COMMONWEALTH ACT NO.

1 or possessions, public or private, as may be necessary for

national defense.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PENALIZING CERTAIN VIOLATIONS THEREOF, ARTICLE III
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES The Council of National Defense

TITLE I SECTION 6. There shall be a Council of National Defense which

shall consist of the President, the Vice President, the head of each
National Defense executive department, the Chief of Staff, and six other members to
be designated by the President with the consent of the
PRELIMINARY ARTICLE Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and a
permanent secretary of the Council who shall be an officer of the
Title of Act Army. The Council shall advise with the President on all matters of
national defense policy. It shall have a permanent staff which shall
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as “The National Defense preserve a documentary record of the Council’s deliberations.
Act.”
SECTION 7. The President of the Philippines shall be Chairman of
ARTICLE I the Council of National Defense.

National Defense Policy SECTION 8. The method of operation of the Council of National
Defense, its detailed duties, and its rights to summon witnesses or
SECTION 2. The national defense policy of the Philippines shall consultants shall be fixed in executive orders to be issued by the
be as follows: President. Funds for its operation shall be provided in the
appropriations for the Executive Department.
(a) The preservation of the State is the obligation of every citizen.
The security of the Philippines and the freedom, independence, ARTICLE IV
and perpetual neutrality of the Philippine Republic shall be
guaranteed by the employment of all citizens, without distinction of Territorial Organization
age or sex, and all resources.
SECTION 9. For the purpose of recruiting the national manpower,
(b) The employment of the nation’s citizens and resources for providing preparatory military training, executing the national
national defense shall be effected by a national mobilization. mobilization plans, and supplying the needs of the armed forces in
peace and war, the Philippines shall be divided into military
(c) The national mobilization shall include the execution of all districts which will be further subdivided into military provinces, as
measures necessary to pass from a peace to a war footing. the President may direct.

(d) The civil authority shall always be supreme. The President of SECTION 10. In every military district a commissioned officer of
the Philippines as the Commander-in-Chief of all military forces, the regular army shall be assigned as District Commander. He
shall be responsible that mobilization measures are prepared at all shall be provided with such assistants as the Chief of Staff may
times. direct.

(e) A national mobilization shall be ordered in any case of In time of peace, he shall be responsible, under the Chief of Staff,
threatened or actual aggression. for the training, discipline, and tactical training of all units within his
district, and for the preparation of defense plans; and in time of
(f) The national defense organization shall be adapted as closely war, he shall be responsible, under the control of the Chief of
as possible to the territorial and administrative organization of the Staff, for the defense of his district.
Philippines.
SECTION 11. In every military province, a commissioned officer of
(g) The mobilization plans of financial, industrial, economic, social, the regular army shall be assigned as Provincial Commander. He
intellectual, and moral forces and resources of the Philippines shall supervise, under the District Commander, the execution of all
shall conform to the provisions of the Constitution of the recruitment laws and the laws and regulations governing the
Philippines and shall be prepared by the executive departments mobilization of persons and resources for national defense within
concerned in accordance with the following general policies: (1) the province. This supervision shall apply to the activities of the
The respective responsibilities of the several executive civil authorities charged with these duties, and for the purposes of
departments in mobilization planning will be prescribed by the this supervision, he shall be a member of the Provincial
President; (2) forces and resources shall be employed so as to Governor’s Staff, and shall be provided with such assistants as the
secure unity and continuity of effort until the threatened or actual Chief of Staff may direct.
aggression to the Philippines has been overcome.
SECTION 12. Recruiting areas will as far as possible conform with
(h) No profit incident to war shall accrue to any individual, political subdivisions of the Philippines.
corporation, association or partnership.
ARTICLE V
ARTICLE II
Mobilization Centers
Employment of Persons and Resources
SECTION 13. Mobilization centers shall be located in
SECTION 3. Military service shall be obligatory for all citizens of municipalities, townships and municipal districts according to their
the Philippines, and the methods and procedure for the military population and the percentage of such population
classification, selection, examination, induction, training, and assigned to units of the reserve.
release of all citizens from their military obligations shall be as
prescribed in Title III of this Act. The Chief of Staff shall determine the location and type of
mobilization centers to be provided, and the Provincial
SECTION 4. The registration of citizens for military service shall Commander shall be responsible for the operation of these
be a civil function carried out by the civil authorities under the mobilization centers at all times.
supervision of the Provost Marshal General.
ARTICLE VI
SECTION 5. During a national mobilization the Government of the
Philippines, acting through the appropriate governmental National and Partial Mobilization
department, or by delegated authority, shall have the right to
secure by mutual agreement or by requisition all such resources, SECTION 14. A National Mobilization shall be decreed by the
tangible and intangible, and all such services and all other assets President of the Philippines on approval of the National Assembly.
(a) The Constabulary shall be organized from such personnel of
SECTION 15. Whenever the safety of the Philippines is the Regular Force and in such manner as the Chief of Staff may
endangered, the President may decree a Partial Mobilization. He prescribe.
shall promptly summon and report to the National Assembly the
cause for, and extent of, the Partial Mobilization. The National In addition to the normal peace-time duties now prescribed, the
Assembly shall determine whether or not the Partial Mobilization Constabulary shall be charged with the execution of laws
so decreed shall be annulled. pertaining to the discharge of their military obligations by male
citizens of the Philippines, and with the supervision of such
ARTICLE VII preparatory military instruction as the Chief of Staff may prescribe.

Technical Advisers (b) All other regular units shall be organized as the President may
direct.
SECTION 16. The President of the Philippines shall have authority
to appoint and maintain such technical advisers from the Army of (c) The President may attach to regular units or may assign to
the United States and for such period of time as he may deem duty with any component of the Regular Force such number of
necessary, which shall in no case extend beyond his term of reserve officers as he may deem necessary. All periods of such
office. duty as do not exceed 21 days annually shall be considered as
regular annual training; all periods in excess of 21 days annually
TITLE II shall be classed as extended tours of active duty.

Military Organization (d) The President may likewise attach for their prescribed period of
military training such number of trainees to regular units as he
ARTICLE I deems necessary.

