Synopsis
Excerpt from Census of the Philippine Islands, Taken Under the Direction of the Philippine Commission in the Year 1903, Vol. 1 of 4: Population
As to the attitude of the people, it had been certified to the Presi dent by the Commission that a state of peace prevailed throughout the islands - the Moros excepwd - which was correct. Organised, open, and armed opposition to the United States had ceased several months prior to this. Nevertheless, in some of the provinces, bands of ladrones, or insurrectos, appeared from time to time, and by their atrocities caused great consternation among the natives, whom they robbed and murdered indiscriminately, sometimes terrorizing and looting an entire barrio of several hundred people. The majority of the provinces, however, were absolutely free from these disorders, and it was behaved that the army, including the Philippine scouts, the constabulary, and the police, were amply able to cope with these marauders, or at least keep them within reasonable bounds while the census was being taken. This belief was strengthened by the knowledge that whatever their feelings might be toward the Americans, the Filipinos universally detested these disturbers of the peace and prosperity of the islands, and would aid the authorities individually when they could do so with out great peril to their lives and property - and sometimes despite this peril - and colloctively as a posse oommitam, which frequently bspw pened. So, while this difficulty was fully appreciated, it was not regarded as likely to affect the census seriously.
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