the
 Philippine commission dated April T. lyoo, now ratified and confirmed by the act Of Congress July l. 1902. entitled an act temporarily to provide for the administra- ton of affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands and for other purpo- ses' the general commanding the division of the Philippines is hereby relieved from further duty or military government ana
 the office of military governor in said
 archipelago is terminated. The general
 commanding the division of the< Philip
 pines and all military officers In authority
 therein will continue to observe the direc-
 ton. contained in the aforesaid ins.ruc-
 tions of the President, that the military
 forces in the Philippines shall be at all times subject to the call of the civil au-
 thorities for the maintenance or law ana
 order and the enforcement of their au-
 thority."
 Thanks to the Army.
 Finally the President, through Secre-
 tary Root pronounced the following
 culogy upon the United States army;
 General Orders No. 66.
 'Headquarters of the Army. Adjutant-
 Generals Ofice, Washington, July 4'
 1902:
 "The following has been received rom
 the War Department:
 War Department, Washington, D. C..
 July 4. 1902.
 ''To the Army of the United States:
 "The President upon this anniversary
 of national independence, wishes to ex-
 press to the officers and enlisted men of
 the United States army his deep appre-
 citation of the sSrvice they have rendered to the people in the great and difficult
 undertakings which they have brought to a successful conclusion during the past year
 He thanks the officers and the enlisted
 men who have been maintaining order and carrying on the military government
 in Cuba because they have faithfully
 given effect to the humane purposes Of
 the American people. They have with
 sincere kindness helped the Cuban peo-
 pie to take all the successive steps nec- essary to the establishment of their own constitutional government During the time required for that process. they
 have governed Cuba wisely, regarding Justice and respecting individual liberty. have honestly collected and expended for the best interests of the Cuban people the revenues, amounting to over sixty millions of dollars; have carried out prac- tical and thorough sanitary measures. greatly Improving the health and lower ing the death rate of the island. By pa- tience and scientific research, they have ascertained the causes of yellow fever and, by good administration, have put an end to that most dreadful disease, which has long destroyed the lives and | hindered the commercial prosperity of the Cubans.
 Cleansed the Prisons. They have expiated justice and se- cured protection for the rights of the in- nocent while they have cleanse l the pris- ons and established sound discipline and l healthful conditions for the punishment of the guilty.
 .They have re-estabIished and reno- wated and put upon a substantial basis l adequate hospitals and asylums for the | care of the unfortunate. They have es- | tablished a general system of free com mon schools throughout the islands, in | which over two hundred thousand chil- | dren are in actual attendance. They have | constructed great and necessary public | works They have gradually trained the Cubans themselves in all branches of ad- ministration so that the new government on assuming power has begun it's work with an experienced force of Cuban civil service employees, competent to- execute | it's orders. They have borne themselves with dignity and self-control so that nearly four years of military occupation have passed unmarred by Injury or in- suit to man or woman. They have trans | ferred the government of Cuba to the Cuban people amid universal expressions | of friendship and good will. and have left | a record of order. justice and liberty of rapid improvement in material and moral conditions: and progress in the art of government which reflects great credit upon the people of the United States. Army in Philippines. "The President thanks the officers and enlisted mem of the army in the Philip pines both regulars, and volunteers, for | the courage and fortitude. the indomita- ble spirit and loyal devotion with which | they have put down and ended the great instruction which has ragged throughout the archipelago against the lawful sov- ereiKnty and just authority of the United States The task was peculiarly difficult and trying. They were required at first | to overcome organized resistance of su- perior numbers, well equipped with mod ern arms, intrench in an unknown coun- | try of mountain def1les, jungles ana swamps apparently capable of intermin- able defense When this resistance had been overcome they were requird to crush | out general system of guerrilla warfare, conducted among a people speaking un- known tongues, from whom it was almost | impossible to obtain the information nec- essary for successful pursuit or to guard against surprise and ambushes.
 The enemies by whom they were sur rounded were regardless of all obligations of good faith and of all the limita- tions which humanity has imposed upon civilized warfare. Bound themselves by l the laws of war our soldiers were called upon to meet every device of unscrupu- | lous treachery and to contemplate without reprisal the infiiction of barbarous cruel | ties upon their comrades and friendly na- tives. They were instructed. while pun l ishing armed resistance. to conciliate the | friendship of the peaceful, yet had to do | with a population among whom 1t was
 impossible to distinguish friend from foe and who in countless instances used a false appearance of friendship for ann bush and assassination. They were obliged to deal with problems of commu- nication and transportation in a country
 without roads and frequently made im- 1 passable by torrential rains. They were | weakened by tropical heat and tropical
 disease Widely scattered over a great
 archipelago extending a thousand miles
 from north to couth, the gravest respon- abilities involving the life or death of their comrades frequently devolved ] mon young and inexperienced officers be- 1 vond the reach of specific orders or ad- | vice.
 Great Courage Shown.
 l finder all these adverse circumstances the army of the Philippines has accom- | nIished it's task rapidly and completely. In more than two thousand combats, | great and small, within three years, 1t