Dr. Sun Yat-sen had put forward the idea of its establishment in May that year. Chiang Kai-shek raised the matter with the National Assembly and then, after approval was given, served as a commissioner on the organizing committee. The Academy was officially established in Whampoa in June the same year, whence it took its name. It was also called the Whampoa Army Officers Academy.
原來，吳老先生是昔日廣州黃埔軍官學校的第十二期畢業生，據吳老先生的記憶，黃埔軍官學校是於民國十三年（公元一九二四年）五月，由孫中山先生提議而由蔣中正先生提交全國大會通過後，再由蔣中正先生任籌備委員，而在該年的六月份正式成立於黃埔，故稱為黃埔陸軍軍官學校。