• 1: Home
• 6: History
  • 6.1: History of the Scouts
  • 6.2: The Philippine Scouts
  • 6.3: PS Medal of Honor Awardees
  • 6.4: Heroes of WWII
  • 6.5: Bataan: Their Finest Hour
  • 6.6: Bataan: Victory in Defeat
  • 6.7: Bataan: Causes Revisted
  • 6.8: Post WWII
  • 6.9: Scouts in the News
• 7: The Scouts
  • 7.1: In Memoriam
    • 7.1.1: Taps: Captain Felipe Fernandez
    • 7.1.2: Taps: Lt. Colonel Edwin P. Ramsey
    • 7.1.3: Taps: Captain Eulalio Arzaga
    • 7.1.4: Taps: Colonel John E. Olson
    • 7.1.5: Taps: Major Richard M. Gordon
    • 7.1.6: Taps: Brigadier General Reynolds, Jr.
    • 7.1.7: Taps: PSHS President Larry Pangan
  • 7.2: Scout Recollections
    • 7.2.1: Hell Ship Survivors
    • 7.2.2: Childhood Memories of the Scouts
    • 7.2.3: Letter from an "Army Soup"
    • 7.2.4: A Letter from Col. Shoss
    • 7.2.5: Dad Was In The Scouts
    • 7.2.6: Poem: To the Philippine Scouts
    • 7.2.7: Poem: Bataan
    • 7.2.8: Poem: Bataan Falls!
  • 7.3: Memorials & Dedications
    • 7.3.1: Memorare-Manila 1945
    • 7.3.2: Battle of Layac Junction
    • 7.3.3: MacArthur Park
    • 7.3.4: Plaque Dedications
    • 7.3.5: Veterans Memorial Museum, Huntsville, AL
    • 7.3.6: 2005 Bataan Memorial Marathon
    • 7.3.7: 2006 Patriotism Award
    • 7.3.8: Mount Samat Memorial
    • 7.3.9: USAFFE Defenders of Bataan
    • 7.3.10: Clark Veterans Cemetary, 11/11/12
  • 7.4: Regiments, Units & Bases
    • 7.4.1: 1st & 2nd Infantry (Filipino)
    • 7.4.2: 14th Engineers (PS)
    • 7.4.3: 26th Cavalry Regiment (PS)
    • 7.4.4: 45th Infantry (PS)
    • 7.4.5: 57th Infantry (PS)
    • 7.4.6: 76th Ord Ammo Co (PS)
    • 7.4.7: 92nd Coast Artillery Reg.(PS)
    • 7.4.8: Ft. McKinley
    • 7.4.9: Camp Rizal
  • 7.5: Insignia & Memorabilia
    • 7.5.1: Insignia of the Philippine Scouts
    • 7.5.2: PS Shoulder Patches
    • 7.5.3: Scout Bolos
    • 7.5.4: Commemorative Envelopes
    • 7.5.5: 26th Cavalry (PS) Trooper Model
  • 7.6: PS Uniforms & Gear
    • 7.6.1: 12th Medical Uniforms & Gear
    • 7.6.2: 26th Cavalry Uniforms & Gear
  • 7.7: Other USAFFE Uniforms & Gear
    • 7.7.1: 192nd Tank Bn. Uniforms & Gear
• 8: The Heritage Society
  • 8.1: Membership
  • 8.2: Reunions
    • 8.2.1: 29th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.2: 28th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.3: 25th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.4: 24th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.5: 22nd Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.6: 21st Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.7: 20th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.8: 19th Annual Reunion
    • 8.2.9: 18th Annual Reunion
  • 8.3: Newsletters
  • 8.4: Contact Us
• 9: Resources
  • 9.1: Veterans Affairs & Benefits
  • 9.2: Links
  • 9.3: Books & Articles
    • 9.3.1: Book Review: On A Mountainside
    • 9.3.2: Book Review: Bataan Diary
  • 9.4: Requests for Information
  • 9.5: Museums & Collections
    • 9.5.1: Photos - American Historical Collection

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Scout Bolos

The US Army had 5 types of bolos which were issued. The first was a bolo bayonet for the M-1898 Krag-Jorgensen rifles. Supposedly only fifty were made. There was the M-1909 Bolo with a 14" blade and an M1910 bolo with a 10-1/4" blade. There was a Model 1915 Bolo Bayonet (enclosed in an image of 2 Moro scouts with the M1915 Bayonet). During the Second World War, bolos made by the US Spring and Bumper Company of Los Angeles, CA were sent into the Philippines for use by the guerillas.

Moro Philippine Scouts with bolos circa 1915

Scouts at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1914.

Images courtesy of the Fort Sam Houston Collection

Last modified: 11-May-2007