Law Summary
Salary Rates for Officers
- Specifies annual pay and monthly quarters allowance for ranks from Major General to Third Lieutenant.
- Major General: Annual pay P16,000; quarters allowance P200 monthly.
- Brigadier General: Annual pay P12,000; quarters allowance P200 monthly.
- Colonel: Annual pay P8,000; quarters allowance P200 monthly.
- Lieutenant Colonel: Annual pay P7,000; quarters allowance P200 monthly.
- Major: Annual pay P6,000; quarters allowance P160 monthly.
- Captain: Annual pay P4,800; quarters allowance P140 monthly.
- First Lieutenant: Annual pay P4,000; quarters allowance P100 monthly.
- Second Lieutenant: Annual pay P3,000; quarters allowance P80 monthly.
- Third Lieutenant: Annual pay P2,400; quarters allowance P60 monthly.
Restrictions on Officers' Pay Adjustments
- No increase in pay based on length of service (longevity pay) during the effective period.
- No additional pay for duty involving regular and frequent aerial flights during the effective period.
Salary Rates for Enlisted Men (Line and Medical Service)
- Monthly pay and quarters allowance differentiated by rank.
- Master Sergeant: P86 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Technical Sergeant and First Sergeant: P70 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Staff Sergeant: P60 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Sergeant: P51 pay; P12 quarters allowance.
- Corporal: P37 pay; P12 quarters allowance.
- Private First Class: P22 pay; P8 quarters allowance.
- Private: P18 pay; P8 quarters allowance.
Salary Rates for Enlisted Men (Air Corps)
- Monthly pay and quarters allowance similarly structured to line and medical service with slight variations.
- Master Sergeant: P86 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Technical Sergeant: P80 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Staff Sergeant: P75 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- First Sergeant: P60 pay; P16 quarters allowance.
- Sergeant: P51 pay; P12 quarters allowance.
- Corporal: P37 pay; P12 quarters allowance.
- Private First Class: P22 pay; P8 quarters allowance.
- Private: P18 pay; P8 quarters allowance.
Protection Against Pay Reduction
- Explicit provision that no person shall suffer a reduction in pay due to this Executive Order.
Effective and Legal Authority
- Signed by President Manuel L. Quezon at the seat of government in the field on March 10, 1942.
- Carrying the authority of Commonwealth of the Philippines' wartime governance.