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ZAMBOANGA
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steamers drawing 25 feet. The climate is characterized by a remarkable evenness*'
©f temperature and a comparatively smatl rainfall which increases rapidly as one goes a
few miles from Zamboanga in any direction.
Communication with other ports is assured by weekly mail steamers, occasional
Army transports and despatch boats with Cebu and Manila, monthly steamers of the’
Nippon Yusen Kaisha with Australia, Manila and the China coast, and bi-weekly steamers
of the Straits Steamship Company with Sandakan, Borneo, and Singapore. A coast-
guai’d cutter, running out of Zamboanga, gives regular communication with other small
ports of the Department. Telegraphic communication with the remainder of the-
Archipelago is secured by a wireless station connecting with cables .and land lines.
Zamboanga was founded by the Spaniards in April, 1635, for the purpose of intercepting <
Moro corsair fleets which were accustomed to pass the Strait of Basilan irom southern
Mindanao to the Yisayan Islands. The town was repeatedly attacked by the Moros.
In 1646, it exchanged shots with a Dutch fleet and, in 1758, maintained an all-day bom¬
bardment with an English squadron. In 1872, for putting down a mutiny of prisoners, -
Zamboanga was granted by the Madrid Government the title “Loyal and Yaliant
Town.” On May 10, 1899, the revolutionists attacked the Spanish garrison in Zam¬
boanga, which withdrew on May 24. The town was burned during the hostilities. Dur¬
ing the summer of 1899, the Republic of Zamboanga was in full control, but the town.
was finally surrendered to the American blockading squadron without bloodshed on
November 16 of the same year.
Zamboanga is the capital of the province of the same name. The town, though
small, is one of the most beautiful, not only of the Philippines but of the Far East. It
is characterised by shady streets and possesses very fine parks and exquisite gardens.
There is a drastic building ordinance in force which provides that all buildings erected-
in the central portion must be of reinforced concrete or other equally fire-proof material
with an 8-inch firewall every 100 feet. Good roads extend along the coast in either,
direction from the town! *
DIRECTORY
Province ol* Zamboanga
Governor—Florentino Saguin
Treasurer—N. Yalderrosa
Member, Prov. Board—Awkasa Sampang j
Dist. Auditor—Lorenzo Celeste
Judge, 1st Instance Court—A. Horrilleno
Aux, Judge, do. —D. Jaranilla
Prov. Fiscal—M. Blanco
Senators—Jos^ Alexandrine and Hadii
Butu
Representative—Jose Gonzales
Deputy Governors—Jose Gonzales, Gabino-
P. Cuevas, P. i T. Martines, Tabujur j
Taupan, Delfin Ignacio, Capt. Pariano !
Torgeo
District Engineer’s Office j
Division and District Engineer—Juan j
Macaraeg
Assist. Civil Engineer—Irineo M. Santos j
Phil. Health Service Officers
i Zamboanga Province
Bacteriologist—Dr. C. Manalang
Dist. Health Officer—Dr. ]j£. D. Aguilar
President, Sanitation Div., Zamboanga—
Dr. C, B. Enriquez
Res. Physician, Zamboanga General Hos¬
pital—Dr E. D. Aguilar
Assist. Physician- -Dr. P. A. Rodriguez
Jun. Assist. Res. Physician—Dr. P. Hamoy
Chief Nurse—Miss S. Asido
Supt., Zamboanga General Hospital—
S. Obsequio
Res. Physician, Rizal Memorial Hospital:
(Dapitan)—Dr. J. A. Nplasco
Pres., Sanitary Div. (Dipolog)—Dr. C.
Ramos
Pres., Sanitary Div. (Isabela, Baxilon)—
Dr. Jose de los Penas
Supt., Memorial Hospital—P.M.Villafuerte
Constabulary Officers
Zamboanga Province
Prov. Commander—Capt. P. Tangco
Commanding Officer, 118thCo. (Dipolog)—
1st Lieut- P. Alviola
Commanding Officer, 119th Co. (Malangas)
—1st Lieut. Jose Gonzalez
,CommandingOfficer,120th Co.(Zamboanga)
—2nd Lieut. S. Navarro