Arizona republican., 1902-12-02

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 that in inaugurating the new govern ment there should be no break in the continuity of legal obligation, of rights of property and contract. of jurisdic ton. or of administrative action. IL would not do to wait for the new gov ernment to pass laws or to create of fees and appoint administrative offi- cers and vest them with powers, for the instant that the new government was created the intervening government | ceased, and the period of waiting would be period of anarchy.
 It was necessary, therefore, to take such steps that the new government should be created as a going concern. every officer of which should be able 10 go on with his part of the business Of governing under the new sovereignty | without waiting for any new authority. That everything necessary to this end | should be done and that it should be done according to a consistent and maintainable legal theory. caused the | department good deal of solicitude It is gratifying to report that it was | done, and that the government which, | until noon of ay 20th, was proceeding under the authority of the president of | the United States. went on in the after noon of that day and has ever since continued under the sovereignty which | had been abandoned by Spain in April. 1899. without any more break or con- fusion than accompanies the inaugura- ton of a new president in the United | States. This could not have been done without the most perfect good under l standing. mutual confidence and sym pathetic cooperation on the part of our officers, who were about to retire, and the newly-elected officers Of Cuba, who were about to take the reins of gov ernment. Our troops withdrew from Cuba in the afternoon of the 20th from Cuba in the afternoon of the 2Oth of May, amid universal expressions oi
 gratitude, esteem, and affection.
 | I venture to express the hope that
 this strong and well deserved friend
 ship of Cuba may be permanent and
 may never be alienated by our treat
 ment of the smaller and weaker power
 and, that the people of the United
 States may never lose their deep in-
 terest in the welfare of the new repub-
 lie which they have called into being
 with so much labor and sacrifice
 know of no chapter in American his | NS'S '''c'N oNeiSAoNNOiS Aiicitl llldN NillNl will record the conduct of the military government of Cuba.
 The secretary pays a high compli
 ment to General Wood. the military governor, to Grigadier General Taske! II. Bliss, who had charge of the collec.
 tion of customs revenues. and to tho
 various officers who aided them in ably administering the affairs of the island Especial credit is due also to tn, , medical department of the army an( . particularly to Major Walter Reed anj . Major William C. Gorgas for theil extraordinary service in ridding tn, island of yellow fever, described in my
 last report; and to Dr. Jefferson R
 kean and Dr. James Carroll for then
 share in that work.
 | The brilliant character of this scien. tlf1c achievement. it's inestimable valu, to mankind, the saving of thousands o
 lives. and the deliverance of the Allan. tlc seacoast from constant apprehen sion. demand special recognition iron the government of the United States. ega -inthe35f DO h Hui he shrdln pr. Reed is the ranking major in tn, medical department, and within a few
 months will by operation of law, be. come lieutenant colonel. I ask that tn, president be authorized to appoint hin assistant surgeon general with the rank
 or colonel, and to appoint Major Gorga. deputy surgeon general with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and that the re. spective numbers in those grades ir the medical department be increased
 accordingly during the period fol which they hold those offices.
 The name of Dr. Jesse w Iazear contract surgeon, who voluntarily per
 mltted himself to be inoculated with
 the yellow fever germ, in order to fur
 nish necessary experimental test ir the course of the investigation. and
 who died of the disease, should be writ
 ten in the list of the martyrs who naye died in the cause of humanity. As q
 slight memorial of his heroism q bat
 tery in the coast defense fertilization
 at Fort Howard, Baltimore, Md, has
 been named Battery Lazear."
 THE PHILIPPINES.
 At the time of my last report Malvar
 in the provinces of Batangas and Tava-
 bas, in the island of Luzon. and Lux
 ban, in the island of Samar. were the only insurgent leaders of importance
 who still maintained guerilla warfare
 We hoped that these leaders with their
 followers would yield to the example
 and advice of the great body of the
 Philippine people who had become
 friendly to the United States. and
 would voluntarily lay down their arms
 It soon became evident. however, that
 this would not be the case. Malyar