of the police stations and perform the necessary duties pertaining
to the position of police and maintenance of order.
C. McC. _Reeve_,
Colonel 13th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and Chief of Police.
Aug. 22d. 1898.
_Office Chief of Police._
_Manila_, P. I.
_Order_ No. 2.
1. The following is published for the information of the police of
this city:
2. Bulletin hoards will be kept in all stations and all orders issued
from this office will be posted thereon.
3. Armed native and Spanish soldiers must be disarmed before being
allowed to pass through gates, either way.
4. Arrest drunk and disorderly persons.
5. Spanish officers are allowed to wear their side arms.
6. Commanding officers will have their respective districts patroled
at least once each hour during the day and night.
7. Shoes must be blacked and all brasses bright and shining at
all times.
8. Be courteous in your contact with both natives and Spaniards and
see that all soldiers of other commands observe this rule.
9. Particular attention must be given by men at the gates to the
saluting of officers in passing through, and particularly so to the
general officers.
Ed. S. Bean,
Major 13th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and Inspector
of Police.
Aug. 22d, 1898.
Approved,
_Reeve_,
Colonel 13th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and Chief of Police.
_Headquarters of the Provost-Marshal and Military Commandant._
Adjutant-General's Office, City of Manila, P. I., August 22nd, 1898.
_General Orders_, No. 3.
Colonel McC. Reeve, 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, is hereby
directed to relieve the Commandante of the Guardia Civil Veterana of
his functions, and will take possession of his office and will employ
such officers and soldiers of his regiment _as may_ be necessary for
the adequate police protection of this city.
By Command of Brigadier-General MacArthur,
Provost-Marshal-General and Military Commandant,
Harry C. Hale,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
_Order_ No. 3.
_Office Chief of Police. Manila_, P.I.
To Commanding Officer.
_Stations_.
Notify all livery stables and other places in your districts,
depositing large quantities of manure and other refuse in the streets,
that they must cart it away daily, themselves.
Failure to do so will result in the arrest of the offending party.
_Ed. S. Bean_, Major 13th Minnesota Volunteers, and Inspector of
Police.
August 22d, 1898
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