08/29/1902
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"No such organized surveys have ever yet been attempted anywhere; but the idea is in harmony with modern, scientific, and industrial methods."
"In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives dated the 4th instant (the Senate concurring), I return herewith House bill No. 3286, entitled 'An act granting an increase of pension t..."
"Only preliminary explorations have yet been made in the archipelago, and it should be a matter of pride to the Government of the United States fully to investigate and to describe the entire region."
"The scientific surveys which should be undertaken go far beyond any surveys or explorations which the government of the Philippine Islands, however completely self-supporting, could be expected to mak..."