Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 267)
The legal basis is Section 25(e) of the National Defense Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 385.
The Chief of Staff of the Army is responsible for requesting the list from the Board of Examiners for Nurses.
They must accomplish or fill out questionnaires and registration forms and submit them to the Chief of Staff.
Compulsory draft may be used only if the number of voluntary applications falls short of mobilization requirements.
Applicants must be not less than 21 nor more than 45 years of age.
An applicant must have graduated from a duly accredited three-year course of training in a general hospital with a daily average of 50 patients or more, including men, women, and children during training; exceptions and additional requirements for special hospital graduates apply as provided.
She must be unmarried, of good moral character and excellent reputation, and physically fit for military service.
She must have passed the examination prescribed by law for the practice of nursing in the Philippines and possess the corresponding certificate of registration issued by the Board of Examiners for Nurses.
They follow the same general policy as in other branches of the Medical Service.
Nurse - P1,200.00; Head Nurse - P1,500.00; Chief Nurse - P1,600.00; Superintendent - P2,100.00 per annum.
They are furnished with quarters in kind when available, or in cash, corresponding to their relative ranks under Army Regulations.
Three nurses for every fifty-patient capacity or major fraction thereof.
They must serve and hold themselves in readiness to join for duty on the day the unit to which they are assigned begins to mobilize for active service.