Section 2
SEC. 2. The provisions of existing laws to the country notwithstanding, all unexpended balances of the General gund in the Philippine Treasury, including the unexpended balances of authorized appropriations therefrom existing on the date of the approval of this Act, as well as such sums as may subsequently accrue thereto and the balances of the special funds transferred pursuant to section one hereof, are hereby appropriated for expenditure, in the discretion of the President of the Philippines, for the national defense of, and the protection of the civilian population in, the Philippines, including expenses of the Philippine Army and of the Philippine Constabulary, as well as those for the organization of volunteer or home guards, or for any other purpose connected with the present emergency which the President of the Philippines may authorize.