Composition and Organization of the Army SECTION 22. The appointment, promotion, and discharge of
officers in the Army shall be as follows:
SECTION 17. The Army of the Philippines shall consist of the
Regular Force and the Reserve Force. (a) All commissioned officers in the Army shall be citizens of the
Philippines; Provided, That the President may in his discretion
SECTION 18. The organized peace establishment, including the retain in the Army any officer now holding a commission in the
Regular Force and the Reserves, shall comprise all organizations Philippine Constabulary. Commissioned grades authorized in the
necessary to form the basis for a complete and prompt Army of the Philippines shall include third lieutenant, second
mobilization for the national defense and for the performance of lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel,
national police duties in peace and war. The army shall at all times colonel, and general officer: Provided, That the general officer
be organized in so far as practicable into battalions, regiments, grade may be further subdivided into grades as prescribed by the
divisions and, if necessary, higher units. President: And provided, also, That individuals permanently
commissioned in a grade above that of colonel shall be known as
The personnel and duties of the Philippine Constabulary shall, General Officers of the Line; those not so commissioned but
within one year following the passage of this Act, be transferred to holding an office in the Army to which the grade of general officer
the control of the Chief of Staff, who shall thereafter be is attached shall be known as General officers of the Staff.
responsible in both peace and war for the functions performed by
the Constabulary at the time of passage of this Act. (b) Officers shall be commissioned in the Army of the Philippines
subject to such examinations for the determination of fitness and
ARTICLE II proficiency as the President may prescribe. All appointments and
promotions shall be made by the President, but the appointments
The Regular Force and promotions in the Army from the rank of colonel shall be made
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the
SECTION 19. The Regular Force shall consist of the Infantry, the National Assembly.
Cavalry, the Field Artillery, the Coast Artillery Corps, the Air Corps,
the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, and the active elements (c) Except as hereinafter authorized, all appointments of regular
of the Offshore Patrol; the General Staff Corps; the Services officers shall be in the grade of third lieutenant, from among
consisting of the Adjutant General’s Service, the Judge Advocate applicants who at the time of appointment shall be not less than
Service, the Quartermaster Service, the Medical Service; the twenty-one nor more than twenty-six years of age. Priority in filling
Ordnance Service, and the Chaplain Service, the professors and vacancies in the grade of third lieutenant will be given: first, to
cadets of the Military Academy; of detached officers, of detached graduates of the Military Academy of the Philippines or of the
enlisted men, of unassigned recruits, of such other officers and Military or Naval Academies of the United States; second, to
enlisted men as may be provided for, and of the Constabulary. graduates of senior military training units in schools and colleges;
Officers and enlisted men permanently assigned to the services third, to enlisted men who at the time of appointment shall have
shall be known as officers and enlisted men of the Staff; officers served more than one year in the Army of the Philippines; and
and enlisted men not permanently assigned to a service shall be fourth, to others: Provided, That original appointments in the
known as officers and enlisted men of the line. Medical Corps shall be in the grade of first lieutenant from among
applicants who at the time of appointment shall not be less than
In time of peace the number of active commissioned officers and 25 nor more than 35 years of age: And provided, also, That during
of active enlisted men required for the Regular Force shall be the five years following the approval of this Act, the President is
recommended annually by the Chief of Staff. authorized to fill vacancies in any commissioned grade in the
Army of the Philippines by appointment of officers of the Philippine
In so far as may be practicable, the commissioned and the Constabulary who are citizens of the Philippines and of such
enlisted personnel of the Regular Force shall be drawn from all officers of the Philippine Scouts and of the Officers’ Reserve
provinces of the Philippines. Corps, U. S. Army, and of graduates of the United States Naval
Academy, citizens of the Philippines, as have, prior to their
SECTION 20. Officers and enlisted men of the Regular Force shall appointment in the Army of the Philippines, legally and honorably
be assigned to the various branches, corps and services as the severed their connection with the active elements of the Army of
President may direct. the United States, and of such others as may qualify through
professional and military examination prescribed for the purpose.
All officers and enlisted men of the Regular Force who are not
assigned to duty with any branch, corps or service herein provided (d) Officers will be distributed among grades as determined by the
for shall be carried on the detached officers’ list and detached President of the Philippines: Provided, That the number of officers
enlisted men’s list, respectively. commissioned above the grade of colonel shall at no time exceed
1.2 per cent of the authorized strength of the officer corps; above
SECTION 21. The organization of the Regular Force shall be as the grade of lieutenant colonel shall not exceed 2.6 per cent;
follows: above the grade of major shall not exceed 5.2 per cent; above the
grade of captain shall not exceed 14.9 per cent; above the grade active duty at any time and for any period, but, except in time of a
of first lieutenant shall not exceed 45.2 per cent. national emergency expressly declared by the National Assembly,
no reserve officer shall be employed on active duty for more than
(e) In determining relative standing, officers of the Regular Force six months in each five years without his own consent.
shall take precedence over officers of like grades in the Reserve
Force. Officers in each grade in the Regular Force and in the SECTION 23. The General Staff Corps shall consist of the Chief of
Reserve Force shall be separately listed in order of rank in a Staff, the Central General Staff, and the General Staff with troops.
manner to be prescribed by the President, which list shall
establish the seniority of each officer in the Regular and Reserve (a) The Chief of Staff shall be directly subordinate to the President
Forces, respectively, and which seniority shall not be thereafter of the Philippines. He shall preside over the Central General Staff.
changed except through operation of this or other laws: Provided,
That nothing in this Act shall be construed as giving officers with Under the direction of the President of the Philippines, he shall
purely military functions authority over officers with purely civil cause to be made, by the Central General Staff, the necessary
functions and vice versa, except as specifically prescribed in this plans for recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, mobilizing,
or in other acts. training, and demobilizing the Army in peace and in war and for
the use of the military forces for national defense. He shall render
(f) Promotion of regular and reserve officers shall be accomplished annually to the President, for transmission to the National
under such policies and procedure as the President may direct, Assembly, a full report upon the condition of the Army of the
provided that in time of peace no reserve officer may be promoted Philippines, including statements as to strength, cost, unexpended
to any grade until he has served at least two years in the next balances, requirements, and so on.
lower grade.
(b) The Central General Staff shall consist of the Chief of Staff, the
Any reserve officer may, in the discretion of the President, be Deputy Chief of Staff, the Provost Marshal General, and such
discharged at any time. other officers of grades not below that of first lieutenant as the
President may direct.
(g) Until superseded by laws formulated by the National Assembly
for specific application to the Army of the Philippines, all It shall be the duty of the Central General Staff to prepare plans
regulations, courts-martial procedure, and provisions of law now for the national defense and for the mobilization of the man-power
pertaining to the punishment, discharge, dismissal, resignation, and material resources of the nation in an emergency, to
administration, and retirement of officers and enlisted men of the investigate and report upon all matters affecting the efficiency of
Philippine Constabulary shall, as modified by provisions of this the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to
and other laws, apply to all officers and enlisted men on active perform such inspections of the Army as may be necessary to
duty in the Army. insure thoroughness and uniformity in training and compliance
with regulations; to perform for the infantry, cavalry, artillery and
(h) In time of war any officer of the Regular Force may be air units and the Constabulary such functions as the Chief of Staff
appointed to higher temporary rank without vacating his may prescribe; and to render professional aid and assistance to
permanent commission, such appointments in grades below that the Chief of Staff.
of colonel being made by the President alone, but all other
appointments in time of war shall be in the Reserve Force. (c) The General Staff with troops shall consist of such number of
officers not below the grade of first lieutenant as may be
(i) Upon his own application and with the approval of the Chief of necessary to perform the General Staff duties of the headquarters
Staff, any officer may be transferred at any time to a branch or of divisions and higher units.
service other than his own without loss of rank: Provided, That no
transfers to or from the chaplains or medical service shall be It shall be the duty of the General Staff with troops to render
permitted. Transfers in time of war shall be made as prescribed by professional aid and assistance to the general officers over them;
the Chief of Staff. to act as their agents in harmonizing the plans, duties and
operations of the various organizations and services under their
(j) With the approval of the American Government, not to exceed jurisdiction, in preparing detailed instructions for the execution of
one-half of one per cent of the commissioned officers of the the plans of the commanding generals and in supervising the
Regular Force below the grade of lieutenant colonel may be execution of such instructions.
detailed to duty at foreign military schools.
SECTION 24. Except as herein otherwise provided, the Provost
While on such duty, officers so detailed shall receive the pay and Marshal General shall, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, be
allowances of commissioned officers of their own grade in the responsible for the performance of all duties heretofore devolving
army of the country in which the military school is located: upon the Chief of the Philippine Constabulary. He shall exercise
Provided, That such pay is equal to or higher than that received by such supervision and control over all kinds and classes of police
the officer so detailed. forces as may be directed by the President, for the maintenance of
peace, law and order throughout the Philippines.
(k) Not to exceed one-half of one per cent of the commissioned
officers of the Regular Army in any fiscal year may be detailed as The Provost Marshal General is charged, under the direction of
students at such technical, professional, and other educational the Chief of Staff, with the training, discipline, administration and
institutions, or as students, observers, or investigators at such interior economy of the Philippine Constabulary.
industrial plants, hospitals, and other places, as shall be best
suited to enable such officers to acquire a knowledge of or The office of the Provost Marshal General shall contain a
experience in the specialties in which it is deemed necessary that Recruiting Division, a Constabulary Division and such other
such officers shall perfect themselves: Provided, That no expense divisions as the Provost Marshal General, under supervision of the
shall be incurred by the Philippine Government in addition to the Chief of Staff, shall prescribe.
pay and allowance of the officers so detailed, except for the cost
of tuition at such technical, professional, and other educational The Recruiting Division, under the supervision of the Provost
institutions. Marshal General and the Chief of Staff, shall be responsible for
the execution of all laws and regulations regarding the registration,
(l) The President is authorized to detail or assign to duty with units examination and assignment of male citizens of the Philippines in
of the Reserve Force such officers of the Regular Force as he connection with the fulfillment of their military obligations as
deems necessary. Commanders of divisions and larger units of prescribed in Title III of this Act.
the Reserve Force shall be selected from officers of the Regular
Force. The Constabulary Division, under the supervision of the Provost
Marshal General and the Chief of Staff, shall be charged with all
(m) Transfers of reserve officers within their category shall be functions now carried out by the Chief of Constabulary and His
made under such rules as the President may prescribe. Headquarters Administrative Staff, except those pertaining to the
purchase, procurement, storage and issue of all military supplies,
To the extent provided for from time to time by appropriations for equipment, material and animals, to the recruiting of personnel,
this specific purpose, the President may order reserve officers to and to the operation of the Military Academy.
(c) Enlistments for service in any province, except for the Regular
SECTION 25. The Services shall consist of the following: (a) The Division, the Artillery Corps, and Air Corps, shall be from among
Adjutant General’s Service, the Judge Advocate’s Service, the residents thereof. In so far as practicable, enlistments in these
Quartermaster Service, the Medical Service, the Ordnance forces shall be apportioned among the various provinces of the
Service and the Chaplain’s Service. Each Service shall consist of Philippines.
a Chief of Service and such assistants as the President may
direct. The head of each service shall be responsible, under the SECTION 28. Regulations applying to the reenlistment and to the
supervision of the Chief of Staff, for the efficient performance of retirement privileges of noncommissioned officers of the Regular
duties herein assigned to his service, and for the execution of all Force shall be prescribed by the President.
instructions and orders issued him by the Chief of Staff.
SECTION 29. An enlisted man who shall have served honorably
(b) The Adjutant General’s Service shall be charged, under such at least three years and does not reenlist shall be exempt from
regulations as the Chief of Staff may prescribe, with the operating further military service except in a national emergency. He shall be
functions of procurement, assignments, promotion, transfer, required, however, to register his address at the military
retirement, and discharge of all officers and enlisted men of the headquarters nearest to his place of residence.
Regular and Reserve Forces.
ARTICLE IV
(c) The Judge Advocate’s Service shall render such legal
assistance as may be required by the military forces. Military Academy

