SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodi

House Bill No. 2093

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Camp Edilberto Evangelista, located in Barangay Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, is the
largest military camp in Mindanao with an area of 129 hectares. It is home to the 4rth
Infantry Division of the Philippine Army. Camp Evangelista’s extemal jurisdiction covers the
Northem Mindanao and Caraga regions. It was named after Don Edilberto Evangelista, a
Manilan who was a civil engineer who graduated from the University of Ghent in Belgium.
He put his services at the disposal of the insurrection and directed all the entrenchment and
defense works which would give the Spanish forces so much trouble and Evangelista, who
was conducting the defense of the Sapote River, died fighting heroically on the 17th
February 1897.

While there is no questioning the bravery and the contributions of Evangelista, it is
more proper if a military camp located in Cagayan de Oro be named after a local Kagay-
anon who also fought for our country against foreign invaders.

JOSE MANUEL CORRALES MONTALVAN was bom on March 17, 1903, in
Cagayan de Oro, He was a Commissioned First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve in
1928 and trained with the U.S. Amy Extension Courses. He was also an instructor in
Military Science & Tactics in Ateneo de Cagayan, from 1933 to 1937. He resigned from the
U.S. Amy Reserve and was commissioned First Lieutenant, Infantry Reserve, Philippine
Amy on July 16, 1936 and was called to active duty training at Camp Murphy Training
School for Reserve Officers (Infantry), assigned Company Commander of the training
officers company, and graduated No. 5 with a general average of 90.7% in 1938. He was
further called to an extended tour of active duty and assigned as Cadre Commander of the
2" Misamis Oriental (Machine Gun) Cadre at Camp Bulua (Now Camp Evangelista),
Cagayan de Oro from January 1, 1939 to Dec. 31, 1939. He was appointed Camp
Commander and Mobilization Center Officer from January 1, 1940 up to outbreak of World
War Il.

He was taken POW by the Japanese and detained at the campus of Ateneo de
Cagayan and when he escaped from the camp he proceeded to Misamis Occidental to join
the Guerrilla Movement of Col. Wendel Fertig. He is a holder of the following awards and
decorations:

) Philippine Defense Medal.
b) American Defense Medal

) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

4d) World War Il Victory Medal.

) Philippine Republic Unit Citation Badge.
) U.S. Distinguished Unit Badge.

It is readily apparent that Major Montalvan is a war hero who has fought against the
Japanese in order to ensure that the Philippines retain its independence. He gave up his


best years in his life to fight for our country. It is therefore appropriate that he be honored by
renaming Camp Evangelista into Camp Jose Montalvan, in honor of a Kagay-anon who
risked his life for our country.

It is in this light that the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS __)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill no.2993

AN ACT
RENAMING CAMP EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA INTO CAMP JOSE MONTALVAN IN
HONOR OF A KAGAY-ANON AND MINDANAONON WAR HERO WHO FOUGHT
AGAINST THE JAPANESE TO ENSURE THAT THE PHILIPPINES RETAINS ITS
INDEPENDENCE

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress Assembled:

SECTION 1. Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Barangay Patag, Cagayan de Oro City is hereby
renamed into Camp Jose Montalvan, in honor of a Kagay-anon and Mindanaonon war hero
who fought against the Japanese Imperial Forces during World War II receiving numerous
awards and decorations, among them:

a) Philippine Defense Medal.

b) American Defense Medal.

c) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

4) World War Il Victory Medal.

) Philippine Republic Unit Citation Badge.

f) US. Distinguished Unit Badge.

SEC. 2. Effectivity. -This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its full and
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,