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Mabini, Tagálog insurgent, 53, 59, 128, 163, 231, 259;
opposition of, to Insurgent constitution, 265–266;
member of Aguinaldo’s cabinet, 266;
fatal effect on constitution of opposition of, 269;
quoted on cause of failure of insurrection, 289;
protests against Luna’s order to murder inhabitants about Manila, [748];
advocates making English the official language, [778], [779], [935].
Macabebe scouts, the, 158.
MacArthur, General, views held of Filipinos by, 320;
cool reception of second Philippine Commission by, 331;
attitude relative to establishment of civil governments in various provinces, 338–340;
suppresses Major Maus’s report on Benguet, 453–454.
McIntyre, General, action in regard to slavery bill, [700], [702], [705].
McKinley, President, appoints first Philippine Commission, 8;
report of resignation of, circulated among Insurgent troops, 284;
on author’s cablegram to Chicago Times-Herald describing taking of Malolos, 310;
instructions given second Philippine Commission by, 326–330;
high motives by which actuated, in policy toward Philippines, 329–330;
text of instructions to Philippine Commissions, [975]–[977], [981]–[988].
McKinnon, Father W. D., 308;
schools opened in Manila under supervision of, [504].
Mail service, improvement in, under American régime, [861]–[864], [866].
Maimban, Lieutenant, 396.
Malampaya Sound, excellence of, as a harbour, 222;
scenery in, [805];
camping grounds on, [818].
Malaria, campaign against, 428–429, [792].
Malaspina Volcano, [798].
Malaueg, lapsing into barbarism of people of, [958]–[959].
Malaybalay, town in Agusan, [621].
Malolos, meeting of Aguinaldo’s congress at, 258–267;
description of taking of, by American forces, 306–309.
Mandaya villages, conditions in, [633]–[634].
Mangarin, Tagálog town, [591].
Mangyans, tribe of, [591], [592]–[593].
Manila, behaviour of Filipino forces during attack on, and later, 80–126;
Aguinaldo’s plans for attack on Americans in, 137–142;
health conditions, sanitary measures, hospitals, etc., in, 410–448;
epidemic of cholera in, 414–420;
interest of, for the tourist, [802];
improvement of harbour of, [870]–[871];
comparison of Hongkong and, as commercial ports, [886]–[887].
Manila-Dagupan Railway, [875].
Manila Province, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 210–211.
Manila Railroad Company, [875]–[876].
Manobo, people of, [611] ff.
Manual labour, change in attitude of Filipinos toward, [508].
Manufacturing, possibilities for, [906].
Marble, in Mindoro, 221.
Marinduque, visit of Philippine commissioners to, 337.
Marine service, improvement in, [866] ff.
Mariveles, disinfecting plant at, 429.
Marriage between Americans and Filipinos, [940]–[941].
Martin, Congressman, attack on Mr. Taft and insular officials by, [839]–[840].
Mary J. Johnston Hospital, Manila, 433.
Masbate, area, population and character of people, 230.
Massacres of Americans and of Spaniards planned by Insurgents, [757]–[763].
Maus, Major Louis M., commissioner of public health, 413, 417;
member of expedition to Baguio, 451.
Mayon Volcano, [797].
Meacham, Dr. F. H., chief sanitary inspector, 413, 422.
Meade, Captain Charles W., errors of, in survey and construction of Benguet Road, 455–457.
Medical associations, 443.
Medicine and Surgery, College of, 497, [530].
Mejia, Pablo, assassination of, [735].
Merritt, General Wesley, charged by Judge Blount with not keeping faith with Filipinos, 19–20;
report of promise made to Aguinaldo by, 113–114.
Mexico, analogy drawn between present case of, and that of an independent Philippine republic, [962].
Meztizo class, problems presented by, [941].
Miller, Lieutenant E. Y., service as governor of Palawan, [595]–[600], [609], [673];
death of, [600].
Mindanao, misstatements by Blount concerning, 224–225;
actual conditions in, 225–226;
conditions in, after expulsion of Spanish, 228–229;
suited for coffee growing, [902].
Mindoro, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 216–221;
Blount’s false statements and the real facts as to characteristics of, 219–221;
possibilities of development of agriculture, forest products and minerals of, 221;
cleanliness of towns of, 441;
establishment of government for, [560];
description of people and present condition of, [591]–[594];
estimate of population, [1000], [1002].
Mineral lands, legislation relative to, [841]–[842].
Mineral products, in Mindoro, 221.
Mineral resources of Philippines, [885].
Mineral springs, [798].
Mining, in Lepanto, [572].
Mining Bureau, reorganisation of, 333.
Misamis, conditions in province of, [610] ff.;
slavery in, [689]–[692];
estimate of population, [1000], [1002].
Mohammedan Malays, habitat of, in Philippines, 225–226.
See Moros.
Moral Progress League, the, [515].
Morga, quoted on slavery, [676]–[677], [678]–[679].
Moro Province, organisation, government and conditions in, [632]–[636];
conditions as to slavery in, in 1902, [681]–[682];
estimate of population, [1000], [1002].
Moros, places where found, 225–226;
impossibility of turning Mindanao over to, 226;
numbers of, 226;
results of Filipino attempts to govern, 226–229;
origin of the, [532];
fairly successful resistance of, to Spanish, [532]–[533];
experiences of American officials with, in Palawan, [594]–[608];
inability of Filipinos to cope with, [631];
gravity of problem presented by, [634]–[636];
religious fanaticism exhibited by, in fighting, [654];
threats by, in case of withdrawal of Americans, [671]–[672];
Filipinos captured by, for slaves, [680];
along the Agusan River, [800].
Moses, Bernard, a member of second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
horseback trip by, with author, 341–343;
appointed secretary of public instruction, 345.
Mountain Province, establishment of the, [560].
Mountains, in Mindoro, 220;
of Benguet, 452–455;
scenic features of Philippine, [798].
Mountain Trail, a trip on the, [803]–[804].
Moynihan, Captain, [601].
Municipal governments, Aguinaldo’s, 246, 250, 252–253, 257;
elections in, 254–256;
organization of, by first Philippine Commission, 321;
legislative acts of second Philippine Commission relative to, 334, 335;
civil service rules applied to officers in, 363;
abuses practised by officers of, [953]–[957].
Municipal health officers, 439.
Murder, as a part of the Insurgent governmental policy, [730]–[767].
Museums in Manila, [802].