During the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, an Officer's
School of the Philippine Constabulary was established by the
U.S. occupation forces on February 17, 1905 within the walls of
Intramuros in Manila located in Sta. Lucia Barracks. This school
was relocated to Baguio on September 01, 1908 on the site known
as Constabulary Hill later renamed Camp Henry T. Allen, in honor
of the first chief of the Philippine Constabulary. When the
commonwealth government was established in 1935 and the National
Defense Act was passed on December 21, 1936, the Philippine
Military Academy (PMA) was formally created in place of the
Philippine Constabulary Academy. The PMA was authorized to grant
its graduates Bachelor of Science degrees after completion of
their four-year courses. Because of increased population, the
academy transferred to Teachers Camp in June 1936 where it
remained until WWII broke out. With the outbreak of World War
II, training was disrupted at the PMA with Classes 1942 and 1943
being graduated premature