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The governor-general of the Philippines (Tagalog: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Gobernador General de Filipinas; Japanese: フィリピン総督, romanized: Firipin sōtoku) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, first by the Spanish in Mexico City and later Madrid as "Captain General"– Spanish: Capitán General de Filipinas ...
Wesley Merritt (June 16, 1836 – December 3, 1910) [1] was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war, he became the first American Military Governor of the Philippines.
The Military Government of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Gobierno Militar de las Islas Filipinas; Tagalog: Pamahalaang Militar ng Estados Unidos sa Kapuluang Pilipinas) was a military government in the Philippines established by the United States on August 14, 1898, a day after the capture of Manila, with General Wesley Merritt acting as military governor. [5]
Beginning in 1906, the military government was replaced by a civilian government—the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands—with William Howard Taft serving as its first governor-general. A series of insurgent governments that lacked significant international and diplomatic recognition also existed between 1898 and 1904. [a]
Brigadier General [86] First Philippine Republic; Katipunan; Bacoor, Cavite: 120. Simeón Ola: Brigadier General First Philippine Republic; Guinobatan, Albay: 121. Mauro Ortiz: Commanding General-Katipunan General [87] Commanding Generals in Zambales and Pangasinan [88] First Philippine Republic; Katipunan; Alaminos, Pangasinan. Military ...
The belligerents were Spanish forces led by Governor-General of the Philippines Fermín Jáudenes, and American forces led by United States Army Major General Wesley Merritt and United States Navy Commodore George Dewey. American forces were supported by units of the Philippine Revolutionary Army, led by Emilio Aguinaldo.
Francis Burton Harrison (December 18, 1873 – November 21, 1957) was an American-Filipino statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives and was appointed governor-general of the Philippines by President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.
Signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg 1927. Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a United States Army major general, physician, and public official.He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor-General of the Philippines.