Any man who may hereafter join our military forces. who may be a pacifist. who may be the subject or a citizen of AustriaHungary. who may have lived here for 2C years. who may have been a citizen or subject of Germany. who may have been voting in certain jurisdictions througlout the country. nmay join the Armyand he may have joined tle Army in some occupation which does not require him to shoulder a gunlie files hiis petition. and lie cal get two of his pacifist colleagues to go before some little obscure ofdicial. nmake oath of allegiance to the United States. if that official has a seal. And after having filed is petition and making his oath submitting his oral proof. not by himself as al individual but through an attorney. we confer upon him the citizenship of this great Republic. I say the mere fact that these gentlemen have joined our forces anil are assisting us in fighting these battles. rather than joining tile forces of their own natio 1. is not a suflicient reason why we should tear (]own the naluralization laws and make it easy to procure naturalization and open the door for opportunities for fraudulent practices.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizes that immigrants who join the military may be pacifists or have questionable loyalties, and that the naturalization process is easily exploited.