CAVITE  , a fortified seaport, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, and the seat of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• NAVAL

naval station of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, on a forked See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

• LAND

land in See also:

• MANILA

Manila See also:

• BAY

Bay, 8 in . S. of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Manila . Pop . (1903) 4494; with the barrios of See also:

• SAN

San Roque and Caridad (on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula), which are under the municipal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Cavite (15,630) . Cavite is the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a railway which follows the See also:

• SHORE

shore of the bay from Manila . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• TOWN

town, Sangley Point (one of the two forks of the main peninsula), is the principal coaling station of the U.S. See also:

• FLEET

fleet in Asiatic See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters . The naval station proper and the old town of Cavite are on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

fork of the peninsula . Cavite's buildings are mostly of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, with upper storeys of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood; its streets are narrow and crooked . It has five churches (one of these is an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent Filipino See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church), and is the seat of a provincial high school . Cavite has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been the principal naval See also:

• BASE

base of the Philippine Islands, and one of the four See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish penitentiaries in the Islands was here . During the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century Cavite was the centre of See also:

• POLITICAL

political disturbances in the Philippines; in 1896 on the See also:

• PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade ground thirteen political prisoners were executed, and to their memory a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected in 1906 at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus connecting with the main peninsula . The town was nearly destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in 1880 .

It was taken from the Spanish by an See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron under See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• DEWEY, DAVIS RICH (1858- )
• DEWEY, GEORGE (1837- )
• DEWEY, MELVIL (1851- )

Dewey inMay1898 .