Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-10

the region, succeeding General Perish.
ins. the last governor, under the mill
tary regime.
The task Of Governor Carpenter and
his assistants had been a hard one
long uphill struggle against rccclcit-
rant and surerstitiouS people who
have always fought any attempt 10
Grange their methods of life. Out
lawry has always been a factor OF the
Mindanao situation and the frequent
bands OF outlaws gave the Morcs nu-
clcuses around which they could rally
for insuirection or revolt. But little
by little outlawry has been stamped
out one by one. or In patches OF two
or three, guns and rifles hidden away
in forest homes and mountain huts,
have been turned in. Here and there
schoolhouses have sprung up. TO at
tract to them Moro children whose
parents at first suspicious and un-
friendly have finally ended by NOV
ing their families to the settlement
where the schools were located. and
giving up the nomadic life which has
been a Moro tradition for centuries
ard which has been the worst foe OF
Moro prosperity.
Were the IIotbcds.
Sulu archipelago and JOlo island.
for years the only hotbod of outlawry
H. Mindando, can now claim TO have
seen the end of years of outlawry and
tushwha cking. 70 the man who
knows the Jolo of five years ago, to
the soldier whose recollection of Jolo
is a memory of sleepless nights and
ANXIOUS days when the slightest noiso
behind his back meant the possibility
Of an attack by a murderous Moro or
one made mad by Mohanmedan IA
niticism the achievement seems in
c. edible But the thing has been done
ard Colonel Peter +. Traub OF the
constabulary lieutenant-col in
the regular army. on detached duty
with the constabulary) has made the
new era of Sulu peace and order. a
matter of official record in an order
congrstulating the constabulary of
Mindanao and Sulu.
The order follows:
THE district chief announces to the
district In general orders the fact that
In the province of Sulu there is not a
single known outlaw at large-all
have been either killed. captured or
have surrendered.
when it is realized that this is the
first time in the history of the Philip
pine islands that suCh statement
tance becomes apparent. The whole
sul Ia archipelago rs in state OF law
order and peaceful control.
In October. 1914. when the under
signed assumed charge of this dis
trict outlawry was rampant in Sulu
and It was place stunned by peace
tul travellers; but with the stablish.
ment Of stations in tho heart Cf the
affected region and with the spirit
that the Sulu constabulary has invuri-
ably displayed every officer and man
regardless of hardship and priVatiCn,
regardless Of danger and death, did
his full duty toward the government.
without malice toward the misguided
creatures who with thoir progenitors
had made the name of Suiu bywOrd
in the annals Of these Islands.
I'm the short space of 21 months
413 outlaws were killed captured or
forced to surrender; 1877 firearms
were captured or surrendered and five
hundred blade weapons were cap
tured or surrendered. This was not
accomplished without loss to our
brave men. Of whom ten were killed
or died OF wounds and ~ were wound
ed and recovered. The greatest ac-
complainant OF all. however is that
these things were done with 4 mini
mum OF hatred and heartburn on the
part Of the population. which In grad
ua1y increasing numbers came to
help us in our work OF roofing out the
lawless who were preying on the law
abiding. until now all the people. re-
aliZing the motives that actuate us in
our work. are heart and soul with U.S.
1t remains for the Sulu constabulary
so to conduct themselves that conf
dcnce In their motives will keep on
Increasing and 50 that the various
departments Of government-heaith
public works and other ac-
tiNities-will find the preparation of
the soil by the constabulary fruitful
IN their future endeavors for the ben
eft of the people,"