Original sentence: 20, 1899 due to highly escalated tensions between the Philippine Revolutionary Army and the American forces.A third party study based on historical facts should be done before any claim can be sufficiently established or refuted.Beginning of the PMA.Conflicting Points of View.However, numerous quarters have disputed this assertion by the mere fact that historically the PMA is the predecessor of the American established Officer's School of the Philippine Constabulary, and the Philippine Constabulary Academy.It was closed on Jan.Questions have been raised regarding the validity and veracity of the Philippine Military Academy's claim it "traces its roots" to the Academia Militar de Malolos.The Academia Militar de Malolos was founded on October 25, 1898 by the Philippine Revolutionary Army  fighting the Americans
Edited sentence: Aguinaldo's insurgent government effectively ceased to exist with his capture by American forces on March 23, 1901.General Antonio Luna, Secretary of War for an insurgent revolutionary government which had been established on June 23, 1898, was commissioned to organize a cohesive standing army.He realized that an Officer Corps had to be trained in order to attain his goal.He recruited the best of the former Spanish "Guardia Civil" (Army) Officers to be the members of the faculty of the institution, Academia Militar.Its first superintendent was (Spanish) Captain Manuel Bernal Sityar, Jr.On April 1, 1901, Aguinaldo swore an oath accepting the authority of the United States over the Philippines and pledging his allegiance to the American government.The Academia Militar  was forced to close down on January 20, 1899, however, as hostilities broke out between the Americans and Filipinos.The Academia was established by General Emilio Aguinaldo, and was meant as a training ground for future officers of the armed forces.The Philippine Military Academy traces own its history back to the Academia Militar which was established on October 25, 1898 at Malolos, Bulacan.The Philippine Revolutionary Army was effectively disbanded on November 13, 1899, when General Aguinaldo decreeed a shift to a Guerilla warfare strategy