The Philippine Department was a regular United States Army organization whose mission was to defend the Philippine Islands and train the Philippine Army. On 9 April 1942, during World War II, the organization surrendered to the Japanese.
Commanders of the Philippine Department
- J. Franklin Bell (1911-1914)
- Thomas H. Barry (1914-1916)
- Lt. General Hunter Liggett (1916-1917)
- Charles J. Bailey (1917)
- Robert K. Evans (1917-1918)
- Francis Henry French (1919)
- Francis J. Kernan (1919-1922)
- Lt. Gen. William Mason Wright, (USA) (1922)
- Maj. General Omar Bundy (1922)
- George W. Read (1922-1924)
- James H. McRae (1924-1926)
- William Weigel (1925-1926)
- Frederick W. Sladen (1926-1928)
- William Lassiter (1928)
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1928-1930)
- Gen John L. Hines, Army Chief of Staff (1930-1932)
- Ewing E. Booth (1932-1933)
- Stanley H. Ford (1933)
- Frank S. Cocheu (1933)
- Frank Parker (1933-1935)
- Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne, Jr. (1935-1936)
- Maj. General Lucius Roy Holbrook (1936-1938)
- John J. Hughes (1938-1939)
- Walter Grant (1939-1940)
- George Grunert (1940-1941)
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1941-1942)
Resources
- "Philippine Department" Wikipedia.
- "Commanders of the Philippine Department" Wikipedia.
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