Excerpt from A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America, 1902: With Maps, Charts, and Illustrations The great number of inquiries addressed to the War Department from all parts of the United States calling for information regarding the. Philippine Islands, has indicated that a printed compendium Of such information would be practically useful to the American people. The present work is designed to furnish such information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.