Administrative Order No. 127




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 127, July 26, 1950 ] PLACING ALL CONSTABULARY UNITS UNDER THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES. In order to secure a more effective coordination of the urgent measures to combat lawlessness, disorder and violence in troubled areas of the country, and for the proper training and preparation of the armed forces for national defense, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby place all units of the Philippine Constabulary throughout the country, and such other armed elements as may be attached thereto, under the operational control of the Commanding General, Armed Forces of the Philippines, effective immediately, and until further orders.£A⩊phi£ Administrative Order No. 113, dated April 1, 1950, is hereby superseded. Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth. (Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation