 :this page is about the military unit. for the article on the youth movement, please see boy scouts of the philippines.  the philippine scouts was a military organization of the united states army from 1901 until the end of world war ii. made up of filipinos assigned to the united states army philippine department, these troops were generally enlisted and under the command of american officers, however, a handful of filipinos received commissions from the united states military academy. philippine scout units were given a suffix of (ps), to distinguish them from other u.s. army units. the first scout companies were organized by the us in 1901 to combat the philippine revolution led at that time by general emilio aguinaldo. in 1919-20, the ps companies were grouped into regiments as part of the us army and redesignated the 43d, 45th, and 57th infantry regiments, plus the 24th and 25th field artillery regiments, the 26th cavalry regiment (ps) and the 91st and 92nd coast artillery regiments. service and support formations were also organized as engineer, medical, quartermaster and military police units. the infantry and field artillery regiments were grouped together with the u.s. 31st infantry regiment to form the u.s. armyâs philippine division. at this point, the scouts became the u.s. armyâs front line troops in the pacific. the philippine department assigned the scouts to subdue the moro tribes on the island of mindanao (see moro rebellion), and to establish tranquility throughout the islands. in the 1930s, philippine scouts, along with the 31st infantry regiment, saw action at jolo, palawan. philippine scout regiments became some of the first united states army units to be in combat during world war ii, until the surrender of usaffe in may 1942. even after that some individual soldiers and units refused to surrender and become beginning elements of the resistance to the japanese occupation. later paroled pows would also join the resistance. ==macabebe scouts==  [[file:fvfmacabebe9913_28.jpg|thumb|left|125px|macabebe scouts monument-memorial (macabebe, pampanga: on april 23, 1901, the macabebe scouts
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