MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 303, February 17, 1950 ]
RETURNING TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES SEVEN PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY BATTALIONS OUT OF THE EIGHT THOUSAND OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES TRANSFERRED TO THE CONSTABULARY UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 174, DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1948.
WHEREAS, effective as of January 1, 1948, there were transferred to the Philippine Constabulary under Executive Order No. 174, dated September 13, 1948, 8,000 officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, of this number of officers and enlisted men the services of seven battalions of the Philippine Constabulary are now needed in the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby return, effective immediately, to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, seven battalions of the Philippine Constabulary which form part of the 8,000 officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines transferred to the Philippine Constabulary under Executive Order No. 174, dated September 13, 1948.
Such equipment and supplies as are now in the possession of the officers and enlisted men concerned are hereby also returned to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 174, dated September 13, 1948, is hereby amended accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.1a⍵⍴h!1
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary
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