Executive Mansion,
Washington D. C., December 23, 1898.

The island of Guam in the Ladrones is hereby placed under the control of the Department of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy will take such steps as may be necessary to establish the authority of the United States and to give it necessary protection and government.

Signature of William McKinley
William McKinley

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