Activities of the district of Southern Luzon

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Language

English

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Khaki and Red : Official Organ of the Philippine Constabulary Volume XIII (No. 7) July 1933

Year

1933

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.July, 1933 KHAKI and RED PAGE 31 Activities Of The District Of Southern Luzon The District of Southern Luzon with headquarters at Manila comprises at present the following twenty (20) provinces: Albay, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Masbate, Rizal, Sorsogon, Tarlac, 'I,a,yabas and Zambales. It covers an area of about 3:1 .GQi.: ~quare miles with about 4,600,000 population. Former it had 46 Companies and detachments with 116 officers hnd 1,589 enlisted men as authorize:l strength. Under ,section 7 of act No. 4032, better known as the appropriation act for 1933, the Philippine Constabulary was required to make forced savings. In order to effect this forced \economy, this district had to have its share in the reduction of the enlisted strength of the entire or5 ·1r.i~ation. :t was allo~ed n quota of 339 varl1.ncks so that at present there remains only a strength of 1,250 enlisted men. or oJ.t' enlisted man t-J policr. every 3,680 population of the district. The following stations, companies and detachment of the district were abolished to further effect the required economy ·and the offic·ers and men composing By Col. E. BACTAT Dist'rict Comma?'bde·r DISTRICT COMMANDER AND STAFF, DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN LUZON Seated: Col. Eustaquio Bactat, Distn'ct Commander. Stl:tnding, left to right: Lie1.tt. Col. C. Ce1·quella, Asst. D. C. arud lnspectoT; Major J. V. Agdamag, Asr:stant to the D. C. and Inspector; Capt. F. I. Tor1·es, Dish·ict Adjutant. them were assigned to the nearest companies in the same provinces affected : ny, Laguna; 57th Company, Sual, 72nd Company, Casiguan, Tayabas; Pangasinan; Detachment Third Company, Virac, Albay; 29th Compa- of Brook's Point, Palawan. PAGE 32 KHAKI and RED July, 1933 Officers composing the District Staff are as follows: Colonel Eustaquio Bactat, District Commander; Lieut. Colonel ·Cristobal Cerquell'a, AssiSJtant District Commander; Major Jose V. Agdamag, Assistant to District Commander and Inspector, District Southern Luzon; Captain Felicisimo I. Torres, District Adjutant. Enlisted men composing the district per,sonnel are as follows: Sergeant Major Rafael Santos, General Service ; S1 taff Sergeant Apolinario Cargo, General Service; Sergeant Raymundo 'Cruz, 9th Company, Paligo, Batangas; Sergeant Henry Dickson, 71st Complany, Gumaca, T'ayabrus; Lance Corporal Gabriel Mariano, 50th Company, Pasig, Rizal. Reviewing the happenings in the district of Southern Luzon one year back from August 8, 1933, \ ,., dJeyond the hill is a valley OUR progress in life is like a journey through a mountainous country- a ·series of hills and valleys. Today we may stand on the hilltop of success, but just ahead Lies a valley of uncertainty. Life insurance is a safeguard during business depressions :u well :u in boom periods --both of which are equally hazardous. Carry life insurance in order that ample funds may be provided to guarantee an independent old age plus protection for your dependents. atablished 1817 T1IB the date the Constabulary will have attained the age of 32 years and the next Anniversary Number of the Khaki and Red will be published, the most outstanding event is the growing unrest of the tenants in Central Luzon principally affecting the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Pampang!a. This unrest has been found to be largely due to the Red activities, preachings of unscrupulo\llS agitators whose principal aim is to exploit the ignorant, the natural desire of the tenants to better themselves and partly because of their ignorance. The unrest has grown to such magnitude that durihg tlhe Iate~r part of thle second quarter of this year, 1933, about 1,000 tenants declared a strike. They would not work unless their de(Continued on page 57) COMPLIMENTS of the Guadalupe Heights Subdivision PIO.OO per Month No Down Payment MANUFACTURERS LIFE No Interest INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office Toronto, Canada E. E. ELSER, Manage1· for P.I. ED\V. L. HALL, Asst. Manager 4th Floor Kneedler Bldg., Tel. 2-15-04, Manila Men of Character and Ahiliay are desired as Agents, particularly in the Provinces. For particulars see BUEN.M.VELMO Telephone 66 Box 92 Cebu, Cebu

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