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Hospital, San Lazaro Hospital, Mary Chiles Hospital, and St. Luke's Hospital. There are fourteen playgrounds provided with apparatus and put under the charge of a playground director and staff of assistants. For fire prevention, the city has eight fire-stations and eighteen fire-engines.
Manila is also the principal industrial centre of the archipelago. In the city are found coconut-oil mills, cigar and cigarette factories, rope. manufacturing firms, hemp braid hat factories, breweries and distilleries, furniture factories, lumber mills, marine railway and repair shops, foundries and machine shops, vulcanizing plants, shoe and soap making establishments, and ice plants.
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The telephone system extends throughout the city and its suburbs. Electric light has been placed in public parks, streets, hotels, theatres, and other buildings. The city is provided with theatres baseball grounds, tennis courts, and golf and race courses. The principal clubs are the Army and Navy Club, Casino Español, Elks Club, Golf Club, Manila Club, and University Club. Automobiles and auto-trucks number 5,300.
Among the interesting places in the city are the Aquarium for fishes and other sea animals found in Philippine waters; the Bureau of Science, the headquarters of the scientific work of the Government; the Observatory of the Philippine Weather Bureau, especially noted for its work in connection with typhoons and earthquakes; the Bilibid Prison, with a highly developed industrial department; the Mint of the Philippine Islands; the Philippine Library and Museum; the Museum of Santo Tomis University; and the Luneta, where concerts are given several evenings a week by the famous Philippine Constabulary Band.
DIRECTORY
MUNICIPALITY
Mayor-Ramon J. Fernandez
Secretary of the Mayor-Rosauro Almario
Municipal Board: President--Ramon R. Papa Members-Geronimo Santiago, Simplicio de los Santos, Potenciano Salita, Mariano Galian, Bienvenido A. Tan, Agaton | Cecilio, Juan T. Santos, Perfecto del Rosario and José Ciria Cruz Secretary-Pascual Casimiro City Treasurer-Victor Alfonso
City Engineer-Santiago Artiaga
Chief of Police-G. Alcid Chief of Secret Service-George
Hartpence
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City Fiscal-Luis P. Torres Judge, Municipal Court-Arsenio Locsin Register of Dee 's-Joaquin Jaramillo Justice of the Peace-Jesus Ocampo Sheriff-Ricardo Summers Chief of Fire Vandesford
Department--Otis
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MILITARY
PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ARMY Commander-Major-General Francis J. Kernan
Personal Staff
Technical, Administrative and Supply Staf
Aide de-Camp-Capt. James M.Crane, D O.L. Adjutant-Col. James T. Dean, A.G.D.
General Staff
Chief of Staff-Col. Charles D. Rhodes, G.s. As-istant Chief of Staff for Operations
Maj. Robert C. Richardson, G.S. Assistant Chief of Staff for Military Intelligence--Maj. John C. H. Lee, G.s. Assistant Chief of Staff for War Pla ́s and Training-Col. George H. McManus, G.S. Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply, Fin- ance and Transportation-Col. LeRoy Eltinge, G.S.
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Inspr.-Lt. Col. James M. Wheeler, I.G D.
Do.-Col. George Blakely, L.G.D. Judge Advocate-Maj. Marion W. Howze,
J.A.G.D.
Quartermaster-Col. William S.Scott, Q.M.c. Finance Officer-Lieut. Col. Richard K.
Cravens, F.D.
Surgeon-Col. William B. Banister, M.C. Do. Col. William F. Lewis, M.C. Engineer Lieut. Col. Francis A. Pope,
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