[buwaya]

Most weren’t supposed to be “fresh”, tyhey were supposed to have been trained in the previous five years of conscript “classes”, as with any conscription system.
But they were in fact effectively untrained.

Like I said, there probably were at least 70,000 that showed up upon mobilization in Luzon alone.

Morton says 120,000 Philippine Army troops served, altogether, based on mobilization returns and postwar claims.

[fso301]

Most weren’t supposed to be “fresh”, tyhey were supposed to have been trained in the previous five years of conscript “classes”, as with any conscription system. But they were in fact effectively untrained.

Agreed but they hadn't been trained in the previous 5 years because required resourced were never available.