PMA

The Philippine Military Academy began with the establishment of the Academia Militar on October 25, 1898 at Malolos, Bulacan by virtue of a decree issued by the first president of the young Philippine republic, General Emilio Aguinaldo. 

The Academia was a school that awarded its graduates regular commissions in the armed forces. The Academia existed up to 20 January 1899, when hostilities between the Americans and Filipinos erupted. On 17 February 1905, an Officer's school of the Philippine Constabulary was established at the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila. 

Three years later, on 01 September 1908, the school was relocated to Baguio City, initially at Camp Henry T Allen, and subsequently at Teacher's Camp. . Due to the need for wider grounds, the Academy moved to its present site at Fort del Pilar in Loakan, some ten kilometers from downtown Baguio City.

Fort del Pilar, named after the young hero of the battle of Tirad Pass, Gen Gregorio del Pilar, was developed into a military training institution with facilities and infrastructure required by a growing academy.  Its pre-war, technically-oriented curriculum (having been patterned after that of the US Military Academy at West Point) was restored.