SEC. 97. Public funds for the defense of the Philippines shall be appropriated, expended, and accounted for according to six purposes, as follows:
I. Pay and Allowances of Personnel. II. Maintenance of Personnel. III. Transportation IV. Armament, Equipment, and Supplies. V. Construction. VI. Miscellaneous.
Provided, That each purpose shall be divided into items as hereinafter described and that funds appropriated for one purpose shall not be expended for any other purpose: Provided, further, That for a period of ten years following the passage of this Act, all funds appropriated for any of the above purposes and remaining unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure under the same purposes in succeeding fiscal years.
PURPOSE I.—Personnel
This purpose shall include the following items: base pay, longevity pay, commutation of quarters, and clothing allowance of officers and enlisted men of the Regular and Reserve Forces, the pay and allowances of cadets at the Military Academy, the wages and salaries of civilian employees, agents, and unskilled laborers, the allowances provided by law for persons undergoing Preparatory Military Training and the amount or amounts annually appropriated for the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Army.
PURPOSE II.—Maintenance of Personnel
This purpose shall include the following items: Subsistence sanitation and hospitalization, and quartering of the Regular Force and of the Reserve Force when on active duty, including the lighting, heating and upkeep of all buildings necessary to the National Defense; the training and education of the Regular and Reserve Forces and of persons undergoing Preparatory Military education, for the welfare of the Army, and for burial of members of the Army who die in active service.
PURPOSE III.—Transportation
This purpose shall include the following items: The authorized travel expenses as fixed by regulations of the civil and military personnel of the army, the authorized transportation of trainees to and from their homes, the authorized travel expenditure of members of the Reserve Force on active duty or when called for regular annual training, the purchase and maintenance of animal and water transportation, the maintenance and upkeep of motor transportation, and the packing and transportation of all armament, equipment, and supplies.
PURPOSE IV.—Armament, Equipment, and Supplies
This purpose shall include the following items: Weapons and their component parts, signal, and engineer equipment and supplies, ammunition, quartermaster, medical and air corps supplies and equipment, the supplies for the maintenance and upkeep of mobilization centers, and all items necessary in the development of the National Defense forces.
PURPOSE V.—Construction
This purpose shall include the construction of land and sea-coast defenses, the construction of barracks, quarters, hospitals, depots, arsenals and all other buildings required for the National Defense, and the acquisition of real estate.
PURPOSE VI.—Miscellaneous Expenditures
This purpose shall include the miscellaneous expenditures of the various arms and services of the Military Establishment and of the Central General Staff as determined by the President, and the contingencies of the Army.
Appropriation of Funds.
SEC. 98. Appropriation of Funds.—In addition to the appropriations for the Philippine Constabulary for the year1906 amounting to P7,117,485.50, the sum of P8,879,045.50 is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, as follows:
PURPOSE 1.—Personnel
A. REGULAR FORCE—COMMISSI0NED OFFICERS AND CADETS
1.
Base pay
P2,181,850.00
2.
Longevity pay
80,000.00
3.
Commutation of quarters
150,500.00
4.
Pay and allowances of cadets, Philippine Military Academy
177,000.00
5.
For continuing expenses of the National Defense Mission for a period of six years
600,000.00
B. REGULAR FORCE—ENLISTED MEN
6.
Base pay
P1,620,204.00
7.
Reenlistment pay
45,000.00
8.
Clothing allowance
453,100.00
C. REGULAR FORCE—TRAINEES
9.
Pay
330,000.00
10.
Clothing allowance
200,000.00
D. REGULAR FORCE—RETIREMENT COMPENSATION
11.
Contribution to Retirement and Pension Fund, in accordance with section 3, Act No. 3205, as amended
100,000.00
11-a.
Additional contribution to Constabulary Pension and Retirement Fund to cover any deficit in said fund in the year 1936: Provided, That pensions paid under Act No. 3205, as amended, shall be subject to the reductions prescribed under section 15 of Act No. 4187, as authorized and amended byAct No. 4231
200,000.00
E. RESERVE FORCE—COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
12.
Base pay
213,180.00
13.
Longevity pay
5,500.00
14.
Commutation of quarters
4,200.00
F. CIVIL EMPLOYEES
15.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, General Staff
17,986.00
16.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, General's Service
22,678.00
17.
Salaries and wages, civil employees unskilled labor, Quartermaster Service
94,622.00
18.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, unskilled labor, Ordnance Service
145,452.00
19
Salaries and wages, civil employees, Medical Service
21,896.00
20.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, Judge Advocate General's Service
4,692.00
21.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, Chaplain’s Service
1,364.00
22.
Salaries and wages, employees of mobilization centers
22,000.00
23.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, Provost Marshal General Service
49,266.00
24.
Salaries and wages, civil employees, Military Academy
18,000.00
G. PERSONS UNDERGOING PREPARATORY MILITARY TRAINING
25.
