Increase in the Strength of the Philippine Constabulary

October 14, 1935

ACT NO. 4245

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE PRESENT STRENGTH OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, TO APPROPRIATE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE APPROPRIATION MADE UNDER ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT DURING THE UNEXPIRED PORTION OF THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes mentioned hereunder:

A.	For salaries and wages of the following
	additional personnel of the Philippine Constabulary:
	One Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Chief	P4,080.00
	Five majors	15,300.00
	Five captains	12,750.00
	One captain, chief of the Air Corps with additional
	twenty-five per cent flying pay	3,187.50
	Nineteen first lieutenants	38,760.00
	Two first lieutenants and medical inspectors	4,080.00
	Four first lieutenants of the Air Corps with
	additional twenty-five per cent flying pay	10,200.00
	Forty-eight second lieutenants	81,600.00
	Three second lieutenants and dental surgeons	5,100.00
	Five second lieutenants of the Air Corps
	with additional twenty-five per cent flying pay	10,625.00
	Fifty-two third lieutenants	79,560.00
	Enlisted Men
	Medical Division
	Four first-class sergeants, Medical Division	P1,944.00
	Ten sergeants, Medical Division	3,560.00
	Eight corporals, Medical Division	2,416.00
	Twenty-five privates, Medical Division	6,000.00
	Air Corps
	Difference in pay of two sergeants-major assigned
	to Air Corps	828.00
	Difference in pay of two staff-sergeants assigned
	to Air Corps	828.00
	Difference in pay of all sergeants assigned to Air Corps	1,188.00
	Difference in pay of twenty-two corporals assigned
	to Air Corps	1,320.00
	Difference in pay of seventy-six privates assigned
	to Air Corps	7,296.00
	Signal Company
	Two first sergeants	864.00
	Twelve sergeants	3,888.00
	Twelve corporals	3,168.00
	One hundred two privates	18,360.00
	Chemical Warfare Company
	Three first sergeants	1,296.00
	Nine sergeants	2,916.00
	Twelve corporals	3,168.00
	One hundred eleven privates	19,980.00
	Howitzer Company
	One first sergeant	432.00
	Three sergeants	972.00
	Four corporals	1,056.00
	Thirty-seven privates	6,660.00
	Other Enlisted Men of the Infantry Regiment
	Ten sergeants major	4,860.00
	Twelve first sergeants	5,184.00
	Forty-seven sergeants	15,228.00
	Seventy-four corporals	19,536.00
	Sixty-five privates of the General Service Battalion	11,700.00
	One thousand two hundred four privates of the line	202,272.00
	Additional pay of thirty privates now assigned to
	General Service Battalion but receiving P14 per
	month instead of P15	360.00
B.	For fogy pay of the following officers:
	One lieutenant-colonel, fifteen years	1,350.48
	Five majors, fifteen years	5,064.30
	Six captains, ten years	2,677.50
	Nineteen first lieutenants, five years	3,876.00
C.	For quarters allowance of the following officers:
	One lieutenant-colonel	P1,080.00
	Five majors	4,200.00
	Six captains	3,600.00
	One hundred thirty-three lieutenants	40,000.00
D.	For the subsistence of one thousand seven
	hundred sixty-seven enlisted men at thirty
	centavos per day each	194,016.60
E.	For the clothing allowance of one thousand
	seven hundred sixty-seven enlisted men
	at sixteen centavos per day each	103,475.52
F.	For the initial clothing allowance of one
	thousand seven hundred sixty-seven enlisted
	men at forty-eight pesos each	84,816.00
G.	Hire of unskilled labor	5,000.00
H.	Traveling expenses of personnel	30,000.00
I.	Freight, express and delivery service	3,000.00
J.	Illumination and power service	4,000.00
K.	Rental of buildings and grounds	5,000.00
L.	Supplies and materials (including the
	enlargement of all Government barracks
	occupied by enlisted men)	140,000.00
M.	Purchase of rifles, revolvers armored
	cars and other equipment needed to arm
	the additional men requested	306,621.12
N.	For the completion of the construction
	of barracks and quarters at Camp Murphy	327,000.00
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	Total	1,877,300.00
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SECTION 2. The sums herein appropriated shall not be made available until January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six: Provided, however, That immediately upon the approval hereof and during the unexpired portion of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five, any unexpended balances of the appropriations made under Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and eighty-eight, shall immediately be available for expenditure pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, October 14, 1935.