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[ Commonwealth Act No. 150, November 08, 1936 ]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF LONGEVITY PAY TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES JOINING THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO INCLUDE SERVICE IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY OR NAVAL ACADEMY IN DETERMINING THE PAY AND RIGHTS OF RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
SECTION 1. Commissioned officers of the Army of the United States who are appointed to any commissioned grade in the Regular Force of the Army of the Philippines shall be entitled to received longevity pay based on the length of service rendered up to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-three: Provided, that, all former officers of the army of the United States and graduates of the United States Military Academy and of the United States Naval Academy, who have been appointed to any commissioned grade in the Army of the Philippines prior to the date this Act takes effect, shall received the benefits of the same.
SEC. 2. In determining the pay and rights of retirement of a commissioned officer or as an enlisted man in the Army of the United States, and/or as a cadet in the United States Military Academy or United States Naval Academy, shall be credited to the same extent as service under a regular commission or other active duty with the Army of the Philippines.
SEC. 3. In computing the pay of commissioned officers of the Army of the United States and graduates of the United States Military Academy or United States Naval Academy mentioned in sections one and two hereof, the longevity pay shall be based on an increase of ten per centum for every five years of service compounded every five years: Provided, That, the increase in longevity pay shall not exceed fifty per centum.
SEC. 4. The funds appropriated for the Army of the Philippines in the yearly General Appropriation Acts and in the National Defense Act are hereby made available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its Approval.
Approved, November 8, 1936.
SECTION 1. Commissioned officers of the Army of the United States who are appointed to any commissioned grade in the Regular Force of the Army of the Philippines shall be entitled to received longevity pay based on the length of service rendered up to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-three: Provided, that, all former officers of the army of the United States and graduates of the United States Military Academy and of the United States Naval Academy, who have been appointed to any commissioned grade in the Army of the Philippines prior to the date this Act takes effect, shall received the benefits of the same.
SEC. 2. In determining the pay and rights of retirement of a commissioned officer or as an enlisted man in the Army of the United States, and/or as a cadet in the United States Military Academy or United States Naval Academy, shall be credited to the same extent as service under a regular commission or other active duty with the Army of the Philippines.
SEC. 3. In computing the pay of commissioned officers of the Army of the United States and graduates of the United States Military Academy or United States Naval Academy mentioned in sections one and two hereof, the longevity pay shall be based on an increase of ten per centum for every five years of service compounded every five years: Provided, That, the increase in longevity pay shall not exceed fifty per centum.
SEC. 4. The funds appropriated for the Army of the Philippines in the yearly General Appropriation Acts and in the National Defense Act are hereby made available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its Approval.
Approved, November 8, 1936.