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Getting paid (!) to research on the Philippine Army leads me to post the following update to an earlier post: Division strengths on 31 October 1941 (source Rpt, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Army headquarters, Manila, Office G-1 Division, dtd 21 Nov 41) 11th Division 334 officers and 2514 enlisted men 21st Division 407 officers and 2774 enlisted men 31st Division 382 officers and 2629 enlisted men 41st Division 405 officers and 2891 enlisted men 51st Division 373 officers and 2831 enlisted men 61st Division 397 officers and 2625 enlisted men 71st Division 395 officers and 2705 enlisted men 81st Division 387 officers and 2379 enlisted men 91st Division 287 officers and 2681 enlisted men 101st Division 303 officers and 2000 enlisted men Other inducted units 458 officers and 32819 enlisted men (note: PA still in mobilization process at this date) 1st Philippine Army (Regular) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Fidel V. Segundo (later Brig Gen Kearie L. Berry) Chief of Staff Lt Col Santiago Guevera Senior US Instructor Maj. Ralph E. Rumbold 1st Infantry Regiment Maj Alfredo M. Santos, later Maj O.S. McCollum, Col K.L. Berry Senior US Instructors Capt Eugene Laird, Capt Kassell S-2 Lt. Alfredo Filert 1-1 Inf Lt Godofredo F. Mendoza, later Maj Alfredo M. Santos 2-1 Inf Capt Honorato Ramos 3-1 Inf Lt Felicisimo Aguinaldo 2d Infantry Regiment (remained on Mindanao due to lack of shipping) Col. Calixto Duque 3d Infantry Regiment Capt Vivencio Orias Note: formed 19 December 1941. Later Lt Col K.L. Berry (5 Jan 42) Senior Instructor Lt Col Kearie L. Berry (RA) Other U.S. Instructors Maj Howard Hinman, Capt Harold Stevenson (USAR) 1st Artillery Regiment Not activated 1st Engineer Battalion Capt Adamin A. Tallow Note 1: This division was formed in December 1941 from officer cadets, retired Philippine scouts, and odds and ends. Note 2: 2d Regiments strength in March 1942 was 800 officers and men. Note 3: In April 1942 the divisional strength included 225 officers and 4300 enlisted men. 2d Philippine Army (Regular) Infantry Division (PC) Brig. Gen. Guillermo B. Francisco 2d Division US Senior Instructor Col. Edwin OConnor 1st Philippine Constabulary (PC) Regiment Brig. Gen. Simeon de Jesus? US Senior Instructor Lt. Col. Irvin Alexander 2d Philippine Constabulary Regiment Lt Col Alejandro Garcia 1-2 Constabulary 2-2 Constabulary Maj. Diogracias U. Tenasas 4th Philippine Constabulary Regiment Col Mariano N. Castaneda Note 1: As of Apr 42 the 2d Division consisted of 325 officers and 5700 enlisted men. The 1st Regiment had been inducted into USAFFE on 15 October 1941, followed by the 2d and 3d Regiments on 17 November and 12 December 1941 respectively. The 4th PC Regiment was mobilized on 29 December 1941. Theoretical MTOE for Philippine Army Reserve Divisions (Source: War Plan Orange 3 dtd April 1941), See Enclosure 2, Exhibit B, pp. 1 2 Division total strength 444 Officers 7199 Enlisted Division Headquarters 18/33 (with 21 pistols and 28 rifles) HHC, Service Troops 14/126 (with 26 pistols and 110 rifles) Motor Transport Bn 10/320 (14 pistols, 149 rifles, 4 thirty caliber MGs, 85 requisitioned trucks) Medical Bn 28/463 (2 pistols) Engineer Bn 22/432 (44 pistols, 394 rifles, 16 BARs) Signal Company 3/90 (9 pistols and 84 rifles) X3 Infantry Regiment (each) 92/1620 (107 pistols, 1437 rifles, 36 BARs, 2 fifty caliber MGs, six 3-inch mortars, 24 thirty caliber MGs) Note 1: each infantry battalion has 24/455 (29 pistols, 422 rifles, 12 BARs, 8 thirty caliber MGs). Battalions include three rifle companies, a machinegun company, and a headquarters company. Note 2: Regimental Combat Company has 3/75 (4 pistols, 66 rifles, six 3-inch mortars, and 2 fifty caliber MGs) Field Artillery Regiment 57/742 (78 pistols, 688 rifles, eight 2.95 inch howitzers (1st Bn); sixteen 75-mm cannon (2d and 3d Battalions) Note 3: In original plan the FA Regt was supposed to have a 2.95-inch Bn, 81-mm Bn and AAA Battalion (4 x fifty caliber and 4 x thirty caliber MGs) Commanding General, 11th (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. William E. Brougher Chief of Staff Col. Moran Division Signal Officer Lt. Col. Blackburn G-3 Lt Col Leonilo Tan G-4 - Maj Budo Dangwa? 