(d) The Quartermaster Service shall be charged with the SECTION 30. There shall be established a military training school
purchase, procurement, storage, and issue for the Army, of all to be named the Philippine Military Academy, for the training of
supplies, except those whose procurement is assigned to other selected candidates for permanent commission in the Regular
services; with the operation of utilities, with the acquisition of real Force. The student body in the Military Academy shall be known
estate and the issue of licenses in connection with government as the Cadet Corps of the Army of the Philippines.
military reservations; with the transportation of the Army by land
and water, and with the disbursement of all funds for the National SECTION 31. The President is authorized to appoint to the Military
Defense, the accounting for same, and with such other fiscal Academy annually, subject to such physical and mental
duties as may be required by law or directed by the Chief of Staff: examinations as he may prescribe, the number of cadets
Provided, That such commissioned technical assistants from other necessary to maintain the Cadet Corps at a strength of not to
branches or services as may be required shall be detailed to the exceed three hundred and fifty. Cadets shall be selected from
Quartermaster Service for a period of not to exceed three years: among qualified candidates as hereinafter provided. Candidates
Provided, further, That under such regulations as the Chief of Staff for admission shall be single, in good physical condition, not less
may prescribe, officers of the Quartermaster Service, accountable than seventeen nor more than twenty-two years of age, and shall
for government moneys, may entrust moneys to other officers for be nominated by the Members of the National Assembly, each of
the purpose of having them make disbursements as their agents, whom may nominate any number of candidates. The President
and the agent officer as well as the officer who entrusts the money shall appoint from among those who pass the physical and mental
to him shall be bonded and held pecuniarily responsible to the examinations with the highest ratings the number or numbers
Philippine Government. necessary to fill the existing vacancies: Provided, That a quota of
three members of the Cadet Corps shall be allotted to each
(e) The Medical Service shall be charged with all matters Assembly district: Provided, further, That in case no candidates
pertaining to the physical examination, health, and sanitation of from a given Assembly district attain the required minimum
personnel and animals of the Army, including the procurement of ratings, a second examination shall be given during the same year
technical medical equipment. to nominees from that district. If on the second examination no
candidate shall attain the required minimum rating, the vacancies
(f) The Ordnance Service shall be charged with the purchase, in the district quota shall be filled by the President from successful
procurement, storage, and issue of such ordnance, chemical candidates at large.
warfare, engineer and signal material as the President may direct.
The pay and allowances of students at the Military Academy shall
The several sections of the Ordnance Service are charged with be fixed by the President.
the study, experiment and development of all technical material
and equipment pertaining to their respective services. Any student who shall, after entrance to the Academy and before
completion of the prescribed course of training, be found to be
(g) The Chaplain Service shall have charge of the religious welfare physically unfit for military duty by reason of injury or disease
of the Army. incident to the service, shall be retired with the rank of cadet and
shall be entitled to the retired pay and allowances of a third
SECTION 26. The offshore patrol shall comprise all marine lieutenant of the Regular Force.
equipment and personnel acquired by the Philippine Government
and assigned either in peace or in war to the control of the Chief of Upon satisfactory completion of the course of instruction at the
Staff. It shall have such duties and powers as may be prescribed Military Academy candidates shall be commissioned third
by the Chief of Staff. lieutenants in the Regular or Reserve Forces with relative rank in
the order of final general standing as determined by the Faculty
ARTICLE III Board and Commandant of the Academy, and approved by the
Chief of Staff.
Enlistment and Reenlistment
ARTICLE V
SECTION 27. Any male citizen of the Philippines between
eighteen and thirty years of age, able-bodied, free from disease, of The Reserve Force
good moral character and habits, of average intelligence, and
possessed of such educational attainments as may be prescribed, SECTION 32. The Reserve Force shall consist of such number of
may be enlisted in the Regular Force under the following Infantry Divisions located as the President may direct; of such
restrictions: additional separate regiments, battalions, companies, and similar
separate units as the President may authorize; of all reserve
(a) Enlistments shall be for a term of three years, and may be classes not assigned to the above units, and of the Reserve
made by the recruiting officers at stations of the Regular Force. elements of the Offshore Patrol.

