Section 4
SEC. 4. Paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of section twenty-five of the National Defense Act are amended so as to read "as follows: "SEC. 25. The services shall consist of the following: "(d) The Quartermaster Service shall be charged with the purchase, procurement, storage and issue for the Army, of all supplies, except those whose procurement is assigned to other services; with the acquisition of real estate and the issue of license in connection with government military reservations; with the transportation of the Army by land and water, and with the disbursement of all funds for the National Defense, the accounting for same, and with such other fiscal duties as may be required by law or directed by the Chief of Staff; Provided, That such commissioned technical assistants from other branches or services as may be required shall be detailed to the Quartermaster Service for a period of not to exceed three years: Provided, further, That under such regulations as the Chief of Staff may prescribe, officers of the Quartermaster Service, accountable for government moneys, may entrust moneys to other officers for the purpose of having them make disbursements as their agents, and the agent officer as well as the officer who entrusts the money to him shall be bonded and held pecuniarily responsible to the Philippine Government. "(e) The Medical Service shall consist of the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Nurse Corps, the Medical Administrative Corps and such other corps as may be created by the President. It shall be charged with all matters pertaining to the physical examination, health and sanitation of personnel and animals of the Army. "(f) The Ordnance Service, the Medical Service, the Air Corps, the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, and the Chemical Corps shall be charged with the purchase, procurement, storage and issue of such special equipment, materials and supplies as apply to their respective services. "These several arms and services are charged with the study, experiment and development of all special materials and equipment pertaining to them."