Six hundred American school teachers, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomasites" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomasites">Thomasites</a>, arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manila">Manila</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Thomas" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USAT Thomas">USAT Thomas</a>.