# Philippine National Guard

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{{short description|Former component of the US National Guard of the Philippines}}
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| unit_name = Philippine National Guard
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| country = {{flag|United States}}
| allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Philippines|1919|size=25px}} [Philippine Island](/source/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands)
| branch = {{Army|United States}}
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| type = [National Guard](/source/National_Guard_of_the_United_States)
| role = Provide soldiers to the U.S. Army in national emergencies or when requested by the [president of the United States](/source/president_of_the_United_States);
| size = 25,000 soldiers
| command_structure = [National Guard Bureau](/source/National_Guard_Bureau)<br>[United States Department of War](/source/United_States_Department_of_War)
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| battles = [World War I](/source/World_War_I)
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| commander1 = [Governor General of the Philippines](/source/Governor_General_of_the_Philippines)
| commander1_label = [Commander-in-chief](/source/Commander-in-chief)
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| notable_commanders = Gen. [John J. Pershing](/source/John_J._Pershing)
| start_date = 1917 – 1921
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The '''Philippine National Guard''' was a [militia](/source/Militia_(United_States)) created by the [Philippine Assembly](/source/Philippine_Assembly) in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1917/03/17/act-no-2715/ |title=Act No. 2715 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 March 1917 |website=Official Gazette |publisher=Government of the Philippines |access-date=23 April 2018 }}</ref> It would serve under [General](/source/General_of_the_Armies) [John Pershing](/source/John_Pershing) in [Europe](/source/Europe) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). The [Philippine Legislature](/source/Philippine_Legislature), led by [Senate President](/source/President_of_the_Senate_of_the_Philippines) [Manuel Quezon](/source/Manuel_L._Quezon), offered the United States some assistance during World War I. It had 25,000 soldiers when it was absorbed by the [National Army](/source/National_Army_(USA)).<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](/source/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](/source/Armistice_of_11_November_1918) 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](/source/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](/source/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands) 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](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Service). Those selected were sent to train at the [Curtiss School of Aviation](/source/Curtiss_Flying_School), flying [Curtiss Jenny](/source/Curtiss_Jenny)s.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Skyways|date=April 2001|title=Philippine Air Service 1920-21|author=Joseph T.N. Suarez}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Philippine Department](/source/Philippine_Department)
* [USS ''Rizal''](/source/USS_Rizal_(DD-174))
* [Military history of Asian Americans](/source/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans)
* [Military history of the Philippines](/source/Military_history_of_the_Philippines)
* [Military history of the United States](/source/Military_history_of_the_United_States)

==References==
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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]

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

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