Civil Guard (Philippines)

Civil Guard in the Philippines
Guardia Civil en las Filipinas
Badge of the Spanish Civil Guard
Active1868–1898
Country Captaincy General of the Philippines
Allegiance King of Spain
Spanish Empire
BranchSpanish Army
TypeGendarmerie
RoleLaw enforcement
Sizedivision 1,200 men (1868), three divisions 3,685 men (1897)
Part ofSpanish Civil Guard
Spanish Army
Garrison/HQManila division (headquarters), Luzon division, Visayas division
Motto(s)El honor es mi divisa
(Honor is my emblem)
EngagementsPhilippine Revolution
Spanish–American War
Insignia
AbbreviationGC
Monogram

The Civil Guard in the Philippines (Spanish: Guardia Civil en las Filipinas, [ˈɡwaɾðja siˈβil en las filiˈpinas]) was the branch of the Spanish Civil Guard organized under the Captaincy General of the Philippines and a component of the Spanish Army. It was disbanded after the Spanish–American War. After the Philippine–American War, it was eventually replaced by the American occupational government with the Philippine Constabulary (PC).[1]

  1. ^ Worcester, Dean Conant (1921). The Philippines past and present, Volumes 1-2. The Macmillan Co. pp. 380–381, 1024. Retrieved August 17, 2012.