Prescribing Qualifications in the Selection of Trainees to Be Called for Military Training

MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila

Proclamation No. 154

PRESCRIBING QUALIFICATIONS IN THE SELECTION OF TRAINEES TO BE CALLED FOR MILITARY TRAINING

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense and pursuant to the provisions of section 55 of the National Defense Act (Commonwealth Act No. 1), I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby require that eligibility for trainee instruction for any period beginning with the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five be limited to those registrants who are able-bodied, free from disease, of good moral character and habits, of average intelligence and who have finished at least the primary course of instruction in any school of recognized standing. In the fulfillment of this requirement, the drawing provided for in section 56 of the National Defense Act shall continue until the desired quota for trainee instruction in any particular calendar year is filled.

This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 255 dated May 26, 1951.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the...

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Proclamation No. 154

Prescribing Qualifications in the Selection of Trainees to be Called for Military Training

- Pursuant to Section 55 of the National Defense Act (Commonwealth Act No. 1)
- Eligibility requirements for trainee instruction starting in 1955:
    - Able-bodied
    - Free from disease
    - Good moral character and habits
    - Average intelligence
    - Finished at least primary education from a recognized school
- The drawing process under Section 56 of the National Defense Act shall continue until the desired quota for trainee instruction in a calendar year is filled
- This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 255 dated May 26, 1951