Section 67
SEC. 67. Whenever there is in any city, municipality, or . province a tumult, riot, mob or body of men acting together by force with attempt to commit a felony, or to offer violence to persons or property, or by force or violence to break or resist the laws of the Philippine Islands, or when such tumult, riot or mob threatens, and that fact is made to appear to the Governor-General, it shall be his duty to order such military forces as he may deem necessary, to aid the civil authorities in suppressing such violence, and executing the law.