CONTENTS.
 

CHAPTER L                             PAGB

The Climate of the Philippines—Typhoons,
Earthquakes, Plague, Cholera, etc.—Governor Taft
and the Commission Take Charge—Taft's Success
before the Senate Committee—The Governorship
of the Archipelago a. Magnificent Position—Taft's
Insincerity—Ability of the Commission—Civil Gov¬
ernment a One-Man Rule—Native Commissioners,    ii

CHAPTER IL

Civil versus Military Rule—Friction That Was
Bound to Occur—^Common Sense of "Chaffee Largely
Prevented Open Rupture—The Brooks Habeas Cor¬
pus Case—Victory of Military—Harmonious Solu¬
tion—Improper Attitude of the Governor of Leyte—
Grant and Gardener Hoodwinked by Wily Natives
—Harmony Will Come...........................    24

CHAPTER III.

The Department of Public Instruction—Competent
and Incompetent Teachers—Complaint That Presi-
dentes Are Over American Teachers—Municipali¬
ties Responsible for Payment of Native Teachers—
Presidente's Rake-off—Normal School in Zambales
—The Great Success of the Nautical School in
Manila—Devotion of Pupils to Lieutenant Com¬
mander Knapp—Educational Prospects Bright....   33