| Marinduque's Constabulary and Municipal Police Forces |
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Below is an excerpt from the Report of the Philippines Commission on
the Constabulary Force in Marinduque and it's arrest in 1902 of the former
Insurgent Leaders Abad and Lardizabal.
the Constabulary Force in Marinduque and it's arrest in 1902 of the former
Insurgent Leaders Abad and Lardizabal.
| From the Annual Report of the Provincial Governor of Marinduque 1901 |
UPDATED 04-16-2020
e Philippine Constabulary (PC) was established on August 18, 1901, under the general
supervision of the civil Governor-General of the Philippines, by the authority of Act. No.
175 of the Second Philippine Commission, to maintain peace, law, and order in the
various provinces of the Philippine Islands. By the end of 1901, a total of 180 officers
had been commissioned.
The constabulary assisted the United States military in combating the remaining
irreconcilable revolutionaries following the March 23 capture of General Emilio
Aguinaldo and his 1 April pledge of allegiance to the United States. This phase of the
Philippine–American War ended in Luzon by 1906, with the surrender and execution of
one of its last remaining generals, Macario Sakay.
Continued disorder and brigandry prompted Governor-General William Howard Taft to
maintain the PC to combat insurgents. Captain Henry T. Allen of the 6th U.S. Cavalry, a
Kentucky-born graduate of West Point (Class 1882), was named as the chief of the
force, and was later dubbed as the "Father of the Philippine Constabulary". With the
help of four other army officers, Captains David Baker, W. Goldsborough, H. Atkinson,
and J.S. Garwood, Captain Allen organized the force, trained, equipped and armed the
men as best as could be done at the time. Although the bulk of the officers were
recruited from among the U.S. commissioned and non-commissioned officers, two
Filipinos qualified for appointment as 3rd Lieutenants during the first month of the PC:
Jose Velasquez of Nueva Ecija and Felix Llorente of Manila. Llorente retired as a
Colonel in 1921 while Velasquez retired as Major in 1927.
supervision of the civil Governor-General of the Philippines, by the authority of Act. No.
175 of the Second Philippine Commission, to maintain peace, law, and order in the
various provinces of the Philippine Islands. By the end of 1901, a total of 180 officers
had been commissioned.
The constabulary assisted the United States military in combating the remaining
irreconcilable revolutionaries following the March 23 capture of General Emilio
Aguinaldo and his 1 April pledge of allegiance to the United States. This phase of the
Philippine–American War ended in Luzon by 1906, with the surrender and execution of
one of its last remaining generals, Macario Sakay.
Continued disorder and brigandry prompted Governor-General William Howard Taft to
maintain the PC to combat insurgents. Captain Henry T. Allen of the 6th U.S. Cavalry, a
Kentucky-born graduate of West Point (Class 1882), was named as the chief of the
force, and was later dubbed as the "Father of the Philippine Constabulary". With the
help of four other army officers, Captains David Baker, W. Goldsborough, H. Atkinson,
and J.S. Garwood, Captain Allen organized the force, trained, equipped and armed the
men as best as could be done at the time. Although the bulk of the officers were
recruited from among the U.S. commissioned and non-commissioned officers, two
Filipinos qualified for appointment as 3rd Lieutenants during the first month of the PC:
Jose Velasquez of Nueva Ecija and Felix Llorente of Manila. Llorente retired as a
Colonel in 1921 while Velasquez retired as Major in 1927.