WHEREAS,
Section 90 of Commonwealth Act Number One, as amended, otherwise known
as the National Defense Act, provides that the pay and allowances of
officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
shall be as prescribed in Executive Orders or subsequent
legislations; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, by virtue of the provisions of said Section 90 of Commonwealth
Act Number One, the monthly rates of pay and allowances for all
military personnel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines have already
been prescribed in appropriate laws, executive orders or decrees;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the officers, among other bodies of military personnel on
active duty, have not heretofore been authorized any clothing
allowance, whether in kind or in case since the inception of the Armed
Forces into the national defense effort of the country in 1935;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, due to the nature of their duties officers are expected to
appear at all times in neat, clean and presentable uniform, the cost of
which has gone up tremendously thereby greatly reducing their take home
pay;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested in the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces and pursuant to Proclamation
Number 1081, dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation Number 1104, dated
January 17, 1973 and General Order Number One, dated September 22,
1972, do hereby order, authorize and decree as part of the law of the
land the granting of a basic clothing allowance of at least Three
Hundred and Sixty Pesos (P360.00) annually, either in kind or in cash,
as may be determined by the Chief of Staff, AFP and approved by the
Secretary of National Defense, to each officer of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines. The amount of Four Million and Forty Thousand Pesos
(P4,040,000) or so much thereof is hereby appropriated out of the
National Treasury to carry out the provisions of this Decree, such
amount to be programmed yearly thereafter in the appropriation of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines.
This Decree shall take effect on July 1, 1974.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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