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Show MILITARY ROAD TO BB BUILT. 1 Aad Thus (prlloMS Aislail tbe Moroe Will U Kailer. On the argent recommendation of General Chaffee, commanding the military mil-itary forces of the Philippines, Secretary Secre-tary of War Hoot haa authorised aa xpeiidilure of lL'0,000 for immediate u.e In the construction, ol a military road tn the Island of Mindanao from llligan,. the. chief port -on the oortb coast of the Island, to a point on tha northern shore of Lake Lanao. Thia like la ia tbo heart of tka Moro coum , try aud I la shores are thickly doited with vlllagee,, tha aggregala Inhabitants Inhabi-tants ul which are estimated al 36,000. The action of tbo war department waa cabled to tieueral Chaffee. : |