Philippine National Guard

{{short description|Former component of the US National Guard of the Philippines}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Philippine National Guard | image = | image_size = | caption = | dates = | country = {{flag|United States}} | allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Philippines|1919|size=25px}} Philippine Island | branch = {{Army|United States}} | motto = | type = National Guard | role = Provide soldiers to the U.S. Army in national emergencies or when requested by the president of the United States; | size = 25,000 soldiers | command_structure = National Guard Bureau<br>United States Department of War | garrison = | nickname = | colors = | march = | mascot = | battles = World War I | anniversaries = | commander1 = Governor General of the Philippines | commander1_label = Commander-in-chief | commander2 = | commander2_label = | commander3_label = | commander3 = | commander4 = | commander4_label = | commander5 = | commander5_label = | notable_commanders = Gen. John J. Pershing | start_date = 1917 – 1921 }}

The '''Philippine National Guard''' was a militia created by the Philippine Assembly in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1917/03/17/act-no-2715/ |title=Act No. 2715 |author= |date=17 March 1917 |website=Official Gazette |publisher=Government of the Philippines |access-date=23 April 2018 }}</ref> It would serve under General John Pershing in Europe during World War I. The Philippine Legislature, led by Senate President Manuel Quezon, offered the United States some assistance during World War I. It had 25,000 soldiers when it was absorbed by the National Army.<ref>{{cite book| editor1-last = Tucker| editor1-first = Spencer C.| title = World War I: A - D., Volume 1| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2YqjfHLyyj8C&pg=PA917| access-date = 22 March 2012| year = 2005| publisher = ABC-CLIO| location = Santa Barbara, California| isbn = 978-1-85109-420-2| page = 917 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author2=Priscilla Mary Roberts | last = Tucker| first = Spencer| title = World War I: A Student Encyclopedia| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TogXVHTlxG4C&pg=PA1433| access-date = 22 March 2012| year = 2005| publisher = ABC-CLIO| isbn = 978-1-85109-879-8| page = 1433}}</ref> The total cost of raising the unit was under three million dollars.<ref>{{cite book|author=Francis Burton Harrison|title=The Corner-stone of Philippine Independence|url=https://archive.org/details/cornerstonephil00harrgoog|year=1922|publisher=Century Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cornerstonephil00harrgoog/page/n197 167]}}</ref> This unit, however, was not able to see action,<ref>{{cite web|title=History, page 2 of 17 |work=Flight to the Future, Infinit-1 |publisher=Philippine Air Force |year=1997 |url=http://www.paf.mil.ph/history/history02.html |access-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705013933/http://www.paf.mil.ph/history/history02.html |archive-date=July 5, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2241 | publisher = Philippine Supreme Court | date = 1959-06-18 | url = http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/republic_acts.php?doctype=Republic%20Acts&docid=12256924931185284636#sam | format = Legislation | access-date = 2008-11-12}}</ref> for it was only mustered into federal service on Armistice Day and would never leave the islands.<ref>{{cite book| last = Kramer| first = Paul Alexander| title = The blood of government: race, empire, the United States, & the Philippines| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ccZumAEACAAJ&pg=PA384| access-date = 22 November 2009| year = 2006| publisher = UNC Press| isbn = 978-0-8078-5653-6| page = 384}}</ref>

After the war, the entire National Guard unit was deactivated, then formally disbanded in 1921. Its officers were placed on the reserve list.<ref>{{Cite news | title = For Philippine Defense | newspaper = New York Times | pages = 1 | date = 1921-12-07 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/12/07/98769417.pdf }}</ref> It cost the Insular Government nearly 4.8 million pesos.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Philippines. Gobernador-General|author2=Philippines. Governor|title=Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pScwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26|year=1920|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=26}}</ref>

==Air operations== The Philippine National Guard included elements of the United States Army Air Service. Those selected were sent to train at the Curtiss School of Aviation, flying Curtiss Jennys.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Skyways|date=April 2001|title=Philippine Air Service 1920-21|author=Joseph T.N. Suarez}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://naquem.blogspot.com/2010/12/first-pinoys-in-foreign-wars-filipino.html First Pinoys in Foreign Wars: The Filipino World War 1 Veterans]

{{NGbystate}} Category:Military of the Philippines Category:Military history of the Philippines

Category:National Guard (United States) Category:1917 establishments in the Philippines Category:1921 disestablishments