(b) Unmarried minors between eighteen and twenty-one years of The organization of reserve land and air units shall, in so far as
age may be enlisted only on the written and duly attested consent practicable, be that of corresponding tactical units of the Regular
of the father, the mother when she is the only surviving parent, or Force.
the publicly known guardian.
SECTION 33. The Chief of Staff may detail or assign to duty with SECTION 42. Medical reserve officers shall be procured from
Reserve units such enlisted men of the Regular Force as he graduates of medical colleges and universities under such
deems necessary. regulations as may be prescribed by the President.

ARTICLE VI SECTION 43. Reserve officers shall be physically examined upon

each assignment to active duty. Any reserve officer found
Reserve Officers and Noncommissioned Officers physically unfit for active field service shall be discharged.

SECTION 34. Any person who shall have completed his trainee SECTION 44. Young men who complete their trainee instruction
instruction and who is selected for training as a commissioned and are selected for additional training to qualify them as
officer shall pursue a theoretical course of training of not less than noncommissioned officers of the Reserve Force shall pursue a
six months to be prescribed by the Chief of Staff, upon completion prescribed course of three months. Upon satisfactory completion
of which he shall be assigned to duty with a Regular unit as thereof they shall be warranted in the noncommissioned officer
probationary third lieutenant for another period of six months. At grade for which they shall have qualified, and then transferred to
the end of this service those who have displayed qualities of the Reserve Force and assigned to an organization thereof.
leadership and who have demonstrated their fitness to command
may be appointed and commissioned third lieutenants of the SECTION 45. The Chief of Staff shall be empowered to organize
Reserve Force and assigned to an organization thereof. Those and establish such special and advanced school units as he may
who fail to complete the course of training shall be transferred to deem proper for the special training of officers of the technical and
the Reserve Force as enlisted men and shall be assigned to an supply sections and services, and for the advanced training of
organization thereof. selected officers for field, staff, and command duties.

SECTION 35. At such colleges and universities as the President SECTION 46. All candidates for appointment as reserve officers,
may designate there shall be established and maintained Reserve except medical officers, shall be required to qualify for
Officers’ Training Units of such arms and services as he shall appointment as third lieutenants of the line before being permitted
specify, where every physically fit student shall be required to to pursue any special course pertaining to the technical and
pursue a course of military instruction designed to qualify him for a supply services.
commission as a third lieutenant of Reserve. In so far as may be
practicable, the student shall be permitted to choose the arm or ARTICLE VII
service in which he wishes to train. This course of military
instruction, if pursued to completion, shall exempt students from Active Duty Training of Reservists
trainee instruction. It shall not exempt them from registration.
SECTION 47. Periods of active duty training in the Reserve Force
SECTION 36. The Chief of Staff shall, by mutual agreement with shall be as prescribed by the Chief of Staff. In so far as may be
the head of the institution, designate the senior military instructor practicable, the active duty periods for the three echelons shall be
and such commissioned and enlisted personnel as may be as follows: First Reserves, annually, not less than ten days;
necessary for each institution. He is authorized to issue to such Second Reserves, annually, not less than five days; and Third
institutions the arms, equipment and other property which he Reserves, every third year, not less than seven days.
deems essential to the conduct of this instruction.
During such periods of active duty training the reservist shall be
SECTION 37. Each year the senior military instructor shall submit amenable to the laws and regulations prescribed for the Regular
to the Chief of Staff the names of those members of the Force. Except with his own consent, no enlisted reservist may be
graduating class whom he recommends for further training. These required in time of peace to serve more than thirty days on active
graduates may be ordered to organizations of the Regular Force duty in any calendar year.
for a six months’ probationary period. At the end of this service
those who have displayed their fitness for Commission may be SECTION 48. Any reservist who fails to report for active duty
appointed and commissioned third lieutenants of the Reserves training as directed by the Chief of Staff shall be punished as a
and assigned to an organization thereof. court-martial may direct.

SECTION 38. Graduates who are not recommended for training SECTION 49. Any employee of the Government called for trainee
as third lieutenants and those who fail to qualify for appointment instruction, or for regular annual active duty training, shall not be
as such shall be assigned to the nearest age group in the Reserve compelled to lose his position or to suffer a loss of pay due to his
and assigned to an organization thereof as private or absence in the fulfillment of his military obligations.
noncommissioned officers as recommended. Students of military
age who do not complete their courses of study at an institution of SECTION 50. Mobilization centers shall be constituted as follows:
learning provided with a Reserve Officers’ Training Unit shall be
liable for trainee instruction immediately upon severing their (a) Mobilization centers shall be established for the purpose of
connection with the institution. If more than 20 years of age, they providing storage for the arms, equipment, clothing, and records of
shall be assigned to the trainee class next to be called. units, other than those of the Regular Force, to be mobilized in a
national emergency, of making provision in advance of
SECTION 39. The President shall appoint and commission, upon mobilization for the necessary shelter for men and animals of such
the recommendation of the Chief of Staff, such reserve officers as units during mobilization, and of reducing to a minimum the period
shall in his opinion be needed. necessary for mobilization.

