WHEREAS , prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Bureau of Customs was operating four vessels in the Philippine Coastguard Service named after the mountains of Apo, Arayat, Banahaw and Canlaon; and

WHEREAS, the Government has acquired or will soon acquire vessels for patrol service in Philippine waters and it is desired that they be named after the well-known mountains in the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reserve the names œApo,  œPulog,  œHalcon,  œCanlaon,  œMayon,  œBanahaw,  œIsarog,  œBulusan,  œMakiling,  and œArayat,  which are the names of the ten well-known mountains in the Philippines, for naming coast guard vessels of the Philippine Government exclusively.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 1^st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Republic of the Philippines the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO

Chief of the Executive Office