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

AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION

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Governor Carl M. Moore making an address at the close of a school athletic
meet held at Jolo in March, 1922. Standing at the table with Mr. Moore is
Mr. Jose A. Sanvictores, director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes.

In 1917 the Iealth Service in Mindanao and Sulu was
made an integral part of the P:ilippine Iealth Service.
On August 1, 1918, Governor Guy N. Rohrer joined
the Philippine Militia and was succeeded as governor
of Sulu by Mr. Paul De Witt Rogers, formerly secretary
and treasurer of Sulu.
The Department of Mindanao and Sulu was abolished
by act of the Philippine Legislature dated February 5,
1920, and Mindanao and Sulu were placed under the
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes. Governor Carpenter
became the first director of this Bureau. He was succeeded in the office of director by Mr. Teopisto Guingona, who had been department secretary. On January
1, 922, Mr. Guingona was himself succeeded as director
by Mr. Jose G. Sanvictoras, who had been educated in
the public schools. At the same time, Governor-general
Wood made Mr. Guingona one of the appointive members of the Philippine senate,