Harry Hill Bandholtz (December 18, 1864 – May 7, 1925) was a United States Army career officer who served for more than a decade in the Philippines. He was a major general during World War I, and the US representative of the Inter-Allied Military Mission in Hungary in 1919. Early life Bandholtz was born in Constantine, Michigan, on December 18, 1864. He was the youngest of two children. His father, Christian Johan Bandholtz, was an emigrant from Schleswig-Holstein and earned his living as a harness maker. Elizabeth Hill, his mother, was a milliner. Bandholtz attended local schools and graduated from high school in 1881. He first worked locally as a billing clerk, and later found work in Chicago as a bookkeeper for a mercantile exchange company. In Illinois, Bandholtz enlisted in the National Guard of the United States. Also while in Chicago, he met May Cleveland, whom he would marry in 1890. They had a son together, Cleveland Hill Bandholtz. Military career Attracted to a military career, Bandholtz gained a nomination to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in 1890. From 1890 to 1898, he was active in the US Army and taught at the Michigan Agricultural College. Afterward, he was involved in the Spanish–American War and was sent to Cuba. Service in the Philippines In July 1900, Bandholtz was transferred to the Philippines during the Philippine War. Eventually he served 13 years there, as the US had an occupying force in the country. Most Filipinos viewed Americans as yet another "tyrannical overseer," having been under Spanish rule. Bandholtz was perceived as sincere and appeared able to earn the Filipinos' trust. In 1902, he served as Provincial Governor of Tayabas Province in the Philippines. He was the only American Army Officer elected by the Filipino people. As an Army captain assigned in the Philippines, he became an early backer of Manuel L. Quezon. In 1903, Bandholtz was appointed colonel in the Philippines Constabulary. In June 1907, he was promoted to brigadier general. Also in 1907, Bandholtz was elected as commander of the Veteran Army of the Philippines. He served as Chief of the Philippines Constabulary until 1913. During this period, the US and Philippine government forces continued to fight against guerrilla resistance in more isolated areas. That fighting ended in 1913. The next year, Bandholtz organized a joining of the United States Spanish War Veterans