By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the Philippines, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that the mails of the officers and men of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East and of the United States Navy shall be received, transmitted and delivered in the mails of the Philippines, free of ordinary postal charges, during the period of the present emergency.

Done at the City of Manila, this 23rd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the seventh.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President