 Puerto Rican Commission

The Puerto Rican Commission (Portorrican Commission) was a political group composed of prominent, pro-American Puerto Rican expatriates that accompanied a U.S. expeditionary force sent to assist in the invasion of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War of 1898.The Commission or "volunteers", as they were otherwise known, that landed at Arroyo on 1 August 1898 consisted of