SECTION 40. In so far as may be practicable, original (b) One mobilization center shall be established for each battalion
appointments by the President in grades above third lieutenant or similar unit or, when for the best interests of the Philippines, for
shall be made from among those formerly holding Reserve regiments or larger units.
commissions in the United States Army and from former officers of
the Philippine Scouts and Constabulary. (c) Provincial Commanders, acting under the Chief of Staff, shall
be responsible that all arms, equipment, and other material stored
SECTION 41. Noncommissioned officers of the Regular Force in such buildings within their respective provinces are properly
between the ages of twenty-one and thirty years who are cared for and secured, and that all records turned over to the chief
recommended for appointment as third lieutenants shall pursue caretaker by military units are preserved intact.
the course of instruction of six months prescribed for those who
have completed their trainee instruction, and who are The Constabulary shall, whenever practicable, be charged under
recommended for training to qualify as reserve officers. Upon the Provincial Commanders with the care of the arms, equipment
satisfactory completion of this course they may be appointed and and other materials, and of the records at mobilization centers.
commissioned third lieutenants of the Reserves and assigned to
an organization of the Reserve Force. Except upon mobilization, TITLE III
no service as a reserve officer may be performed by an enlisted
man of the Regular Force. Military Service
ARTICLE I (a) Members of the Philippine Scouts and the Philippine Army.
Obligation to Serve and Length of Service
(b) Young men, citizens of the Philippines who are residing
SECTION 51. All Filipinos are liable to military service. abroad. These persons shall register within five days after their
return to the Philippines in order to determine their obligation for
SECTION 52. The obligation to undergo military training shall military training.
begin with youth in school, commencing at the age of ten years,
and shall extend through his schooling until he shall reach the age If under thirty years of age on their return, they shall be liable for
of eighteen years. At this age he shall enter the Junior Reserve to military service, and shall enter thereon if drawn at the next
which he shall be assigned until he is twenty-one years of age national drawing for military service following their return.
when he shall become subject to service with the colors, and
thereafter with the Reserve Force until he shall reach fifty years of (c) Persons who, because of incarceration awaiting trial or
age. The training which he may undergo prior to the calendar year undergoing sentence of a court of law, are prevented from
in which he attains, twenty-one years of age shall be termed registering. They shall upon their release from custody register for
“Preparatory Military Training.” military trainee instruction with the president of the municipality or
township in which they reside. If under thirty years of age at the
All school girls shall receive such instruction and training as the time of release, they shall be liable for trainee instruction; if over
Chief of Staff may deem necessary for auxiliary service. that age, they shall not be required to serve with the colors.

All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty years SECTION 59. The following registrants are exempted from trainee
and fifty years, both inclusive, except those specifically exempted, instruction:
shall be classified as follows:
(a) Ecclesiastics regularly ordained and serving as a member of
Trainees — Those between the ages of twenty and twenty-two the clergy and seminary students of a recognized church or sect.
who have been selected to receive military training.
(b) Physicians properly certified and practicing as such.
First Reserve — Those between the ages of twenty-two years and
thirty years, both inclusive, and including also all those who have (c) Superintendents of penitentiaries, corrective prisons, and
completed trainee instruction even though they may not have insane asylums.
attained the age of twenty-two.
(d) The personnel of the coast guard revenue cutter and
Second Reserve — Those between the ages of thirty-one years lighthouse inspection services.
and forty years, both inclusive.
(e) Pilots, navigators and marine superintendents.
Third Reserve — Those between the ages of forty-one years and
fifty years, both inclusive. (f) Such others as may hereafter be exempted by law.

SECTION 53. Young men shall be required to register for military SECTION 60. Any person failing to register for military service as
training in the Army in the calendar year in which they will become herein provided shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to serve not
twenty years of age. This class of training shall be known as more than one year in prison or to pay a fine of not to exceed two
trainee instruction and shall be given for such periods, at such thousand pesos or both, at the discretion of the court. Conviction
times, and under such regulations as the President may from time for this offense shall not exempt the person convicted from the
to time prescribe. Except for those trainees selected for duty with military service herein required.
elements of the Regular Force, the period of trainee instructions
shall not exceed five and one-half months. In no case shall the ARTICLE III
period of trainee instruction be extended beyond twelve months
except with the specific consent of the trainee. Examination, Classification, Deferments

ARTICLE II SECTION 61. Acceptance Boards shall be appointed by the

President for a term of three years. Boards shall be appointed for
Procurement of Trainees such municipalities and municipal districts as the population may
require. The President shall determine the number and location of
SECTION 54. On January first, 1936, or as soon thereafter as boards required for the administration of this law. They shall
may be practicable, the President shall issue a proclamation consist of five members, two of whom shall be physicians. Where
calling upon all young men, citizens of the Philippines, who shall practicable, two members shall be officers of the Philippine Army
attain the age of twenty years in that calendar year, to register for stationed in the province. The President shall designate the
military instruction. Registration shall take place in suitable Chairman of the board.
registration places to be prescribed by the city, municipality, or
municipal district government in which they reside, between the SECTION 62. The medical members shall advise the board in
dates of April first and seventh. Annual registration shall be held cases where the young man’s physical condition for military
during the same period in succeeding years. service is in question. Decision by the board as to action on such
cases and upon all other matters shall be by majority vote.
SECTION 55. The President shall provide by proclamation all
necessary rules and regulations for the method and procedure of SECTION 63. Young men who have been called for trainee
registration and the selection of trainees for military service. instruction, upon reporting to the Acceptance Boards, shall be
required to complete a questionnaire of a prescribed form, and to
SECTION 56. On May fifteenth of each year, the Provost Marshal undergo a physical examination. The board shall then classify the
General shall conduct a drawing which shall determine those young men into the following classes:
registrants who are to be called for trainee instruction in the next
calendar year. He shall cause immediate and thorough publication (a) Class I — Fit for unlimited service.
to be given of the names of those who shall have been drawn.
Provincial Governors shall be responsible that each young man in (b) Class II — Fit for limited service only.
their province who shall have been drawn is notified at once of this
fact. (c) Class III — Deferred until a later date.

SECTION 57. No person convicted of a crime against the (d) Class IV — Exempted for physical reasons.
Government or of an offense involving moral turpitude shall be
permitted to register for military service unless he shall have been SECTION 64. The following, during the period of their employment
previously pardoned by the President. or functions, may have their trainee instruction deferred for not to
exceed three years:
SECTION 58. The following persons are exempt from registration:
(a) Such officers and employees of the insular, provincial, devolve upon the member having the longest service on the
municipal, and municipal district governments, as the President Board. The Board shall hold its sessions in the City of Manila.
may designate in executive orders.
SECTION 73. Decision in all matters before the Board shall be by
(b) Officials and agents of organized police forces. majority vote. The Board shall have authority to employ such staff
of assistants and the services of necessary medical examiners as
(c) Officials of land, air, and marine transport. may be authorized by the President.