Clothing Allowance, Reserve Officers Training Corps
17,500.00
Total Purpose I—Personnel
P6,775,990.00
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 to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated for any items in Purpose I to any other item or items included in the same Purpose: Provided, finally, That the total amount, appropriated under item 5, Purpose I, shall be expended at the discretion of the President.
Purpose II.—Maintenance of Personnel
A. SUBSISTENCE
26.
Subsistence of the Regular Force
P722,700.00
27.
Subsistence of trainees
1,930,500.00
28.
Subsistence of probationary third lieutenants
54,000.00
29.
Subsistence of reservists on annual active duty
189,000.00
B. SANITATION
30.
Hospitalization
36,000.00
31.
Constabulary medical and sanitary service
4,000.00
C. QUARTERING
32.
Maintenance, operation, and rentals of posts, stations, hospitals, and buildings
150,000.00
D. TRAINING AND EDUCATION
33.
Field exercises—Regular Force
150,000.00
34.
Instruction of officers—Regular Force
20,000.00
35.
Active duty training—Reserve Force
140,000.00
36.
Expenses of Military Academy
40,000.00
37.
Training costs of Reserve Officers' Training Corps
137,000.00
38.
Preparatory military training
64.000.00
39.
Military libraries
3,000.00
40.
E. WELFARE
40.
Recreation of the Army
3.000.00
F. BURIAL
41.
Burial of officers and enlisted men who die while in active service
3,500.00
Total Purpose II—Maintenance of Personnel
P3,646,700.00
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and expend not to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated for any items included in this purpose to any other item or items.
PURPOSE III.—Transportation
42.
Transportation expenses of military and civil personnel
P270 000.00
43.
Transportation of trainees
60 000.00
44.
Transportation of reservists in connection with regular annual active duty training
150,000.00
45.
Transportation and packing of supplies, equipment, and armament
200,000.00
46.
Purchase of animals
40,000.00
47.
Forage for animals of the Regular Force
240,000.00
48.
Forage for animals of the Reserve Force
67,000.00
49.
Supplies for upkeep and operation of motor vehicles
150,000.00
50
Upkeep and operation of watercraft
15,000.00
Total Purpose III—Transportation
P1,192,000.00
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and expend not to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated for any items included in this Purpose to any other item or items.
PURPOSE IV.—Armament, Equipment and Supplier
A. ARMAMENT
51.
Ordnance, signal, engineer and chemical defense armament
P2,605,741.00
52.
Ammunition of all calibers and types
463,900.00
B. EQUIPMENT
53.
Quartermaster equipment.
150,000.00
54.
Medical equipment
100,000.00
55.
Air Corps equipment
69,000.00
C. SUPPLIES
56.
Quartermaster supplies
170,000.00
57.
Mobilization center supplies
24,000.00
58.
Medical supplies
59,200.00
59.
Air Corps supplies
25,000.00
Total Purpose IV—Armament, equipment, and supplies
P3,666,841.00
Provided, That the President shall have authority to transfer and expend not to exceed fifty per cent of the amount appropriated for any item in this Purpose to any other item or items.
PURPOSE V.—Construction
60.
Land and sea defense
P70,000.00
61.
Barracks and quarters
85,000.00
62.
Mobilization centers
100,000.00
63.
Training centers
75,000.00
64.
Ordnance establishments
80,000.00
65.
Quartermaster establishments
30,000.00
66.
Engineer establishments
20,000.00
67.
Air Corps establishments
75,000.00
Total Purpose V—Construction
P535,000.00
Provided, That all construction required for the National Defense, except land and sea defenses, shall be accomplished under the direction of the Department of Public Works: Provided, further, That the President shall have authority to transfer any part of the funds appropriated under any item of this Purpose to any other item or items.
PURPOSE VI.—Miscellaneous Expenditures
68.
Contingencies of the Army
P25,000.00
69.
Incidental expenses—Quartermaster Service
50,000.00
70.
Incidental and sundry expenses, Constabulary
40,000.00
71.
Incidental expenses—Adjutant General's Service
30,000.00
72.
Incidental expenses—Recruiting Service
10,000.00
73.
Incidental expenses—-Judge Advocate's Service
10,000.00
74.
Incident: expenses—Chief of Staff
15,000.00
Total Appropriated Purpose VI— Miscellaneous Expenditures
P180,000.00
SUMMARY
Purpose I—Personnel
P6,775,990.00
Purpose II—Maintenance of Personnel
3,646,700.00
Purpose III—Transportation
1,192,000.00
Purpose IV—Armament, Equipment and Supplies
3,666,841.00
Purpose V—Construction
535,000.00
Purpose VI—Miscellaneous Expenditures
180,000.00
Total
P15,996,531.00
Less—Amount already appropriated for the Philippine Constabulary for the year 1936 (Acts Nos. 4231 and 4245)
P7,117,485.50
Additional amount appropriated in this Act
P8,879,045.50
