For a short time on Guam, it was a crime to whistle in the vicinity of Hagåtña.
One could, apparently, whistle all one wanted in Talofofo or Yigo. But not in the capital.
You see, whistling got on the nerves of one man. But that one man was the Naval Governor, and that's all that mattered.
Governor Gilmer said, "Whistling is an entirely unnecessary and irritating noise that must be discontinued."
If you were caught whistling, you had to cough up five dollars.
Governor Gilmer
Well, Gilmer's edict did not ring right in the ears of many, including those in Washington. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, removed Gilmer as Govenror of Guam in 1920. Daniels said the whistling prohibition had nothing to do with it. One has to wonder.
With the removal of Gilmer, the ban on whistling disappeared. Under the Navy, the Governor was the law.
It was this sort of thing that got Chamorros, and some Americans, moving on making the change towards a government by, of and for the people. It is a process many think is still incomplete.
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