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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-MANILA

Stations of-

Stations of-

Albay, Albay-Mariano Rosauro

Sorsogon, Sorsogon-Emilio Araneta Diaz Maasin, Leyte-Luciano Ortiz Cebu, Cebu-Guillermo F. Pablo

1333

Tagbilaran, Bohol-Sexto de la Costa Bacolod, Occidental Negros-Mariano de

la Rosa

Jolo, Sulu-Ricardo Summers

PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY

HEADQUARTERS PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT

Commander-Major General Douglas MacArthur

Aides-de-camp-First Lieutenant Thomas J. Davis, Inf. (D.O.L.)

Do. --First Lieutenant Ford Trimble, F.A. (D.O.L.) Chief of Staff-Colonel Charles D. Herron

Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel-Major Pearl L. Thomas

Do.

Military Intelligence-Major Glenn P. Wilhelm Assistant-First Lieutenant Edward A. Kimball, Inf.

Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training-Major Dean Hudnutt

Assistant-Captain Richard F. Mallonee, F.A. (D.O.L.)

Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply-Major John H. Pirie

Assistant-Captain William C. Dunckel, F.A. (D.O.L.)

Adjutant General-Colonel Ralph B. Parrott

Assist. Adjts. Gen'l.-Lt. Col. Edward A. Brown and Major Thruston Hughes Inspector-Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Patterson

Assistant--Major Roy O. Henry

Judge Advocate-Lieutenant Colonel William A. Graham Assistant-Captain Samuel F. Cohn, Inf. (acting) Quartermaster-Colonel Theodore B. Hacker

Assts. Maj. Clifford L. Corbin, Capts. Graves B. McGary & Hubert A. Stecker Surgeon-Colonel Thomas L. Rhoads

Assistant-Captain Thomas G. Tousey

Finance Officer-Colonel Freeborn P. Holcomb

Assistants-Capt. Nicholas H. Cobbs and First Lieut. Joseph F. Routhier Engineer-Lieutenant Colonel Max C. Tyler

Assistant-Captain John M. Silkman

Ordnance Officer-Colonel Odus C. Horney

Signal Officer-Major Louis B. Bender

Chemical Warfare Officer-Major William A. Copthorne

Air Officer-Major Walter G. Kilner

MANILA

Manila, the capital and the largest city of the Philippines, is situated on the western side of the island of Luzon, at the mouth of the Pasig River, which practically divides it into two parts and empties into Manila Bay. The city is almost in the centre of the archipelago. It is distant two days by sea from Hongkong, four days from Nagasaki, five from Shanghai, and 17 to 28 days from San Francisco or Seattle, according to the varying speed of the different vessels on the run.

The city of Manila was founded by Legaspi on June 24th, 1571. The erection of the fortifications around the present Walled City (Intramuros) was begun about 1590. In 1645, 1863 and 1880 the city suffered considerable damage from earthquakes. The first newspaper was published in Manila in 1811._The port was opened to the commerce of the world in 1834, and the railroad line to Dagupan was completed in 1891. War having been declared between the United States and Spain, the fleet of the former on May 1st, 1898, sailed into Manila Bay and totally destroyed the Spanish fleet,

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