The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08

/ " dIlT0t Ilat i recognize ana accent
the supreme authority of the United
States OF America in the Philippine
Islands and will maintain true faith and
allegiance thereto; that I impose upon
myself this obligation voluntarily with
out mental reservation or purpose Of
evasion, so help me God"
Given under my hand at the Citv OF
Washington, this fourth day of July. in
the year OF Our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and two. and one hundred and
tWenty-seyenth year OF the independence
OF the United States.
(Signed.)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
b. the President.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War.
General Chafee is relieved OF his civil
duties, and the Philippine Commission is
made the superior authority in the fol-
lowing order:
The Instruction against the sovereign
authority of the United States in the
Philippine archipelago having ended, and
provincial civil governments having been
established throughout the entire terri
tory Of the archipelago not inhabited by
Moro tribes the ppnara1 com
handing the division of the Philippines
Is hereby relieved from the further per-
torrance of the duties Of military gov
ernor and the office of military governor
IN said archipelago is terminated. The
general commanding the division Of tho
Philippines and all military officers in
authority therein will continue to OBJ
serve the directions, contained in the
aforesaid instructions of the President,
that the military forces in the division
or the Philippines shall be at all times
subject, under the orders Of the military
commander, to the call Of the civil au-
thorities for the maintenance OF law and
order and the enforcement of their au-
thority."
Finally, the President, through Secre-
tary Root, pronounces the following
eulogy upon the United States army:
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 ap-
probation of the services they have
rendered to the country 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 nave 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 nee
essary to the establishment of their own
constitutions government. During the
time required for that process they have
governed Cuba wisely, regarding justice
and respecting individual liberty; have
NnrSl
best interests Of the Cuban people the
revenues, amounting to over sixty mil
lions of dollars; have carried out prac-
teal and thorough sanitary measures,
greatly improving the health and low
erlng the death rate Of the island.
They AVE borne themselves with
dignity and self control, so that nearly
four years of military rule have passed
woman. They have transferred the gov
OF Cuba to the Cuban people
amid universal expressions of friendship
and good will, and have left a record of
ordered justice and liberty of RAPID i'm
provement in material and moral condi-
lions, and progress in the art of govern
ment which reflects great credit upon
the people of the United States.
1.-The President thanks the officers
and enlisted men Of the army in the
Philippines, both regulars and volun-
teers, for the courage and f%ortitude, the
indomitable spirit and loyal devotion
with which they have put down and
ended the great Instruction which has
ragged throughout the archipelago
against the lawful sovereignty and just
authority of the United States.
"The task was peculiarly difficult and
trying. They were required at first to
overcome organized resistance of supe-
rior numbers, we'll equipped with mod
ern arms Of precision, intrenched in an
unknown country of mountain defiles,
Jungles and swamaps, apparently capa-
bic of interminable defense. When this
resistance had been overcome they were
required to crush out a general system
of guerilla warfare conducted among a
people speaking unknown ongues, from
whom 1t was almost impossible to OBJ
tain the Information necessary for Spe-
cial pursuit or to guard against a sur
prise and ambush.
The enemies by whom they were sur
rounded were relentless of all obliga-
tions of good faith and of all the limita-
~ "hiNIA ao ihIpooNh oIoI
civilized warfare. Bound themselves by
the laws of war, our soldiers were
called upon to meet every device of I'M
~scrupulous treachery and to contemplate
without reprisal the inf1iction Of bar
barous cruelties upon their comrades
and friendly natives. 3 *Widely
scattered over a great archipelago ex-
tending a thousand miles from north to
south, the gravest responsibilities, in
v%olving the life or death Of their COM
mands, frequently devolved upon youne
and inexperienced officers beyond the
reach of specific orders or advice.
Under all these adverse circum-
stances the army Of the Philippines has
accomplished it's task rapidly and com
pletely. In more than two thousand
combats, great and small, over three
years, it has exhibited unvarying cour-
age and resolution. 1t has put an end
to the vast system of intimidation and
| secret assassination by which the peace