The persons above mentioned shall be exempted from all military SECTION 74. All cases of appeal from the decision of the
service except trainee instruction and except for active service in a Acceptance Boards which shall be forwarded by the Provincial
national emergency, expressly declared by the National Assembly Governors shall be reviewed by the Central Review Board. The
when they shall be liable for military service or special assignment appellant shall be authorized to be represented by legal counsel,
as directed by the President. and to present such facts and evidence in support of his case as
he shall deem advisable. The decision of the Board shall be
SECTION 65. Deferments may likewise be granted by the rendered without unnecessary delay and shall be final.
Acceptance Boards for those who are indispensable to the support
of their dependent families, for agricultural reasons, and for certain SECTION 75. The salaries of the members of the Board shall not
key men in industry, commerce or agriculture; provided that such exceed three thousand pesos per annum, except that the military
deferments shall not exceed one year, after which they shall be member shall receive the pay and allowance of his rank and
liable to such training in the same manner as that prescribed for service. These salaries and those of the assistants and medical
any other citizen. examiners, as well as all expenses incident to the operation of the
Board, shall be borne by the Philippine Government. Officers and
SECTION 66. Deferments for any cause whatsoever shall be employees of the Government serving as members of the Board
made only upon presentation to the Acceptance Boards of or as assistants or examiners thereof, if any, shall not receive any
supporting evidence either by testimony of witnesses or by additional compensation.
documentary evidence or both.
ARTICLE V
SECTION 67. The Acceptance Board shall be responsible for the
prompt forwarding of the trainee’s name, together with all Incorporation into the Service
documents and records pertaining to him, to his future station.
SECTION 76. Upon reporting at the designated training station the
SECTION 68. Where the Acceptance Board denies the claim for young man shall be examined physically, and, if fit for the service
deferment of any individual, he may, within ten days, appeal his of his classification, he shall be assigned to duty with an
case to the Central Review Board in Manila. organization and sworn in. If the examination discloses any cause
for a change in his classification, the change shall be effected by
SECTION 69. Where dependency was the cause for deferment the local Commander immediately and his assignment to training
and that condition continues after the termination of the period of instruction varied accordingly. Where a change of station is
deferment, the young man shall be liable to trainee instruction, necessary to provide the requisite training, the Commanding
and if drawn therefor he shall enter upon such instruction. During Officer shall be empowered to issue the necessary orders
the period of his absence undergoing instruction, an allowance for covering his transportation. Upon joining his organization, he shall
the partial support of his dependent or dependents, who have no be sworn in. In case of physical disability disqualifying him for
other means of support, shall be made by the Philippine military service, he shall be returned to his home and prompt
Government. The corresponding acceptance board shall report made of such action to the Provost Marshal General and to
determine the dependent or dependents entitled to this allowance, the president of the municipality or municipal district of his
which shall be fixed by Executive Order. residence.

SECTION 70. The expenses incident to the administration of the ARTICLE VI

Acceptance Boards shall be borne by the Government. Except for
governmental officials, the salaries of members of the Board shall Transfer to Reserve Force
not exceed P500 per annum, provided that no governmental
official, whose salary is paid from the Philippine Government SECTION 77. Upon completion of the prescribed course of trainee
Treasury, shall receive any additional compensation by reason of instruction, and, unless the soldier shall enlist in the Regular Force
service on such Boards. or shall be selected for further training to qualify him as a
commissioned or noncommissioned officer, he shall be transferred
SECTION 71. The District and Provincial Military Commanders or to the Reserve Force and assigned to an organization thereof by
their duly appointed assistants shall supervise the recruitment of the Adjutant General. From this time his name shall be carried on
the man-power in their districts or provinces. This responsibility the rosters of the Reserve Force.
shall extend to a supervision of registration and the administration
and operation of all Acceptance Boards within the territorial limits Upon transfer to the Reserve Force, such arms, accoutrements
of their commands. They shall have access at all times to the and clothing as shall be prescribed, shall be transferred to the
records pertaining to registration, examination, and classification. mobilization center of his organization.
They shall report all irregularities coming to their attention to the
Provost Marshal General. Provincial Commanders shall submit SECTION 78. On completion of his training instruction the trainee
such reports through the Provincial Governor and District shall pass into the First Reserve where he shall be assigned to an
Commander. organization. He shall continue to serve in the First Reserve until
he shall reach thirty years of age. On January first of the year in
ARTICLE IV which he shall become thirty-one years of age, he shall be
transferred to the Second Reserve where he shall be assigned to
Central Review Board an organization in that echelon. He shall serve in the Second
Reserve until he shall become forty years of age. On January first
SECTION 72. The Central Review Board shall consist of five of the year in which he shall become forty-one years of age, he
citizens appointed by the President who shall designate the shall be transferred to the Third Reserve in which he may be
Chairman of the Board. One member shall be an officer of the assigned to an organization. He shall serve in this class until he
Philippine Army, representing the Provost Marshal General. shall be fifty years of age.
Initially, one member shall be appointed for five years, one
member for four years, one member for three years, one member SECTION 79. Enlisted men in the Reserve Force shall report for
for two years, and the remaining member for one year. Thereafter, physical examination as may be required by the President.
all appointments shall be for five years. In case any vacancy
occurs before the expiration of the terms of office of any member, ARTICLE VII
his successor shall serve only the unexpired portion of said term.
No member shall be eligible for reappointment. Upon the Preparatory Military Training
expiration of the term of office of the Chairman, that office shall
SECTION 80. The purpose of preparatory military training shall be man of the Regular Force who shall reenlist within two months
as follows: To develop the national spirit; to make the youth after his discharge by reason of the expiration of his term of
physically strong; to make the youth morally confident, and to enlistment shall receive a reenlistment bonus of one month’s pay
prepare the youth for military service. of the grade held at the time of his discharge.

SECTION 81. Preparatory military training shall begin with the The total number of authorized enlisted men in each grade shall
youth in elementary grade school at the age of ten years and shall be as the President may direct, provided that the enlisted strength
extend through the remainder of his schooling into college or the authorized by law is not exceeded, and, provided also, that of the
university as set forth hereinbefore. In case the youth ceases to authorized strength the percentages above the lowest grade shall
attend school, or for any reason shall have no schooling, he shall be limited as follows:
become liable for service in the Junior Reserve on reaching the
age of eighteen years. Above the second grade 0.69%
Above the third grade 1.04%
SECTION 82. Preparatory military training is compulsory upon the Above the fourth grade 1.98%
youth attending school and upon others when they shall become Above the fifth grade 3.22%
eighteen years of age. Above the sixth grade 17.82%
Above the seventh grade 33.69%
SECTION 83. The physically unfit shall not be required to undergo Above the eighth grade 51.14%
military training. Physical fitness shall be determined by a (b) Grades and pay of enlisted men of the Reserves shall be the
provincial board of medical officers which shall be appointed by same as those of the Regular Force, except that enlisted men
the Provincial Commander. shall receive no pay while on an inactive status, or while
undergoing annual active duty training.
SECTION 84. The Provincial Commander is charged with the
supervision of preparatory military training. It shall be divided by SECTION 90. The annual rates of pay and allowances, to be paid
age and school classes, as follows: monthly, for officers of the Regular Force and for reserve officers
ordered to extended tours of active duty, except probationary third
(a) Junior cadets; above ten years of age, attending primary and lieutenants, shall be as may be prescribed by the President in
intermediate schools. Executive Orders. Pending issue of appropriate Executive Orders,
the rates of pay and allowances now prescribed for officers of the
(b) High-school cadets; attending high or vocational schools. Constabulary shall apply to the officers designated in this section.

