first government establishment American citizens meet Barry Kaufman when the philippine-american war was raging President McKinley sent two Commission's to the Philippines the first of his Commission's was fishermen Commission Commission arrived in Manila on March 4 89 this was happened by Jacob G Sherman president of Cornell University together with some other members Sherman Commission must ask you to do the following first Aaron asked to look into the conditions in the Philippines they are also asked to recommend the kind of government Garrett a story made the Filipino people the noble aims of the United States and Canada the Philippines we came here to develop civilize educate and draining of self-discovery by completing its survey of the existing conditions in the Philippines the Commission submitted the file you make of President McKinley first Philippines was establish the Commission defined its mission as preparing the Filipinos for eventual independence McKinley instructed the tough Commission very remind the government which you're establishing is not for our selfish status on shortened but for the Philippine Islands it began is definitive famines in September of the same year the first law that in fast of 48 n 2 million u.s. dollars for building and repairing roads it enacted 440 laws dealing with the organization of a number of local governments and civil systems it also has tarnished the judicial system including the Supreme Court promotion of Public Health and sanitation he says during the Spanish era will effectively put under control several agencies were established to promote public health among them is the Bureau of Health and quarantine service many hospitals and clinics were established over the Philippines it is also the start of the organization of public school systems in the country English was made the medium of instruction for grade school topology in business and in government it became the medium of communication trained American teachers were hired and brought to the Philippines the first group of 600 teachers from the United States arrived in Manila on boards using the shift commas these teachers came to be known as the homicides [Music]