This document is the Third Annual Report of the Philippine Commission, specifically Part 1, covering the year 1902. The report was published by the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the U.S. War Department and printed in Washington. The Philippine Commission was an executive and legislative body appointed by the President of the United States to govern the Philippines after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War, marking the beginning of the American colonial period. The 1902 report is a crucial primary source for understanding the early civil administration, legal framework, and socio-economic conditions established by the U.S. government during the Philippine-American War and its immediate aftermath.
Third annual report of the Philippine Commission, 1902: Part 1
