The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION

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The speakers' pavilion at Zamboanga, on September 1, 1914, when civil
government was inaugurated.

he conducted to Manila a large party of Moros. These
visits did much to convince the Moros that the attitude
of the Philippine government and of the Christian
Filipinos toward them was indeed friendly.
The years from 1915 to 1918 marked the establishment of permanent peaceful conditions in Sulu. In 1915
many leaders of outlaw bands were eliminated, and
85 rifles and 5 revolvers were captured or surrendered.
Cattle stealing, the most prolific source of trouble,
received a marked setback through the aid of prominent
chiefs. A number of the local headmen were found
directly responsible for fomenting outlawry and encouraging cattle stealing for their personal gain, and
these were brought to justice.
During 1915 telephone lines on the island of Jolo were
extended, roads were built in the interior, and greater
contact with the people was established by the government through its different agencies. Public instruction
was placed under the control of the Insular Bureau of