Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense and pursuant to the provisions of section 55 of the National Defense Act (Commonwealth Act No. 1), I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby require that eligibility for trainee instruction for any period beginning with the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five be limited to those registrants who are able-bodied, free from disease, of good moral character and habits, of average intelligence and who have finished at least the primary course of instruction in any school of recognized standing. In the fulfillment of this requirement, the drawing provided for in section 56 of the National Defense Act shall continue until the desired quota for trainee instruction in any particular calendar year is filled.

This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 255 dated May 26, 1951.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary