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Pack, William F., governor of Benguet, 436;
credit due, for Teachers’ Camp at Baguio, 468;
story of the Igorot chief and, [571]–[572];
with Governor Miller’s party at Lara, [597], [598];
an example of devotion to his wild subjects, [672].
Palasí, Igorot chief, 436;
story of Governor Pack and, [571]–[572].
Palawan, area, population and natural wealth of, 221–222;
conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 222–223;
organisation of government for province of, [559];
description of people and account of present condition, [594]–[609];
career of Governor Miller in, [595]–[600];
tendency of Filipinos in, to relapse to barbarism, [608]–[609];
estimate of population, [1000], [1002].
Paluanes, hill people of Palawan, [594]–[595].
Pampanga, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 158–159.
Pampangans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
present population, [933], [1000].
Pampano fishing, [810].
Panay, island of, 230.
Panay Province, area and population of, 218.
Pangasinán, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 165–168;
the Cabaruan fiasco in, [944]–[945].
Pangasinans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263, [933].
Paper pulp from bamboo, [847].
Paragua. See Palawan.
Paua, Ignacio, Chinaman in Aguinaldo’s service in Bulacan, 156–157.
Peña, Colonel, barbarities practised by, 215.
Peonage in the Philippines, [676] ff.;
definition of term, as distinguished from slavery, [683];
more serious than slavery in the Philippines, [714];
reduction of Filipinos to, through their fondness for gambling, [715];
facts as to, [715]–[720];
interest of Philippine assemblymen in maintenance of, [720]–[721];
greatness of problem, [729].
Petroleum, prospects of obtaining, in Philippines, [885].
Philippine Assembly, the, 357, [768]–[791].
See Assembly.
Philippine Commission, first:
appointment of, 8;
instructions given to, 301–302;
arrival at the islands, 304–305;
proclamation issued to Filipinos by, 310;
friendly relations established by, with Filipino leaders, 311;
examination into conditions and events by, 311–312;
visit of Colonel Arguelles to, 312–313;
plan of government submitted to President by, 316;
interviews between Filipino officers and, 316–317;
odd conduct of Mr. Schurman, 317–318;
work of, in gathering information about country and people, 319;
recall of, and report by, 323–324;
publication of report, and soundness of conclusions of first Philippine Commission, 324;
text of instructions of the President to, [975]–[977];
text of proclamation issued by, [977]–[980].
Philippine Commission, second:
appointment of, 325;
instructions issued to, by President McKinley, 326–330;
arrival of, in Manila, 330–331;
assumption of legislative power by, and first official acts, 332–334;
later important legislative acts passed by, 334–335;
journeys of investigation and to establish civil governments in different provinces, 335–340;
inauguration of Mr. Taft as civil governor, 344;
tour of northern provinces by commission, 344–345;
complete central civil government established, 345;
addition of Filipino members to, 345–346;
code of laws enacted by, 346;
chief important results of work of, 346–351;
text of instructions given to, by the President, [981]–[988].
Philippine General Hospital, Manila, 432–433;
overflow of patients at, 442;
building of the, 496;
attempts made by University authorities to secure control of professional work of, 499;
author’s efforts in behalf of, [640];
interest of, for the tourist, [802]–[803].
Philippine Island Medical Association, 443.
Philippine Legislature, the, 357, [768]–[791].
See Legislature.
Philippine Medical School, opening of, 497.
Philippine Normal School, [502]–[503], [507], [511], [517];
use of polished rice for food at, [520]–[521].
Philippine Railway Company, [876].
Philippines, author’s first visit to, 2–3;
second visit to, 4–6;
first and second commissions appointed to, 8–9;
widespread and radical misapprehension in United States concerning, 12;
area and population of, 218, [649], [792];
establishment of civil government in, 325–345;
careers and services of different governors-general, 351–356;
delegates to Congress of United States from, 357;
executive officials and legislature of, 357, [768] ff.;
governments in provinces and municipalities, 358;
the judiciary, 359, 400–407, [988]–[999];
civil service in, 360–377;
policing of, 378–399;
work for improvement of health conditions in, 408–448;
coördination of scientific work in, 488–[500];
establishment of school system and progress made in education, [501]–[531];
non-Christian territory and people, [532]–[636];
slavery and peonage in, [676]–[729];
total number of islands included in, [792];
climate of, [792]–[794];
scenery, [794]–[795];
typhoons, [795]–[796];
volcanoes, [796]–[798];
mountains and rivers, [798]–[800];
flowers, birds and insects, [800]–[802];
points of interest for the tourist, [802]–[805];
fishing and shooting in, [806]–[828];
private and public lands, [829]–[845];
forests, [846]–[860];
improvements in postal facilities, telegraph system, waterways, and land transportation, under American régime, [861]–[883];
commercial possibilities, [884]–[910];
résumé of results of American rule in, [921]–[932];
question of present independence of, [933]–[960];
course to be followed by United States concerning, [961]–[973].
Physicians, institutions for training of, 434–435, 488 ff.
Piera, Salvador, Spanish lieutenant tortured by Insurgents, 187–190.
Pilar, General Gregorio del, 315.
Pilar, Pio del, 128, 129;
brutalities practised by soldiery of, 108–111;
authorised by Aguinaldo to begin guerilla warfare, 285.
Pineapple raising, [903]–[904].
Pneumonic plague, 429.
Poisoning of American soldiers by Insurgents, [754]–[755].
Police, passage of act authorizing establishment of local, 333.
Policing of the Philippines, 378–399.
Polo-playing at Baguio Country Club, 467.
Pond, Dr. Arlington, 440.
Population, statistics of, [646]–[651], [999]–[1003].
Postal savings bank statistics, [916].
Postal service, improvement in, by Americans, [861]–[864], [866].
Posts, Bureau of, [863], [865].
Pratt, Consul, charged by Blount with repudiation of promises of independence, 19–20;
first meeting of, with Aguinaldo, 25–26;
efforts of, to secure Aguinaldo’s coöperation with American fleet, 27–28;
statement by, refuting promise of Filipino independence, 29–30.
Presidentes of pueblos, absoluteness of rule of, 243.
Press, attitude of, toward sanitary work in the islands, 420–422, 446–447;
abuses of the native, [952]–[953].
Priests, atrocities practised on, by Filipino Insurgents, 172–205, 206 ff.;
help given first Philippine Commission by, 319.
Protestant and Catholic missionary methods, [642]–[643].
Provinces, government of two classes of Philippine, 358;
establishment of non-Christian, and organisation of governments for, [559] ff.
Provincial governments, abuse of authority by officers of, [953]–[957].
Public Land Act, the, [830] ff., [844];
homestead applications under, [833]–[834].
Public lands, disposition of, [847], [829]–[843].
Pulájanism in Samar, 393.
Pure Food and Drugs Act, enforcement of, in Philippines, 443.