Santo Tomas University became “Camp Number 1” for civilians in the Philippines. Because of overcrowding, Camp Number 2, (Los Baños) was created by internees moved from Santo Tomas in 1943. Baguio was established early to house the “enemy aliens,” mostly missionaries and miners, captured in that area. The major camps for civilian internees in the Philippines were:
Camps & Prisons
- Bacolod Internment Camp (Internees transferred to STIC in Mar. 1943)
- Baguio Internment Camp (Internees transferred to Old Bilibid Prison in Dec. 1944)
- Cebu Internment Camp (Internees transferred to STIC in Dec. 1942)
- Davao Internment Camp (Internees transferred to STIC in Dec. 1943)
- Iloilo Internment Camp (Internees transferred to STIC in June 1943)
- Los Baños Internment Camp
- Old Bilibid Prison
- Santo Tomás Internment Camp (STIC)
Other facilities
- Anteneo de Manila
- Doctor’s Hospital
- Holy Ghost Children’s Home
- Hospicio de San Jose
- Mandaluyong Correctional Institution
- Mary Chiles Hospital
- National Psychopathic Hospital
- Philippine General Hospital
- Philippine Tuberculosis Hospital
- Remedios Hospital
- San Lazaro Hospital
- Santiago Hospital
- St. Joseph’s Hospital
- St. Luke’s Hospital
- Sulphur Springs
Civilian Internment Camps in the Philippines, WWII