(c) Junior Reserves. — Eighteen to twenty years of age, both SECTION 91. Young men undergoing trainee instruction shall
inclusive; young men not attending school or college. receive five centavos per day, in addition to meals and barracks
accommodations, medical attention, clothing, and transportation
SECTION 85. Instructors for cadets shall be assigned by the where the distance from home to the place of training is in excess
Provincial Commander from the qualified male teachers in the of twenty kilometers, or where water transportation is required.
provincial schools who are members of the Reserve Force.
SECTION 92. Trainees pursuing courses of training to qualify
Instructors for the junior reserve shall be assigned by the them for the duties of commissioned and noncommissioned
Provincial Commander from the officers and men of the Regular officers shall receive the same pay as that provided in the next
Force stationed in the province. preceding section. While undergoing training in the grade of
probationary third lieutenant they shall receive such allowance for
SECTION 86. Courses of instruction shall be prescribed by the subsistence as the Chief of Staff may prescribe.
Chief of Staff.
SECTION 93. The members of the Reserve Officers’ Training
SECTION 87. The following persons are exempted from training in Units shall receive no pay. They shall receive such clothing
the Junior Reserve: Those who are found physically unfit by a allowance for uniforms as the Chief of Staff shall direct.
medical board; those who are living abroad; those living more than
thirty kilometers distance from the nearest community where While undergoing instruction as probationary third lieutenants to
instruction is given; and those undergoing any other form of qualify as Reserve officers, they shall receive the pay of trainees
authorized military instruction. and the subsistence allowance prescribed for their grade.

SECTION 88. Parents and employers shall be required to compel SECTION 94. Reserve officers and enlisted members of the
attendance at preparatory military training. Upon conviction of Reserve Force on annual active duty training shall receive no pay.
deliberate failure to discharge this obligation, the responsible They shall be furnished subsistence and suitable quarters while
parent or employer or both shall be subject to a fine of not to engaged on such duty. They shall be furnished transportation or
exceed one hundred pesos. reimbursement therefor, for the travel from their home to the place
of active duty and return thereto, where the distance from home to
Enrollment in each category of preparatory military training shall the place of active duty is in excess of forty kilometers.
be accomplished at such times and under such regulations as the
President may prescribe. SECTION 95. Reserve officers on extended active duty with the
Regular Force shall receive pay and allowances as prescribed by
TITLE IV law or regulation for Regular Officers of their respective grades.

Grades, Pay and Allowances Officers of the Army of the United States serving as members of
the National Defense Mission may be given, during their period of
SECTION 89. The grades and pay of enlisted men shall be as such service, such military offices, rank, command, and
follows: emoluments as the President of the Philippines may elect. The
commissions conferred upon the officers originally serving as
(a) Monthly base pay for enlisted men of the Regular Force shall technical advisers shall include one Field Marshal, who shall be
be forty-two pesos and fifty centavos for the first grade; forty-one known as the Military Adviser.
pesos and fifty centavos for the second grade; forty pesos and fifty
centavos for the third grade; thirty-six pesos for the fourth grade; SECTION 96. The Junior Cadets, High School Cadets, and Junior
twenty-seven pesos for the fifth grade; twenty-two pesos for the Reservists shall receive no pay.
sixth grade; seventeen pesos for the seventh grade; and fourteen
pesos for the eighth grade. The grades and monthly pay of the TITLE V
members of the Constabulary Band shall be as follows: assistant
conductor, P102.00; soloist, P72.00; musician, first class, P57.58; Appropriation Of Funds
musician, second class, P50.41. The grades and monthly pay of
the members of the Aviation Corps shall be as follows: sergeant- ARTICLE I
major, P75.00; staff-sergeant, P75.00; first sergeant, P40.00;
sergeant, P36.00; corporal, P27.00; private, P22.00. An enlisted
Method of Appropriating, Expending, and Accounting for National This purpose shall include the construction of land and sea-coast
Defense Funds defenses, the construction of barracks, quarters, hospitals, depots,
arsenals and all other buildings required for the National Defense,
SECTION 97. Public funds for the defense of the Philippines shall and the acquisition of real estate.
be appropriated, expended, and accounted for according to six
purposes, as follows: PURPOSE VI

