[1] The Philippine Scouts were raised by the U.S. Army during the Philippine-American War (1899–1902).
With growing discontent, a mutiny was staged on July 7, 1924, at Fort William McKinley, but was quickly quelled.
[1] Many of the scouts who staged the mutiny were sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
The U.S. Army made no changes in the Scouts' pay, recruitment policies or leadership promotions.
The indifference of authorities in refusing to acknowledge the disparities would mirror the long struggle for equal benefits of Filipino-American veterans who fought for the United States during World War II.