Section 12
SEC. 12. Section twenty-seven of said Act is Emended to read as follows: "SEC. 27. Any male citizen of the Philippines between and thirty years of age, able bodied, free from disease, of good moral character and habits, of average intelligence, and possessed of such educational attainments as may be prescribed, may be enlisted in the Regular Force under the following restrictions: "(a) Enlistments shall be for a teim of three years, and may be made by the recruiting officers at stations of the Regular Force: Provided, That all enlistments in force at the outbreak of the war, or other grave national emergency, or entered into during its continuation, shall continue in force until six months after its teimination unless sooner terminated by the President. "(b) Unmarried minors between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be enlisted only on the written and duly attested consent of the father, the mother when she is the only surviving parent, or the publicly known guardian. "(c) Enlistments for service in any province, except for the Regular Division, the Artillery Corps, and Air Corps, shall be from anong residents thereof. In so far as practicable, enlistments in those forces shall be apportioned among the various provinces of the Philippines. Any former soldier in the Philippine Aimy, the Philippine Constabulary, or The United States Army or Navy, of good character and faithful service, may be enlisted in the regular force: Provided, That he is physically qualified and that the difference between his age and his years of actual service shall not exceed thirty years."