Editing Philippine Scouts (section)

==Macabebe Scouts==
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|dates=1899–1901
|country={{flag|United States|1896}}<br>{{small|(1899–1901)}}
|allegiance={{flag|United States of America|1899}}
* {{flagdeco|United States|1896}} [[United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands|Military Government]]<br>{{small|(1899–1901)}}
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|type= [[Militia]], [[Irregular military|Irregulars]]
|role= [[military intelligence|intelligence]], [[reconnaissance]]
|size= 1,402 personnel in December 1900<ref name=dum>{{cite web |last=Dumindin |first=Arnaldo |title=Philippine-American War, 1899–1902 |url=http://www.filipinoamericanwar.com/thewarrages1899.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628081842/http://www.filipinoamericanwar.com/thewarrages1899.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2016|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
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|notable_commanders=General [[Henry Lawton]]<br>
General [[Frederick Funston]]<br>
Lieutenant [[Matthew A. Batson]]
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[[File:1902waterboarding.jpg|thumb|A newspaper depiction from 1902 of [[Water cure (torture)|water curing]] by Macabebe Scouts against fellow Filipinos.]]
[[File:FvfMacabebe9913 28.JPG|thumb|left|125px|Macabebe Scouts monument-memorial ([[Macabebe, Pampanga]]: On April 23, 1901, the Macabebe scouts helped capture Aguinaldo in [[Palanan, Isabela]]).]]

Native guides and a small number of former [[Spanish Army]] [[militia]] members from [[Macabebe]] that joined U.S. forces commanded by General [[Henry Lawton]] and, after authorization by General [[Elwell Otis]], initially two, and later five companies of Macabebe Scouts were formed on September 10, 1899<ref name=ore>{{cite news |last=Orejas |first=Tonette |title=They were fierce, loyal soldiers |newspaper=[[The Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=June 10, 2014 |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/610251/they-were-fierce-loyal-soldiers |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> under Lieutenant [[Matthew A. Batson]].<ref name=Coffman1977p68p72>{{harvnb|Coffman|1977|pp=68, 72}}.</ref> The Macabebes proved themselves reliable over the next two months, and Batson formed five companies of 128 men each; all veterans of service in the militia. In retaliation, Aguinaldo's forces under the command of Col. [[Agapito Bonzon]] burned the town of Macabebe and massacred 300 of its residents on June 26, 1898.<ref name=ore /> Batson's Macabebe companies saw combat against Aguinaldo's forces beginning in October 1899, after which they were reorganized into "The Squadron of Philippine Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers" on June 1, 1900<ref name=dum /> and enlisted as [[Irregular military|irregulars]]. The Macabebes won lasting notability in the operation under General [[Frederick Funston]] to capture General Aguinaldo.{{sfn|García|Rodríguez|2001|pp=94-95}}

[[File:Philippine Scouts 1905.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Formation of Philippine Scouts in 1905.]]
[[File:Scouts2jf.JPG|thumb|right|125px|The marker ([[Macabebe, Pampanga]] downtown).]]

The Army Reorganization Act of 1901 authorized the formation of scout units of Philippine origin within the U.S. Army.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2liGLyKRW6QC|title=Military Laws of the United States|author=United States|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1901|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2liGLyKRW6QC&pg=PA1064 1064]}}</ref> On the Army's recommendation, U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] authorized the formation of a unified native Scouts organization. The Army activated this Native Scouts force in October 1901 by integrating 50 local companies into a single force of 5,000 men.{{sfn|García|Rodríguez|2001|pp=97–98}} Over the next ten years, the Scouts won accolades from their American commanders which contributed to their survival as a unit.{{sfn|García|Rodríguez|2001|p=99}}