DELGADO DECREE, DECEMBER 21 1899

Exhibit 1264.

[Original in Spanish. Contemporary copy. P. I. R., Books B.4.]

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF SANTA BARBARA,
September 21st, 1899.

The General-in-Chief has on this date published a Decree which is as follows:

On this the 21st day of September, 1899. at 12:30 p. m. the entire military force of the garrison of this town presented themselves under arms at these Headquarters, together with one company from the front, and requested that a Politico-Military Government be established in this Province in accordance with instructions from the Central Government of Luzon.

Whereas the conditions that prevail throughout the country in general, and especially in this Province, are extremely trying and make it advisable to maintain order at any cost to avoid even more serious consequences, I, as General-in-Chief of the Army, and having been appointed Politico-Military Governor by the Government of the nation, do hereby decree the following:

First and last article: From this date a Politico-Military Government is instituted in this Province, and I hereby take possession of my office as Military and Civil Chief of the same.

Given in these General Headquarters of Santa Barbara on the date above appearing.

MARTIN DELGADO.


I take pleasure in transcribing you the foregoing for your information, and you shall have the same published on three successive afternoons in the most frequented places of the community for the general information of the inhabitants, and for such other purposes as you may deem necessary.

Per order:

JUAN DELOSO,
Major of General Staff.