11th Infantry Regiment Col. Glen R. Townsend (moderate competence) 11th Regiment Executive Officer Maj. Russell W. Volckmann 1/11 Infantry 2/11 Infantry Maj. Helmert J. Duisterhof (awarded DSC came from 57th Infantry) 3/11 Infantry Capt. Antonio Alejandro 12th Infantry Regiment 1/12 Infantry 2/12 Infantry 3/12 Infantry Maj. Martin Moses 13th Infantry Regiment Col. Green (?) 1/13 Infantry Maj. Arthur Noble 2/13 Infantry 3/13 Infantry 14th Infantry (created Feb 42) Lt Col Guillermo Z. Nakar (initial o/h strength 62 Officers and 960 EM with 143 Constabulary attached) 11th Field Artillery Regiment Col. James C. Hughes 11th Engineer Battalion Capt. Amado N. Bautista Note 1: 13th Infantry Regiment disbanded early in the Philippine campaign to provide replacements for 11th and 12th Regiments. Note 2: Amado Bautista Diary, dtd 4 Feb 46, states: On 7 December, the 11th Division headquarters was being organized at Manaoag, Pangasinan. The 11th Division sector was as follows: From Calmay River exclusive, Dagupan and Calasiao inclusive, Malasiqui exclusive, Alcala inclusive, extending northward along Union Shores and Ilocos Coast and with an outpost of one infantry battalion at Tuguegarao, Cagayan. The main strength was concentrated at Pangasinan. The 11th Engineer Battalion, mobilized and fully activated about two months before, was in division reserve at Camp Carayungan, less Company C at Manaoag. [Engineer] Units in full strength, almost completely equipped organically, but with only five rounds of ammunition per man borrowed from the Constabulary Company at Tuyag. Commanding General, 21st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Mateo M. Capinpin CG aide de camp 1st Lt Primavito San Augustin G-2 Lt Ferdinand Marcos Senior American Instructor Colonel Ray M. ODay 21st Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Valentin Valasco 21st PA Regiment US Senior Instructor Col. William A. Wapperstein 1/21 Infantry Maj. Robert Besson 2/21 Infantry Capt. Philip A. Meier 3/21 Infantry Capt. Robert Pennell 22d Infantry Major Joaquin D. Esperitu 22d Infantry US Senior Instructor Col. Jacob E. Uhrig 23d Infantry Major Liberato Littaua US Senior Instructor Col. Wallace A. Mead 3/23 Capt. H.E. Wandell 21st Artillery Regiment Lt. Col. Nemisio Catalan (three battalions of 75-mm cannon vice 2 battalions of 75-mm and one battalion of 2.95-inch mountain howitzers) Regimental XO Capt Luis A. Villa-Real 21st FA Senior US Instructor Col. Richard C. Mallon้e Regimental Signal Officer Maj Stanley B. Bonner 1/21 FA Lieutenant Valdez 2/21 FA Lieutenant Mercado 3/21 FA Lieutenant Acosta 21st Engineer Battalion Capt. Atilano F. Montesa (KIA)/Capt. Louis Bartholomees Note 1: The 21st Infantry Division acquired six modern 81-mm mortars from the Field Artillery School at Camp Del Pilar. Commanding General, 31st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Clifford Bluemel Chief of Staff Col. Pastor Martelino G-1 Lt. Col. Jose Andrada G-2 Maj. Salvador T. Villa G-3 Maj. Pedro Deang G-4 Maj. Napoleon D. Valleriano Motor Transport Officer Capt Ramon Magsaysay 31st Infantry Regiment Col. John W. Irwin 1/31 Infantry 2/31 Infantry Lt. Col. Cyril Q. Marron 3/31 Infantry 32d Infantry Regiment Col. Edwin H. Johnson 33d Infantry Regiment Major Stanley Holmes 1/33 Infantry Maj. Howard C. Crawford 2/33 Infantry Capt. Lloyd M. Buchel 3/33 Infantry Capt. Robert M. Chapin 31st Artillery Regiment Note 1: On the average, there was only a single Browning Automatic Rifle in each infantry company, only eight 30-caliber water cooled machineguns in each heavy weapons company, and two 50-caliber machineguns for each regiment. There were no modern 81-mm mortars, only the 3-inch Stokes mortar of WW1 vintage. It was estimated that the 3-inch mortars had a seventy percent dud rate. Ammunition for the divisions 60-mm mortars was never delivered. Note 2: The 31st Field Artillery Regiment did not finish organizing until 26 December 1941 and possessed only two 75-mm gun batteries. Commanding General, 41st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Vicente P. Lim Senior American Instructor Colonel Malcolm V. Fortier Aide de camp 3d Lt