From Four Nodes of History: The Human Rights Challenge in the Philippine Security Sector It was created by the United States Philippine Commission by authority of the US President through Act. No. 175 (An Act providing for the organization and government of an Insular Constabulary and for the inspection of the municipal police) and amended by Act No. 225 to change its name to Philippine Constabulary and adding a Section for Information. It was placed under the general supervision of the Civil Governor “for the purpose of better maintaining peace, law, and order in the various provinces of the Philippine Islands, organized, officered and governed as hereinafter set forth, which shall be known as the Philippine Constabulary .” A Corps of Inspectors was organized to oversee and supervise the various municipal police forces. The Philippine Constabulary was immediately utilized to fight in the Philippine-American War. A PC school was established on February 17, 1905 at the Sta. Lucia barracks at the Walled City of Intramuros. It was transferred to Baguio in 1908, renamed as the Academy for Officers of the Philippine Constabulary in 1916, and in 1926 became the Philippine Constabulary Academy. In the 1935 reorganization, it would be transformed into the Philippine 74 Military Academy, a school producing officers for the Philippine Constabulary and the Philippine Scouts. 3. What were the major field operations of the Philippine Scouts and Philippine Constabulary from 1901 to 1940? The major field operations conducted by the Philippine Scouts and the Philippine Constabulary between 1901 to 1940 would show that they were not the protectors of the Filipino people. • • • • Operations in the Samar-Leyte Area of the US Army and the Visayas Philippine Scouts: The hunt for soldiers of the Philippine Republic under Gen. Vicente Lukban and Gen. Claro Guevarra (1901 to 1902) Operations in the Bulacan-Rizal Provinces: The hunt for soldiers of the Philippine Republic under Gen.l Luciano San Miguel (1902-1903)26 Operations in the Batangas-Laguna Provinces: The hunt for 6,000 soldiers of the Philippine Republic under Gen. Miguel Malvar. Operations in the Bulacan-Rizal Provinces: The hunt for soldiers of the Philippine Republic under Col. Faustino