Section 4
SEC. 4. The appointment of persons residing in the United States to the Philippine civil service shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) A person residing in the United States who is appointed to the Philippine civil service shall pay his traveling expenses from the place of his residence in the United States to San Francisco, but his traveling expenses from San Francisco to Manila shall be borne by the Insular Government if he shall come by the steamer and route directed by the Chief Executive of the Islands. (2) He shall be allowed half salary from the date of embarkation at San Francisco and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Islands; provided, that he proceeds directly to the Islands, otherwise he shall be allowed half salary for such time only as is ordinarily required to perform the journey between such two points. (3) A person who has been employed in the Philippine civil service for three years or more after the passage of the Civil Service Act shall, if he so requests, upon his retirement from the service, be furnished with transportation from Manila to San Francisco and shall be allowed half salary for thirty days, in addition to full salary for the period to which he may be entitled as leave of absence under the provisions of this Act.