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 4030 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. claims of insured but excluding claims of subrogees, on account of damage to or loss or destruction of private property, both real and personal, or personal injury or death of inhabitants of the Philippines, when such damage, loss, destruction or injury is caused by the armed forces of the United States, or individual members thereof, including military or civilian employees thereof, or otherwise incident to non- combat activities of such forces; provided that no claim shall be con- sidered unless presented within one year after the occurrence of the accident or incident out of which such claim arises. ARTICLE XXIV MINERAL RESOURCES All minerals (including oil), and antiquities and all rights relating thereto and to treasure trove, under, upon, or connected with the land and water comprised in the bases or otherwise used or occupied by the United States by virtue of this Agreement, are reserved to the Govern- ment and inhabitants of the Philippines; but no rights so reserved shall be transferred to third parties, or exercised within the bases, without the consent of the United States. The United States shall negotiate with the proper Philippine authorities for the quarrying of rock and gravel necessary for construction work on the bases. ABTICLE XXV GRANT OF BASES TO A THIRD POWER 1. The Philippines agrees that it shall not grant, without prior con- sent of the United States, any bases or any rights, power, or authority whatsoever, in or relating to bases, to any third power. 2. It is further agreed that the United States shall not, without the consent of the Philippines, assign, or underlet, or part with the pos- session of the whole or any part of any base, or of any right, power or authority granted by this Agreement, to any third power. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITION OF BASES For the purposes of this Agreement, bases are those areas named in Annex A and Annex B and such additional areas as may be acquired for military purposes pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. ABCLE XXVII VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS It is mutually agreed that the United States shall have the right to recruit citizens of the Philippines for voluntary enlistment into the United States armed forces for a fixed term of years, and to train them and to exercise the same degree of control and discipline over them as is exercised in the case of other members of the United States armed forces. The number of such enlistments to be accepted by the armed forces of the United States may from time to time be limited by agree- ment between the two Governments.

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