DESIGNATING FOUR DAYS OF SOLEMN MEMORIAL SERVICES, BEGINNING JULY 27, 1946, AND THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946 AS THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF THE PRESIDENT MANUEL L. QUEZON.

On August 1, 1946, two years will have passed
since the tragic death of Manuel L. Quezon, hero of his people and paladin of
the Philippine forces of freedom.

During those two years the mortal remains of the
late great President have rested in foreign soil, but soil which was the scene
of his glorious efforts to bring the succor of liberation to his suffering
countrymen. For that cause, and in that land, the United States, he gave up his
life. As surely as the humble soldier who died in heroic struggle on the
battlefield, President Quezon’s life was offered on the alter of national
redemption, that his people might realize in magnificent freedom the full
independence the true nationhood for which he had fought and worked from his
earliest years.

On July 27, 1946, the body of Manuel L. Quezon
will return here. Reverently borne by friendly hands from its temporary resting
place in the great burial ground of American patriots, the National Arlington
Memorial Cemetery, the earthly remains of the great Filipino hero will arrive
in Manila on board an American aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Princeton, on the
morning of the twenty-seventh day of July. It is fitting that the naval arm of
the nation with whose cause Manuel L. Quezon identified his people should now
solemnly bear his body to these shores.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the
Philippines, do hereby appoint four days of solemn state memorial services,
beginning on July 27, 1946, and do further, appoint Thursday, August 1, 1946,
as the day of interment of the deceased President. On that day the body of our
immortal hero will lie in the earth of his ancestors. I have separate
proclamation provided suitable observances and proclaimed a period of mourning
for this Nation.

During the four days of memorial services, and
during the entire period of mourning, let us direct our prayers to the Almighty
that He may give comfort and surcease to the beloved widow and children of our
great President, and that He may in His goodness bless our people with the
courage and nobility so immortally exemplified in the spirit of the leader, who
having given on distant soil his life for his land, is now coming home to find
his last resting place.

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 25th day of
July, the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office

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