His constabularies were absorbed by the Army and he commanded the 2nd Regular Division (Philippines) during the invasion by Japan, and then survived the Bataan Death March.

He attended the Ateneo Municipal and received a bookkeeping diploma from the Liceo de Manila in 1907.

After the constabulary was absorbed into the United States Army Forces in the Far East in 1941, he was given command of the 2nd Regular Division.

[3][4] Francisco served as director until August 1944, when he was appointed chair of a new advisory board on Public Security.

[2] After his military retirement, Francisco worked as a real estate developer in Novaliches and Baguio.