The Commission of July 18th last provided for the establishment under the general supervision of the Governor General of an insular constabulary: This is in charge of a Chief, and is to consist of not less than 15 and not more than a 150 privates, with proper officers, for each province. The archipelago has four police divisions, each under an Assistant Chief. There is a corps of inspectors, not to exceed four for each province, to inspect the municipal police. Sergeants, corporals and privates are selected from the residents of each province and serve two years. The Chief and the force generally are declared to be peace officers, and are authorized and empowered to prevent and suppress brigandage, unlawful assemblages, riots, insurrections, and other breaches of the peace and violations of the law. Capt. Henry T. Allen, Sixth United States Cavalry, late Major of the Forty-third Volunteer Infantry, and Capt. David J. Baker of the Twelfth United States Infantry have been detailed to serve, respectively as Chief and First Assistant Chief of the Insular Constabulary upon the appointment of the Civil Governor. — The New York Times November 29, 1901