Coverage and eligibility for recalled officers
- Executive Order No. 205 applies to retired officers of the Regular Force in the Army of the Philippines who have been or might hereafter be recalled to active duty.
- A retired officer recalled to active duty becomes eligible for promotion in the retired list while the officer continues on such active duty.
- Eligibility for such promotion requires that the officer be declared eligible for promotion by the Efficiency Board under Executive Order No. 169.
- Eligibility is tied to the officer’s continued status on active duty after recall.
Efficiency Board declaration requirement
- Executive Order No. 205 requires a declaration of eligibility for promotion by the Efficiency Board.
- The Efficiency Board’s standard and determination are governed by Executive Order No. 169, dated October 15, 1938, titled “Regulation governing seniority, promotion, and elimination of officers of the Regular Force, Philippine Army.”
- Executive Order No. 205 conditions promotion eligibility on the officer being declared eligible by that Efficiency Board.
Promotion rule based on seniority
- Executive Order No. 205 provides that promotion of recalled retired officers is governed by seniority in the corresponding grade or rank.
- Seniority for purposes of promotion is determined by the length of active service rendered in each grade.
- Promotions are made consistent with the seniority computation based on active service in grade.
Timing and coordination of promotions
- Executive Order No. 205 requires that promotion of a recalled retired officer be made coincident with the promotion of the first regular officer of less service in grade who may be promoted.
- This coincidence ensures that the recalled officer’s promotion aligns with the next eligible regular officer’s advancement in the same grade.
Official effect, signatures, and administrative designation
- Executive Order No. 205 is signed by Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines.
- Executive Order No. 205 is countersigned by Jorge B. Vargas, Secretary to the President.
- The order is issued at the City of Manila on May 31, 1939, and is dated the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.
- The promotion policy applies while recalled officers continue on active duty, maintaining their eligibility in the retired list during that period.