Preamble
WHEREAS, it is a historical fact that the Bayombong Hospital in Nueva Vizcaya played a vital and historical role in the resistance movement against the Japanese Forces, being the hospital which the then Major Ferdinand E. Marcos "raided" and evacuated to the mountain headquarters of the 14th Infantry, USAFIP, to become the nucleus of the Regimental Hospital of the said unit; WHEREAS, the said Hospital and its personnel contributed in large measure to the success of guerrilla operations in Nucva Vizcaya, Isabela, Ifugao and other adjoining provinces; WHEREAS, in recognition of the foregoing facts and wishing to perpetuate the remembrance of a historical event, the Municipal Council of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, has unanimously approved a resolution changing the name of the Bayombong Hospital to Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital; and WHEREAS, there is increasing need to extend greater assistance to the country's war veterans, their offsprings, orphans, widows and other relatives, including the "bolo-men"; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree to be part of the laws of the land the following: