Emilio Aguinaldo

“ The section of military sanitation will direct the negociado, who will appoint the medical staff and their assistants to the hospitals as well as to the ambulances, and he will keep a record of all of the sick that exist in one or the other, and of all others that refer to this service. The centre of public works will embrace three sections, of which the first deals with all concerning the works of fortifications, roads, bridges, and other elements that military operations require, in accordance with the plans. ”

“ The secretary of foreign affairs will only be established for the time being as the centre of diplomacy, which will embrace two sections. First. On the correspondence and formation of the diplomatic corps, secretary, and interpreters. Second. The means or methods that shall be adopted with reference to the press. For the time being, centres of marine and commerce will not be established, but in their place a section charged with all despatches concerning the expeditions for the purchase of arms and provisions and other duties belonging to said branches. ”

“ In each centre and under the immediate charge of the director will be a negociado, who will keep a book where there will be entered an extract of all correspondence and claims that come in and all that go out, another copy-book of letters and superior instructions, and another book in which will be registered all personal and general employees in each centre and the services of each one. This negociado will be charged, besides, with the distribution of works and despatches. ”