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Philippine Scouts at Fort William McKinley firing a 37mm anti-tank gun in training. The Philippine Scouts (Filipino: Maghahanap ng Pilipinas/Hukbong Maghahanap ng Pilipinas) was a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 until after the end of World War II.
[9] [10] American sources describe them as the "Macabebe Scouts", despite coming from all over Pampanga. [10] Notably, Kapampangan soldiers would capture Emilio Aguinaldo in Isabela and help American forces occupy the country.
On March 23, 1901 General Frederick Funston and his troops captured Aguinaldo in Palanan, Isabela, with the help of some Filipinos (called the Macabebe Scouts after their home locale [86] [87]) who had joined the Americans' side. The Americans pretended to be captives of the Scouts, who were dressed in Philippine Army uniforms.
On March 23, 1901, General Frederick Funston and his troops captured Aguinaldo in Palanan, Isabela, with the help of some Filipinos (called the Macabebe Scouts after their home locale [134] [135]) who had joined the Americans. The Americans pretended to be captives of the Scouts, who were dressed in Philippine Army uniforms.
The organization he created, now known officially as the Philippine Scouts, continued to grow and eventually included members from other Philippine ethnic groups. By 1903 with the war over the Scouts consisted of multiple regiments with an aggregate strength of 5,000, 40 percent of the total peace-time U.S. Army garrison in the Philippines.
In 2021, the first group of nearly 1,000 girls and young women around the country achieved the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout. The changes didn't come without pushback, however.
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy [e] QSC CCLH PMM KGCR [f] (Spanish: [eˈmiljo aɣiˈnaldoj ˈfami]: March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first president of the Philippines (1899–1901), and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic.
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