Section 48
SEC. 48. Any able-bodied man of good reputation between the age of eighteen and forty-five years, who can read and write, and who is a citizen of the Philippine Islands, or has declared his intention to become such, may be enlisted in the National Guard for a term of not less than three years. A man who has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from any military or naval organization of the Philippine Islands, or from the military or naval force of the United States, or from the military or naval force of any State, Territory, or district of the United States, shall not be eligible for enlistment or reenlistment unless he produces the written consent to such enlistment of the commanding officer of the organization from which he was expelled or dishonorably discharged, and of the commanding officer who approved such expulsion, or issued such dishonorable discharge. Men who have been honorably discharged before the expiration of their term of enlistment for any reason, may be subsequently enlisted for the balance of such unexpired term.