3. Til in 1922 in Guam, USA, "Governor Adelbert Althouse...noted that 'few school c...

Til in 1922 in Guam, USA, "Governor Adelbert Althouse...noted that 'few school children could speak English with any degree of efficiency' and Chamorro remained the predominant language in Chamorro homes." So the US Navy Chamorro-English dictionaries, "printed at Navy expense" in 1918, were burned.

  1. United States of America: Inhabited Territories

    * American Samoa, USA, is located in the South Pacific Ocean; Samoan is the official language: United States Nationals, https://www.americansamoa.gov

    * Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA, is located in the Western Pacific Ocean; Carolinian, Chamorro, and English are the official languages: USA Citizens, https://gov.mp

    * Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, USA, is located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; Spanish is the official language: USA Citizens, http://www.pr.gov

    * District of Columbia, USA, is located on the mainland: USA Citizens, https://dc.gov

    * Territory of Guam, USA, is located in the Western Pacific Ocean; Chamorro and English are the official languages: USA Citizens, http://www.guam.gov

    * United States Virgin Islands, USA, is located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean: USA Citizens, http://www.vi.gov and http://informusvi.com

  2. (a) From Office of Insular Affairs, United States Department of the Interior (https://www.doi.gov/oia): https://web.archive.org/web/20180327221529/www.doi.gov/oia

    "The Office of Insular Affairs carries out the administrative responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior and the Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas in coordinating federal policy for the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Office is also responsible for administering and overseeing U.S. federal assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau."

    (b) Sovereign and independent countries whose "defense is the responsibility of the US":

    * Beluu er a Belau, (Republic of Palau), located in the Western Pacific Ocean: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ps.html

    * Federated States of Micronesia -- "Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae (Kosaie), Pohnpei (Ponape), Yap", located in the Western Pacific Ocean: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fm.html

    * Republic of the Marshall Islands, located in the Western Pacific Ocean: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rm.html

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