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;
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;
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 cash since the inception of
the Armed Forces into the national defense effort of the country in
1935;
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;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines by virtue of the powers in me vested by 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.
This 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.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary