QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 4)
It is based on Section 90 of Commonwealth Act No. 1 (the National Defense Act), which grants authority to the President to prescribe salary and allowance schedules.
It became effective as of July 1, 1946.
It covers officers and enlisted men of the Philippine Army, and also reserve officers ordered on extended tours of active duty.
It prescribes (1) annual salary rates for various officer ranks and (2) a monthly rental allowance when the officer is not occupying public quarters.
P 12,000 per annum.
Brigadier General: P 8,400 per annum; rental allowance: P 120 per month.
Lieutenant Colonel: P 5,400 per annum; rental allowance: P 80 per month.
Captain: P 3,960 per annum; rental allowance: P 50 per month.
It provides monthly rates for enlisted men, not annual salaries.
Master Sergeant: P 115 per month. The text does not specify rental allowances for enlisted men; it lists only monthly pay.
First Sergeant: P 95 per month, reflected in the “Monthly Rate” column (the table shows a corresponding figure for that rank).
Sergeant: P 65 per month. The “- -” appears for columns where rental allowance or other figures are not provided for that rank, consistent with the table’s layout.
Private: P 40 per month; Private 1st Class: P 45 per month.
Executive Order No. 22, dated October 28, 1944, is expressly repealed.
It indicates that Executive Order No. 22 (Oct. 28, 1944) is no longer operative, replaced by the salary and allowance schedule in Executive Order No. 4.
It primarily implements an administrative schedule of compensation (a substantive but administrative implementing measure) pursuant to authority under the National Defense Act.
It clarifies retroactive or at least defined start of applicability for the new rates, so affected personnel’s compensation should be computed from that date.