he attitude and feeling of such other inhabitants or tribes
toward the so-called government of Aguinaldo and his armed followers;

Also, any information that may have come to him, or any Department of
the Government, of the treatment of prisoners, either Spanish or
American, by the people in arms against the authority of the United
States;

Also, any information that may have come to him, or any Department of
the Government, as to any aid or encouragement received by Aguinaldo and
his followers from persons in the United States; as to what pamphlets,
speeches, or other documents emanating from the United States and
adverse to its authority and to its policy were circulated in whole or
in part among the Filipinos in arms against the United States, among the
other inhabitants of the islands, or among the soldiers of the United
States, and any information as to the effect, if any, of such pamphlets,
speeches, and other documents, or of similar utterances in the United
States upon the course of the rebellion against the United States;

Also, any further or other information which would tend to throw light
upon the conduct and events of the insurrection against the authority
of the United States in the Philippine Islands, and of the military
movements for its suppression since January 1, 1898.

And that the President be further requested to communicate, without
delay, so much of such information as is now in his possession or in
that of any Department at Washington, without waiting to obtain so much
of said information as may require considerable delay or communication
with the Philippine Islands, and to communicate the remainder of the
information as soon thereafter as it can be obtained,

I transmit herewith the following papers:

First. Copies of all communications which have been received by me, or
by any Department or officer, civil or military, from Aguinaldo, or any
other person undertaking to represent the people in arms against the
United States in the Philippine Islands, or any alleged government or
public authority of said people, and copies of all replies to such
communications, so far as such communications and replies have been
reported to me or to any Executive Department. Said copies of documents
are appended hereto marked "I."

Second. Copy of instructions relating to a proclamation sent to General
Otis and of the proclamation issued by General Otis p