CALLING UPON ALL YOUNG MEN, CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES, WHO SHALL ATTAIN THE AGE OF 20 YEARS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 1936 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS, TO REGISTER FOR MILITARY INSTRUCTION.
I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the power conferred upon me by sections fifty-four and fifty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered One, entitled "The National Defense Act," do hereby call upon all young men, citizens of the Philippines, who shall attain the age of twenty years during the calendar year nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and succeeding years, to register for military instruction in the city, municipality, or municipal district government in which they reside.
The following rules and regulations shall be followed in the registration and selection of trainees for military service:
1. All male citizens of the Philippine who have attained or shall attain the age of twenty years during the calendar year nineteen hundred and thirty-six shall register for military service. In succeeding years, young men shall be required to register for military training in the Army in the calendar year in which they will become twenty years of age.
2. Registration shall take place in suitable registration places to be prescribed by the city, municipality or municipal district government in which the registrants reside, during regular office hours, between eight o’clock a.m., April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and eight o’clock p.m., April seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Annual registration shall be held during the same period in succeeding years.
3. Those unable to visit registration places because of illness, or for any other reason, shall be registered by their parents or legal guardians.
4. No person convicted of a crime against the Government or of an offense involving moral turpitude shall be permitted to register for military service unless he shall have been previously pardoned by the President.
5. The following persons are exempt from registration:
(a) Members of the Philippine Scouts and the Philippine Army.
(b) Young men, citizens of the Philippines, who are residing abroad. These persons shall register within five days after their return to the Philippines in order to determine their obligation for military training.
If under thirty year of age on their return, they shall be liable for military service, and shall enter thereon if drawn at the next national drawing following their return.
(c) Persons who, because of incarceration awaiting trial or undergoing sentence of a court of law, are prevented from registering.1âwphi1 They shall, upon their release from custody, register for military trainee instruction with the president of the municipality or township in which they reside. If under thirty years of age at the time of release, they shall be liable for trainee instruction; if over that age, they shall not be required to serve with the colors.
6. In cities, municipalities, and municipal districts, the municipal secretaries, acting under the immediate supervision of the respective municipal presidents, are hereby designated as registering officers. In outlying barrios, the municipal councils shall designate government officers or employees who shall act as deputy registering officers for those barrios, respectively. In the Cities of Manila and Baguio, the chiefs of police thereof shall designate responsible officers of the police department to act as registering officer and deputy registering officers, respectively.
7. In each city, municipality, or municipal district, the municipal secretary, or other official designated as registering officer, shall keep a military register as a part of the permanent record of his office.
8. The names of registrants shall be entered serially in the military register in the order that they report.
9. Each registrant shall be required to furnish the following information:
(a) Name.
(b) Address.
(c) Date and place of birth.
(d) Civil status (single or married).
(e) Name of each dependent and degree of dependency.
(f) Employment, nature of the same, and the name of employer.
(g) Educational attainments, special aptitudes or qualifications.
(h) Preference for branch of service that is Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Air Corps, Medical Service. Quartermaster Service, Ordnance Service.
(i) Preference for place of service, that is, with element of the Regular Force at either Manila, Cebu, or Camp Keithley; or with a training cadre in his own province. The period of service with the Regular Force shall be for one year; with training cadres the period of service shall be for five and one-half months.
10. On completion of registration formalities each registrant shall be issued a registration card bearing a serial number corresponding to his number in the military register of the city, municipality, or municipal district in which he resides.
11. Any change of address subsequent to registration shall be promptly reported to the registering officer who shall make appropriate notation in the military register and on the registration card, and if the change of address involves a domicile in another registration district, shall immediately report the facts to the Provost Marshal General.
12. Upon termination of the registration period in each calendar year, the recording officer shall immediately prepare copies in triplicate from the military register, of the number and description of registrants for that year, one copy of which shall be forwarded to the corresponding acceptance board as prescribed in Military Service Regulations, one copy to the provincial military commander, and another copy to the Provost Marshal General.
13. The district and provincial military commander or their duly appointed assistants shall supervise the recruitment of man-power in their districts or provinces. They shall have access at all times to the records pertaining to registration and selection of trainees, shall give necessary instruction as to the proper manner of making entries in the military register, and shall report all irregularities coming to their attention to the Provost Marshall General. Provincial commander shall submit such reports through the provincial governor and district commander.
14.Detailed instructions governing the method and procedure of registration, examination, classification, and the selection of trainees for military service are prescribed in the Military Service Regulations.
15. Registration cards shall be carefully preserved by the registrants. Each card shall constitute a certificate that the holder has carried out his first military obligation to the State.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done at the City of Manila, this eleventh day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the first.
