Executive Order
03/08/1901
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I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peacef...
Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer in command is hereby ratified as if said power t...
I renew the recommendation made in my annual message to the Congress on December 3, 1900, that in accordance with preced...
The said appointment to be made by the Military Governor thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.