QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 80)
The Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army of the Philippines.
Brigadier-General Rafael Jalandoni was designated as Chief of Staff.
Major-General Basilio J. Valdes was relieved.
He must immediately assume the duties prescribed for the Office of Chief of Staff in the National Defense Act and in pertinent executive orders.
Colonel Macario Peralta, Jr. was designated as Deputy Chief of Staff.
Brigadier-General Rafael Jalandoni was promoted (i.e., moved from Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief of Staff).
The appointments and their assignments to the General Staff Corps were announced pursuant to the authority under the cited provisions of the National Defense Act.
He was designated as Deputy Chief of Staff vice Brigadier-General Rafael Jalandoni, who was promoted to Chief of Staff.
It directs that he will immediately assume the duties prescribed for that office in the National Defense Act and in pertinent executive orders.
It was done at the City of Manila on December 18, 1945.
It is signed by SERGIO OSMEÑA, as shown in the document signature block.
JOSE S. REYES.
Brigadier-General Rafael Jalandoni becomes Chief of Staff, and Colonel Macario Peralta, Jr. becomes Deputy Chief of Staff.
Students should note that the EO not only designates the officers but also ties their immediate assumption of duties to the framework and requirements under the National Defense Act and related executive orders.