What are we going to do for their dependents? Leaving that question aside for the moment. we have one or two anomolies in the law. We have provided in the case of a man who enlists in the Army that he may. after one years honorable service. on the presentation of his certificate. be permitted to apply for naturalization and receive it in our Federal courts. Mark you. that alien who seeks after service in the Army to become a citizen of the United States has the advantage over other aliens. upon proof that he has served this country in the Army for one year he may then apply for naturalization and receive it. I do not know of any provision in this regard that takes care of the boy who enlists in the Navy. I presume the purpose of the Naval Affairs Committee in bringing in this fouryears paragraph was to give some encouragement to the alien who enlists in the Navy. very much as we have already given encouragement to the soldier who enlists in the Army.
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