[The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester]@TWC D-Link bookThe Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER XVII 45/67
These serve very well during the dry months, but with the oncoming of the heavy showers, which usher in the rainy season, become damp and uncomfortable and make it necessary for the occupants to return to the lowlands just at the time when Baguio is growing most attractive and the heat of Manila is becoming most oppressive. The ground set aside in the military reservation is adequate for a brigade post, and such a post should be established as soon as the railroad reaches Baguio.
The different commands in the islands could then be ordered there in succession, and officers and men given the benefits of one of the best climates in the world. Baguio has continued steadily to develop, and the Benguet Road no longer ends by running up a tree.
The government has not only erected a residence for the governor-general, but has established offices for the chief executive, the secretaries of departments, the Philippine Commission, the Executive Bureau, and the Bureaus of Agriculture, Civil Service, Education, Forestry, Health, Public Works and Constabulary.
There are also a hospital, a series of tuberculosis cottages for the treatment of patients from the lowlands, cottages and dormitories for government officers and employees, a great mess hall where meals may be had at moderate cost, an automobile station, a garage, storehouses, a pumping plant, and labourers' quarters.
At the Teachers' Camp there are a separate mess hall, an assembly hall and a fine athletic field. The city of Baguio has a city hall, a storehouse, a corral and market buildings.
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