ANNIVERSAEY NUMBEH 1919 



85 



A GROUP OF OFFICERS, PHILIPPINE GUARD DIVISION 



that could help to win the war, especially 

 the food supply, had its counterpart in the 

 Philippine Islands at practically the same 

 time. Realizing that the best way to help 

 the United States in the struggle would be 

 to economize and increase the Islands' food 

 production, the administration here took the 

 matter in hand with the result that the scat- 

 tered efforts for a great many years, es- 

 pecially by the Bureau of Agriculture, to 

 increase the agricultural production of the 

 Islands took a more vigorous turn. On rec- 

 ommendation of the Department of Agri- 

 culture and Natural Resources, the Governor 

 General named a committee composed of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural 

 Resources, the Director of Education, the 

 Director of Science, the Director of Health, 

 and the Insular Purchasing Agent. This 

 committee was charged with the duty of 

 studying "the question of production, con- 

 servation and supply of foodstuffs in the 

 Islands." 



One of the first steps in the campaign 

 was the institution of crop seed selection 

 especially of rice, the government under- 

 taking this work by establishing seed selec- 

 tion centers in the provinces. But prob- 

 ably the most far reaching attempt to in- 

 crease the production of food in the Islands 

 was the development of home gardening, in 

 which the public schools have taken a very 

 prominent part. 



A home garden contest for every province 

 was organized and prizes offered. One 

 thousand pesos was set aside for the province 

 winning first place; five hundred pesos for 

 the province winning second place, five 

 hundred pesos for the municipality, township 

 or district winning first place in the province; 

 and two hundred fifty pesos for the munici- 

 pality winning second place in the province. 

 These prizes served as a direct incentive to 

 the people to take up home gardening. 



The immediate result in this direction was 

 at once made apparent by the increase in 

 the total number of home gardens from some 

 20,000 to 67,289 according to the report of 

 the department of agriculture for the year 

 1918. 



COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 



As has been stated above, the Council of 

 National Defence, since its organization, has 

 been intimately connected with every phase 

 of the war work and reconstruction activities 

 in the Islands. 



The great achievement in the Liberty 

 Loan campaigns was undoubtedly the crea- 

 tion of the Four-Minute Men organization, 

 but its greatest and continuing influence is 

 at present being made felt through the me- 

 dium of the daily news service which reaches 

 every part of the Archipelago. 



It was early realized that in order to secure 

 a maximum of cooperation in the patriotic 



work which the Philippines had projected 

 it would be necessary to make the masses 

 of the Filipino people understand that the 

 issues which were being decided upon the 

 battlefields of Europe were issues in which 

 they themselves were vitally concerned. Al- 

 most immediately after the organization of 

 the council a daily mail and telegraphic 

 service reaching every post-office and tele- 

 graph office in the Islands was inaugurated.' 

 Liberty Loan propaganda, publicity work 

 for the Red Cross membership drive during 

 the Christmas week of 1918, and informa- 

 tion on the United War Relief Campaign 

 were thus distributed throughout the islands. 

 So valuable has this service proved that the 

 daily telegraphic bulletins are being con- 

 tinued indefinitely. 



THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENCE. ORGANIZED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR 

 THE PURPOSE OF COORDINATING AND SUPERVISING WAR WORK IN THE ISLANDS 



HON. FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON. CHAIRMAN; MEMBERS: GEN. H. A. GREENE, U.S.A.; CAPT. E. SIMPSON, U.S.A., 

 HON. CHARLES E. YEATER, HON. SERGIO OSMENA, HON. MANUEL L. QUEZON, HON. RAFAEL PALMA, HON. GALI- 

 CANO APACIBLE, HON. VICENTE MORENTE, HON. QUINTIN PAREDES, HON. FRANK W. CARPENTER, GEN. R. W. 

 JONES, N.G.; QEN. RAFAEL CRAME, P.C.; GEN. VENANCIO CONCEPCION, MAJOR WILLIAM M. CONNOR, JR., U.S.A.. 

 CAPT. HUGH STRAUGHN, U.S.A.; CAPT. R. M. SHEARER, DR. GEORGE W. WRIGHT, MR. C. N. DUFFY, MR. J. E. 

 DELANEY, MR. JULIUS S. REIS, MR. T. J. WOLFF, MR. FRANCISCO A. DELGADO, MR. JOSE A. SANTOS, MR. CARSON 

 TAYLOR, DR. ELMER D. MERRILL, MR. W. R. MACFARLANE, MR. J. HADDOCKS, DR. W. H. DADE, DR. W. W. MAR- 

 QUARDT, MR. M. L. STEWART, MR. ALLAN B. BURKHOLDER, DR. J. D. LONG, MR. B. A. TIGH, MR. E. E. ELSER , 

 MR. H. B. POND. 