I. Pay and Allowances of Personnel. Miscellaneous Expenditures

II. Maintenance of Personnel. This purpose shall include the miscellaneous expenditures of the
various arms and services of the Military Establishment and of the
III. Transportation. Central General Staff as determined by the President, and the
contingencies of the Army.
IV. Armament, Equipment, and Supplies.
SECTION 98. Appropriation of Funds. — In addition to the
V. Construction. appropriations for the Philippine Constabulary for the year 1936
amounting to P7,117,485.50, the sum of P8,879,045.50 is hereby
VI. Miscellaneous. appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not
otherwise appropriated in order to carry out the purposes of this
Provided, That each purpose shall be divided into items as Act, as follows
hereinafter described and that funds appropriated for one purpose
shall not be expended for any other purpose: Provided, further, PURPOSE I
That for a period of ten years following the passage of this Act, all
funds appropriated for any of the above purposes and remaining Personnel
unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall be available for
expenditure under the same purposes in succeeding fiscal years. A. REGULAR FORCE — COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND
CADETS
PURPOSE I 1. Base pay P2,181,850.00
2. Longevity pay 80,000.00
Personnel 3. Commutation of quarters 150,500.00
4. Pay and allowances of cadets, Philippine Military Academy
This purpose shall include the following items: base pay, longevity 177,000.00
pay, commutation of quarters, and clothing allowance of officers 5. For continuing expenses of the National Defense Mission for a
and enlisted men of the Regular and Reserve Forces, the pay and period of six years 600,000.00
allowances of cadets at the Military Academy, the wages and B. REGULAR FORCE — ENLISTED MEN
salaries of civilian employees, agents, and unskilled laborers, the 6. Base pay P1,620,204.00
allowances provided by law for persons undergoing Preparatory 7. Reenlistment pay 45,000.00
Military Training and the amount or amounts annually appropriated 8. Clothing allowance 453,100.00
for the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Army. C. REGULAR FORCE — TRAINEES
9. Pay 330,000.00
PURPOSE II 10. Clothing allowance 200,000.00
D. REGULAR FORCE — RETIREMENT COMPENSATION
Maintenance of Personnel 11. Contribution to Retirement and Pension Fund, in accordance
with section 3, Act No. 3205, as amended 100,000.00
This purpose shall include the following items: Subsistence, 11-a. Additional contribution to Constabulary Pension and
sanitation and hospitalization, and quartering of the Regular Force Retirement Fund to cover any deficit in said fund in the year 1936:
and of the Reserve Force when on active duty, including the Provided, That pensions paid under Act No. 3205, as amended,
lighting, heating and upkeep of all buildings necessary to the shall be subject to the reductions prescribed under section 15 of
National Defense; the training and education of the Regular and Act No. 4187, as authorized and amended by Act No. 4231
Reserve Forces and of persons undergoing Preparatory Military 200,000.00
education, for the welfare of the Army, and for burial of members E. RESERVE FORCE — COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
of the Army who die in active service. 12. Base pay 213,180.00
13. Longevity pay 5,500.00
PURPOSE III 14. Commutation of quarters 4,200.00
F. CIVIL EMPLOYEES
Transportation 15. Salaries and wages, civil employees, General Staff
17,986.00
This purpose shall include the following items: The authorized 16. Salaries and wages, civil employees, Adjutant General’s
travel expenses as fixed by regulations of the civil and military Service 22,678.00
personnel of the army, the authorized transportation of trainees to 17. Salaries and wages, civil employees, unskilled labor,
and from their homes, the authorized travel expenditure of Quartermaster Service 94,622.00
members of the Reserve Force on active duty or when called for 18. Salaries and wages, civil employees, unskilled labor,
regular annual training, the purchase and maintenance of animal Ordnance Service 145,452.00
and water transportation, the maintenance and upkeep of motor 19. Salaries and wages, civil employees, Medical Service
transportation, and the packing and transportation of all 21,896.00
armament, equipment, and supplies. 20. Salaries and wages, civil employees, Judge Advocate
General’s Service 4,692.00
PURPOSE IV 21. Salaries and wages, civil employees, Chaplain’s Service
1,364.00
Armament, Equipment, and Supplies 22. Salaries and wages, employees of mobilization centers
22,000.00
This purpose shall include the following items: Weapons and their 23. Salaries and wages, civil employees, agents, Provost Marshal
component parts, signal, and engineer equipment and supplies, General Service 49,266.00
ammunition, quartermaster, medical and air corps supplies and 24. Salaries and wages, civil employees, Military Academy
equipment, the supplies for the maintenance and upkeep of 18,000.00
mobilization centers, and all items necessary in the development G. PERSONS UNDERGOING PREPARATORY MILITARY
of the National Defense forces. TRAINING
25. Clothing Allowance, Reserve Officers Training, Corps
PURPOSE V 17,500.00
Total Purpose I — Personnel P6,775,990.00
Construction Provided, That the number of positions and rates of pay for civilian
personnel shall be fixed by Executive Order: Provided, further,
That the President shall have authority to transfer and expend not 58. Medical supplies 59,200.00
to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated for any 59. Air Corps supplies 25,000.00
items in Purpose I to any other item or items included in the same —————
Purpose: Provided, finally, That the total amount, appropriated Total Purpose IV — Armament, equipment, and supplies
under item 5, Purpose I, shall be expended at the discretion of the P3,666,841.00
President. ——————
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and
PURPOSE II expend not to exceed fifty per cent of the amount appropriated for
any item in this Purpose to any other item or items.
Maintenance of Personnel
PURPOSE V
A. SUBSISTENCE
26. Subsistence of the Regular Force P722,700.00 Construction
27. Subsistence of trainees 1,930,500.00
28. Subsistence of probationary third lieutenants 54,000.00 60. Land and sea defense P70,000.00
29. Subsistence of reservists on annual active duty 189,000.00 61. Barracks and quarters 85,000.00
B. SANITATION 62. Mobilization centers 100,000.00
30. Hospitalization 36,000.00 63. Training centers 75,000.00
31. Constabulary medical and sanitary service 4,000.00 64. Ordnance establishments 80,000.00
C. QUARTERING 65. Quartermaster establishments 30,000.00
32. Maintenance, operation, and rentals of posts, stations, 66. Engineer establishments 20,000.00
hospitals, and buildings 150,000.00 67. Air Corps establishments 75,000.00
D. TRAINING AND EDUCATION —————
33. Field exercises — Regular Force 150,000.00 Total Purpose V — Construction P535,000.00
34. Instruction of officers — Regular Force 20,000.00 —————
35. Active duty training — Reserve Force 140,000.00 Provided, That all construction required for the National Defense,
36. Expenses of Military Academy 40,000.00 except land and sea defenses, shall be accomplished under the
37. Training costs of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 137,000.00 direction of the Department of Public Works: Provided, further,
38. Preparatory military training 64,000.00 That the President shall have authority to transfer any part of the
39. Military libraries 3,000.00 funds appropriated under any item of this Purpose to any other
E. WELFARE item or items.
40. Recreation of the Army 3,000.00
F. BURIAL PURPOSE VI
41. Burial of officers and enlisted men who die while in active
service 3,500.00 Miscellaneous Expenditures
————
Total Purpose II — Maintenance of Personnel 68. Contingencies of the Army P25,000.00
P3,646,700.00 69. Incidental expenses — Quartermaster Service 50,000.00
—————— 70. Incidental and sundry expenses, Constabulary 40,000.00
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and 71. Incidental expenses — Adjutant General’s Service30,000.00
expend not to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated 72. Incidental expenses — Recruiting Service 10,000.00
for any items included in this purpose to any other item or items. 73. Incidental expenses — Judge Advocate’s Service 10,000.00
74. Incidental expenses — Chief of Staff 15,000.00
PURPOSE III —————
Total Appropriated Purpose VI — Miscellaneous Expenditures
Transportation P180,000.00
—————
42. Transportation expenses of military and civil personnel SUMMARY
P270,000.00 Purpose I — Personnel P6,775,990.00
43. Transportation of trainees 60,000.00 Purpose II — Maintenance of Personnel 3,646,700.00
44. Transportation of reservists in connection with regular annual Purpose III — Transportation 1,192,000.00
active duty training 150,000.00 Purpose IV — Armament, Equipment and Supplies
45. Transportation and packing of supplies, equipment, and 3,666,841.00
armament 200,000.00 Purpose V — Construction 535,000.00
46. Purchase of animals 40,000.00 Purpose VI — Miscellaneous Expenditures 180,000.00
47. Forage for animals of the Regular Force 240,000.00 ——————
48. Forage for animals of the Reserve Force 67,000.00 Total P15,996,531.00
49. Supplies for upkeep and operation of motor vehicles ===========
150,000.00 Less — Amount already appropriated for the Philippine
50. Upkeep and operation of watercraft 15,000.00 Constabulary for the year 1936 (Acts Nos. 4231 and 4245)
—————— P7,117,485.50
Total Purpose III — Transportation P1,192,000.00 ——————
—————— Additional amount appropriated in this Act P8,879,045.50
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and ==========
expend not to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated TITLE VI
for any items included in this Purpose to any other item or items.
Final Provisions
PURPOSE IV
SECTION 99. All laws and parts of laws which are inconsistent
Armament, Equipment and Supplies with this Act, are hereby repealed.

A. ARMAMENT SECTION 100. No provision of this Act shall operate to reduce the
51. Ordnance, signal, engineer and chemical defense armament total annual pay and allowances of any officer or enlisted man of
P2,605,741.00 the Philippine Constabulary below the total annual pay and
52. Ammunition of all calibers and types 463,900.00 allowances received by him from the Insular Government at the
B. EQUIPMENT time of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
53. Quartermaster equipment 150,000.00
54. Medical equipment 100,000.00 SECTION 101. The sums herein appropriated shall not be
55. Air Corps equipment 69,000.00 available until January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six:
C. SUPPLIES Provided, however, That the sums appropriated under items 51,
56. Quartermaster supplies 170,000.00 53 to 55, inclusive, and under items 60 to 67, inclusive, of section
57. Mobilization center supplies 24,000.00
98 of this Act, shall be available for immediate expenditure upon
the approval hereof.

SECTION 102. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: December 21, 1935