Officersʼ Pay Per Annum
| Rank. | Ordinary Pay. | When Commanding a Corps. Extra. | When in Civil Guard. | When in Veteran Civil Guard. |
| ₱ | ₱ | ₱ | ₱ | |
| Captain-General was paid as Governor-General of the Colony | 40,000[1] | |||
| Lieutenant-General (local rank), Sub-Inspector of Army Corps | 12,000 | |||
| Brigadier-General | 4,500 | 800 | ||
| Colonel | 3,450 | 600 | 4,200 | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | 2,700 | 400 | 3,288 | |
| Major | 2,400 | 2,520 | 2,880 | |
| Captain | 1,500 | 1,584 | ||
| Lieutenant | 1,125 | 1,242 | 1,485 | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | 975 | 1,068 | 1,275 |
After 6 yearsʼ and up to 9 yearsʼ service, an officer could claim a free passage back to the Peninsula for himself and, if married, his family.
After 9 yearsʼ service, his retirement from the Colony for three years was compulsory. If he nevertheless wished to remain in the Colony, he must quit military service. If he left before completing six yearsʼ service, he would have to pay his own passage unless he went “on commission” or with sick-leave allowance.
Estimated Annual Disbursements for—
| ₱ cts | |
| The Civil Guard (Constabulary), composed of Three Corps = 3,342 Men and 156 Officers | 638,896 77 |
| The Veteran Civil Guard (Manila Police) One Corps = 400 Men and 13 Officers | 73,246 88 |
| The Disciplinary Corps, Maintenance of 630 Convicts and Material | 56,230 63 |
| (For the Disciplinary Convict Corps) 92 Non-commissioned Officers and 23 Officers | 47,909 51 |
| ₱104,140 14 |
Army Estimates
| ₱ cts | |
| Estimate according to the Budget for 1888 Plus the following sums charged on other estimates, viz.:— | 3,016,185 91 |
| Disciplinary Corps, maintenance of 630 Convicts and material | 56,230 63 |
| The Civil Guard | 638,896 77 |
| The Veteran Civil Guard | 73,246 88 |
| Pensions | 117,200 00 |
| Transport and maintenance of Recruits from Provinces | 6,000 00 |
| Expeditions to be made against the Moros—Religious ceremonies to celebrate Victories gained over them—Maintenance of War Prisoners, etc. | 11,000 00 |
| Total cost of Army and Armed Land Forces | ₱3,918,760 19 |
Before the walls were built around Manila, about the year 1590, each soldier and officer lived where he pleased, and, when required, the troops were assembled by the bugle call.