Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe the following rates of base pay for the Chief of Staff and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, effective as of July 1, 1956:

Chief of Staff (Lieutenant General)	P14,000.00 per annum
Vice Chief of Staff (Major General)	P12,000.00 per annum

Executive Order No. 4, dated July 11, 1946, is hereby modified accordingly.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary