About two-thirds of the roughly 12,000 Philippine Scouts served in the Philippine Division, in units such as 45th & 57th Infantry Regts. (PS), 23rd & 24th Field Artillery Regts. (PS), 14th Engr Regt. (PS), 12th Medical Regt. (PS), 12th Signal Regt. (PS) and 12th QM Regt. (PS).   The only non-Scout unit in the division was the 31st Infantry, manned entirely by Americans.

At the end of July, 1941, 7,921 of 10,473 officers and men in the Philippine Division were Scouts.  (The Fall of the Philippines by Louis Morton, p. 22.) 

Other PS units, such as the 26th Cavalry Regt. (PS), the 86th and 88th Field Artillery Bns. (PS) and the 91st and 92nd Coast Artillery Regts. (PS) were not part of the Philippine Division.

All Scouts were regular US Army and not part of the Philippine Army.  Scout units were manned at the enlisted and NCO levels by Filipinos.  Only 31 commissioned officers in PS units were Filipinos, 15 of these in the Philippine Division.  The remainder were American.

Editor  

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The only non-Scout unit in the division was the 31st Infantry, manned entirely by Americans.

The current historian of the 31st Infantry Regiment notes there were two Filipinos groups attached to the 31st Infantry Regiment. One group was the 31st Infantry Regiment Band. My Filipino Grandfather was a member and I have a list of other Filipinos band member from 1931, if anyone is interested.

Sidenote: Band members participated in the 1932 Shanghai Battle and were awarded the Yangtze Service Medal (Marines)... I have a copy of a scanned page of the Band members who received this medal, who were still alive in 1940. It's not a very good copy but I'm happy to share it.

Dear Sarah,

You should post your request under the "Scouts" subject area using his name, Pvt. John S. Sambrano.  The two Philippine (not Filipino) Scout units were the 91st and 92nd Coast Artillery (PS).  The following veterans of these two units are still thought to be living.

91st Coast Artillery Reg. (PS)
SP5 Gavino Cabanilla, [Btry. “C”]
SSgt. Juan Guzman, Seaside, CA
Frankie Ramirez, [Battery “A”], Killeen, TX
Msgt. Lauro Villagracia, Lakewood, WA
LTG John M. Wright, Jr., Riverside, CA

92nd Coast Artillery Reg. (PS)
SFC Eduardo Abinsay, [Battery A] Pittsburg, CA
Lt. Jose Aquino, [Battery “G”], South San Francisco, CA
Simplicio Babao, Jr., [Battery “D”], Davao City, Philippines
CSMJ Ricardo Devilla, Lakewood, WA
Ambrosio Quevedo, Monterey, CA

Good luck with your search!   Editor

My Grandpa's Unit was the Headquarter, a company composed of only 35 men underarms, they were place under the direct command of Philippine Department, of which before the Outbreak of war between the US and Japan, was under the Philippine Department Commander MG Grunert, when the USAFFE was form by Macarthur, Some of the US army personnels were not absorbed totally although in name they were, but in records they were not, they remain as service command such was under MG Allan Mcbride, even when the command was change to USAFIP under MG Wainwright they still remain with  MG Mcbride, anyone from that group or roster??