It is therefore directed that,
in acting on cases where the sentence is dishonourable discharge
without confinement, the dishonourable discharge be made to take
effect after arrival in San Francisco, where the men so discharged
should be sent by first transport.

The Philippine Archipelago is a military division under the supreme
command of a Maj.-General. The commanders, since the taking of Manila
(1898), have been successively Maj.-Generals Merritt, Otis, McArthur,
Chaffee, Davis, Wade, Corbin, and Wood.

The Division is administratively subdivided into three departments,
namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the two former being commanded
by Brig.-Generals and the last by a Maj.-General.

The _Department of Luzon_, headquarters at Manila, includes the
following principal islands, viz. Luzon, Catanduanes, Romblon,
Masbate, Marinduque, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Polillo, Ticao, Tablas, Lucbang,
and Burias.

The _Department of Visayas_, headquarters at Yloilo, embraces the
islands of Cebu, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Samar, and Bojol.

The _Department of Mindanao_, headquarters at Zamboanga, includes
all the remaining islands of the Philippine Archipelago.

STATEMENT OF ARMY STRENGTH IN THE PHILIPPINES ON JUNE 30, 1904 [244]

Present Absent Present and Absent
Officers. Troops. Officers. Troops. Officers. Troops.

General Officers 5 0 0 0 5 0
Gen. Staff Officers 45 0 4 0 49 0
Non-Com Officers at
posts 0 109 0 0 0 109
Medical Department 93 919 10 0 103 919
[245]Contract Surgeons 63 0 22 0 85 0
[245]Contract Dental
Surgeons 17 0 0 0 17 0
Engineers 25 395 1 7 26 402
Signal Corps 7 353 2 1 9 354
Ordnance Corps 2 49 0 2 2 51
Officers temporarily
in the Division 33 0 0 0 33 0
Total Cavalry 172 2,903 27 32 199 2,935
Total Artillery 9 293 3 0 12 293
Total Infantry 356 7,020 78 70