Ernesto Santos G-1 Capt Mamerto R. Montemayor G-2 Capt Isagani V. Campo G-3 Capt Dionisio Ojeda G-3 Advisor - Lt Col Peter Calyer G-4 Cpt Jose Montelibano Medical Bn Maj Hospicio L. Solidum 41st Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Silvino Gallardo Senior American advisor Col. Loren A. Wetherby 1/41 Infantry Capt. Jacobo Zobel 2/41 Infantry Capt Delfin E. Argao 3/41 Infantry Capt Cornelio Maraiano 42d Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Claro B. Lizardo Senior American advisor Col. Edward C. Atkinson 1/42 Infantry Capt Jose R. Razon 2/42 Infantry Capt Artemio Rillo 3/42 Infantry Capt Amado Magtoto 43d Infantry Regiment Lt Col Emmanuel Baja Senior American advisor Lt. Col Eugene T. Lewis 1/43 Capt Salvador T. Piccio 2/43 Lt Demetrio Mendoza 3/43 Capt Adolfo Castillo 41st Artillery Regiment Lt Col Amado Martelino 41st FA Senior Advisor Lt Col. Arthur P. Moore 41st Engineer Battalion Capt. Manuel S. Tinio Note 1: The divisions regiments had received the following amount of post-mobilization training: 41st (five weeks), 42d (thirteen weeks), and 43d (none). Note 2: Three BARs issued to each rifle company. The only anti-tank armament in the division consisted of 50-caliber water cooled machineguns (M12?) that none of the American advisors were familiar with. The division had its full complement of sixteen 75-mm cannon and eight 2.95-inch mountain howitzers. Commanding General, 51st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones Chief of Staff Col. Stuart C. MacDonald/Col. Edwin E. Aldridge 51st Infantry Regiment Col. Loren P. Stewart 52d Infantry Regiment Colonel Virgil N. Cordero (two battalions) 53d Infantry Regiment Col. John R. Boatwright 1/53 Inf 2/53 Inf 3/53d Inf Maj Elliot C. Babcock 51st Field Artillery Regiment Col. Hamilton R. Searight Note 1: The FA regiment only possessed two batteries of 75-mm cannon. Commanding General, 61st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Bradford G. Chenowyth (he replaced Brig. Gen. Walter F. Sharp) Chief of Staff Col. John W. Thompson (replaced by Col. Irvin C. Scudder when Brig. Gen. Chenowyth arrived before Scudder was himself replaced by Col. Roger Hilsman) G-1 Lt. Col. Lope Quial G-2 Lt. Col. Nicanor Velarde G-3 Maj Macario Peralta G-4 Lt Col William Gemperle Division Engineer Maj Claude Fertig 61st Infantry Regiment Col. Eugene H. Mitchell 62d Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Allen P. Thayer (Fitzgerald says 61st Regt Cdr) 63d Infantry Regiment Col. Albert F. Christie 64th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Provisional) 65th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Provisional) 61st Engineer Battalion Lt Col Leopoldo Relunia 61st Artillery Regiment Col. Hiram W. Tarkington One battery with three 2.95-inch mountain howitzers?? (per memorandum for record by Lt. Eugene E. Greeson, Subj: The Visayan-Mindanao Force, dtd 30 Jan 45, filed at CMH) Cebu Military Police Regiment Lt. Col. Howard J. Edmunds (ultimately consisting of eleven companies [one regimental HHC, two battalions with eight rifle and two heavy weapons companies] with strength ranging from 114 to 89 personnel. They possessed Enfield Rifles and four Browning Water-cooled MMGs per company the weapons were requisitioned from the four college ROTC detachments on Cebu). Heavy Weapons Companies: Company D had eight 30-caliber water cooled, one .50-caliber machinegun and two Stokes mortars. Company H (formed from a cadre from Company D (heavy weapons) possessed three water cooled and five air cooled .30-caliber machineguns (the latter were salvaged from a crashed P-40 Warhawk). Commanding General, 71st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Clyde A. Selleck (later relieved by 26th Cavalry Regiment commander) Chief of Staff Col Saldivar Reyes 71st Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Donald Van N. Bonnett 1/71st Infantry Capt Guillermo Z. Nakar 2/71st Infantry 3/71st Infantry 72d Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. Irwin Compton (vice Col Virgil N. Cordero?) 