Editing Philippine Scouts (section)

==Filipino Officers within the Philippine Division, July 1941==
In 1910, the U.S. Army began sending one outstanding Filipino soldier per year to West Point. Among these cadets were [[Vicente Lim]] (USMA, Class of 1914),<ref name=Braden1707>{{harvnb|Braden|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SSHcAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Vicente%20Lim%22&pg=PA1707 1707]}}.</ref> [[Fidel V. Segundo]] (1917),<ref name=Braden1939>{{harvnb|Braden|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SSHcAAAAMAAJ&dq=Segundo+Ventura&pg=PA1939 1939]}}.</ref> Eustaquio S. Baclig (1918),<ref name=WPBB>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCk-DQAAQBAJ |title=West Point, Bataan, and Beyond |first=Nick |last=Guevara |date=September 15, 2016 |page=138 |publisher=Lulu Press, Inc. |isbn=978-1365280542}}</ref> Pastor Martelino (1920),<ref name=Braden2146>{{harvnb|Braden|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SSHcAAAAMAAJ&dq=Pastor+Martelino&pg=PA2146 2146]}}.</ref> and at least eight others.<ref name=WPBB/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.westpointaog.org/file/history/International-Graduates.pdf |title=International Graduates |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=West Point Association of Graduates |access-date=May 15, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181611/https://www.westpointaog.org/file/history/International-Graduates.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the first Filipino officer with the Philippine Scouts, Esteban Boadilla Dalao, had been commissioned in 1912 and rose to the rank of Colonel.<ref name="Filipinos buried in Arlington">{{cite web |title=Names D-L |url=https://filipinos-buried-arlington.tripod.com/id2.html |website=filipinos-buried-arlington.tripod.com |access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Corregidor.org - Philippine Scouts">{{cite web |title=91st COASTAL ARTILLERY (PHILIPPINE SCOUTS) |url=https://corregidor.org/chs_munson/91st.htm |website=corregidor.org |access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> By 1941 some of these men had risen to the rank of senior officers, and some transferred to the Philippine Army when the [[Philippine Commonwealth]] began to build up its own forces in 1937. In July 1941, there were fifteen Filipino Scout officers within the [[Philippine Department|Philippine Division]]. Two were in the Headquarters, two were amongst the Special Troops, three in the [[45th Infantry Regiment (PS)]], one in the [[57th Infantry Regiment (PS)]], five in the [[24th Field Artillery Regiment (PS)]], one in the [[12th Quartermaster Regiment (PS)]], and one in the [[14th Engineer Regiment (PS)]].

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|+ Strength of the Philippine Division, July 31, 1941<ref>{{Citation|title=The Fall of the Philippines|chapter=Chapter II. U.S. Army Forces, Far East|chapter-url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/5-2/5-2_2.htm|author=Louis Morton|editor=Kent Roberts Greenfield|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]]|year=1953|access-date=December 7, 2009|archive-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217093142/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/5-2/5-2_2.htm|url-status=dead}}.</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Unit
! rowspan=2 | Total
! rowspan=2 | Officers
! colspan=3 | Enlisted
|-
! Total
! American
! Filipino
|-
| All Units || 10,473 || 516{{ref label|scoutmanning|a|a}} || 9,957 || 2,036 || 7,921
|-
| Hq and Hq Co || 181 || 30 || 151 || 4 || 147
|-
| Special Troops || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 31st Infantry || 2,100 || 114 || 1,986 || 1,986 || 0
|-
| 45th Infantry || 2,265 || 117 || 2,148 || 1 || 2,147
|-
| 57th Infantry || 2,279 || 118 || 2,161 || 0 || 2,161
|-
| 23rd FA Regt || 401 || 10 || 391 || 0 || 804
|-
| 24th FA Regt || 843 || 39 || 804 || 0 || 804
|-
| 12th MP Co || 136 || 5 || 131 || 5 || 86
|-
|12th QM Regt || 592 || 18 || 574 || 0 || 574
|-
| 12th Ord Co || 142 || 3 || 139 || 0 || 139
|-
| 12th Sig regt || 227 || 10 || 217 || 0 || 217
|-
|4th Vet Co || 11 || 1 || 10 || 0 || 10
|}
:{{small|{{note label|scoutmanning|a|a}}Includes 15 Philippine Scout officers: 2 Hq, 2 Sp Trs, 3 45th Inf, 1 57th Inf, 5 24th FA Regt, 1 12th QM Regt, and 1 14th Engr.}}
:{{small|Source: Phil Dept, Machine Rcds Unit Station Strength and Misc., Officers and Enlisted Men, Jul 41.}}