That is provided for in this bill. The building program as provided for in the bill is for two battleships. eight submarine torpedo boats. and six torpedoboat destroyers. The bill also carries a provision relative to the naturalization of enlisted men who have served four years in the Navy and have an honorable discharge. Under the present law it is necessary that a person applying for naturalization must have lived for one year in the State where he makes application. The enlisted men of necessity can not have that one years residence. and this provision authorizes the naturalization of persons who are. under the law. otherwise qualified for citizenship. without requiring the one years residence in the State and the two years previous declaration of intention. the service in the Navy of four years and the honorable discharge being considered equivalent to the two years declaration and the one year of residence. There is another provision relative to amending the disposition of beneficiaries in the naval home. Under the present law. as is known. the naval home is maintained by the interest upon the trust fund that is in the Treasury. which arose from the prize money of the Navy.
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