73d Infantry Regiment (remained on Mindinao due to lack of shipping) Lt. Col. Robert H. Vesey 71st Artillery Regiment Lt. Col. Halstead C. Fowler Commanding General, 81st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Guy S. Fort G-? Lt Col Alejandro Suarez 81st Infantry Regiment Lt Col Ruperto K. Kangelon (Fitzgerald) 82d Infantry Regiment Lt. Col. David 1/82d Infantry Capt. Mammon Sharp 2/82d Infantry 3/82d Infantry 83d Infantry Regiment Maj. William Rogers 1/83d Infantry Maj. William McClanahan (replaced by Capt. Lyle Hardin) 2/83d Infantry Capt. Sharp (?) 3/83d Infantry Lt. Col. Arthur J. Grimes 84th Infantry Regiment (Provisional) 81st Artillery Regiment Lt. Col. John P. Woodbridge 3d Philippine Constabulary Regiment Brig Gen Simeon de Jesus Note 1: The Visayan Mindanao Force (commanded by Col. Ben-Hur Chastaine) consisted of 3rd Infantry Regiment (Philippine Constabulary), 81st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Army), Co. A, 81st Medical Battalion, Agusan Provisional Battalion (PA), Agusan Constabulary Battalion, Surigao Provisional Battalion (PA & PC) and Headquarters (Provisional) Agusan Sector (PA). The PC Regiment was responsible for defending Cagayan and the PA Regiment (-) responsible for Davao. The 3/81 Infantry (Capt. J.O. Stensland) and Agusan Provisional Battalion defended Butuan Bay. The Surigao Provisional Battalion defended the Surigao Peninsula. The Agusan Constabulary Battalion controlled the movement of the civilian population and conducted rear area security. Source: Operations Order, USAFFE, Hqs Agusan Sector, Gingoog, Misamis, SUBJ: War Plans Agusan Sector, dtd 27 Feb 42. Original at CMH. Note 3 The 81st Artillery Regiment had at least one section of 2.95-inch mountain howitzers. Commanding General, 91st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Luther R. Stevens 91st Infantry Regiment Col. Edgar A. Keltner 92d Infantry Regiment Col. John H. Rodman 92d Infantry Executive Officer Col. James D. Carter 93d Infantry Regiment (remained on Mindanao due to lack of shipping) Col William F. Dalton (?) 91st Artillery Regiment 91st Engineer Battalion Capt. Antonio P. Chanco C & E Companies, 43d Infantry (PS) Maj. Allen L. Peck (reactivated and organized with soldiers from the 45th Infantry (PS) on detached duty in Zamboanga). Note: Artillery consisted of two batteries with eight portee 2.95-inch mountain howitzers. Commanding General, 101st (Reserve) Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Vachon (replaced by Col Carter R. McLennan when former became Cotobato-Davao defense force CG) G-2 Capt Juan B. Guevara 101st Infantry Regiment Col. Russell J. Nelson 1/101 Infantry 2/101 Infantry Lt. Col. Roger B. Hilsman 3/101 Infantry Lt. Col. Howard N. Frissell 102d Infantry Regiment Col. William P. Morse (?) 103d Infantry Regiment Maj. Joseph R. Webb 104th Infantry Regiment?? Mentioned in Morton Fall of the Philippines on p. 511. 101st Artillery Regiment Lt. Col. A. Quintard Note 1: Although some accounts state that no artillery was ever provided to the division, the trio of mountain howitzers listed for the 61st Division may have belonged to the 101st Artillery Regiment. Note 2: Lt. Greeson writes: For the purpose of defense the island was divided into six sectors. General Vachon commanded the Cotabato-Davao sector; General Fort the Lanao sector; Col. Morse, the Cagayan sector; and Col. Ben-Hur Chastaine, the Agusan sector. The Zamboanga sector was commanded initially by Col. Dalton, but in February 1942 this command was given to Col. Wilson and Col. Dalton assumed command of the Force training school. In February a Zone of the Interior was created with Col. Frissell in command. In the Visayan Islands, General Chynoweth commanded the island of Panay; Col. Hilsman, the Island of Negros; Col. Scudder the island of Cebu; and Major Jones, the islands of Samar and Leyte. Commanding General, 102d (Reserve) Infantry Division Col. William P. Morse 103d Infantry Regiment (see 101st Division) 61st Artillery Regiment (see 61st Division) 81st Artillery Regiment (see 81st Division) Note 1: Would be reorganized with the 62d Infantry, 81st Field Artillery, C & E Companies, 43d Infantry (PS) and a 2.95-inch mountain howitzer detachment after its first battle on 3 May 1942. Provisional PAAC Battalion (fighting as infantry) Captain Pelagio Cruz
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