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2 Office of the Military Advisor 3 Military Districts 4 Reserve Training 5 Officer Training 6 Training Locations |
This act provided for the creation, by 1946, via an annual appropriation of 16,000,000 pesos, of the following forces:
The National Assembly was guided by the Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government under the American General MacArthur.
The act divided the Commonwealth of the Philippines into ten military districts, similar to the prewar corps areas within the US. Each district had a roughly equal population and each was to initially provide 1 reserve division, and ultimately three.
The Act provided for the drafting of Pilipino men, between the ages of 21 and 50, into the 30 reserve divisions. This force was to be raised through 2 training camps, of 20,000 men each, lasting 22 weeks. The camps would be staffed by members of the regular army.
The first group of 20,000 troops was drafted on January 1, 1937, and there were 4,800 officers and 104,000 enlisted men in the reserves by 1939.
For the training of junior officers, the Act provided for the establishment of a military academy, patterned after the United States Military Academy, which be located at Baguio, Luzon and graduate about 100 officers per year. As graduates could not be expected until they had completed 4 years of training, selected resevists were selected for training as noncommissioned officers. The best of these were then given basic office training and commissioned as 3rd Lieutenantss. Officers were also created through senior-level ROTC courses in colleges and universities.
Provisions
Office of the Military Advisor
Military Districts
Reserve Training
Officer Training
Training Locations
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