I have not stated that they could not be. I said they could not become officers in the Army of the United States without some enabling act like this. because they had to be.citizens of the United States in order to be officers in the United States Army. Now. tile principal purpose of this subdivision 7 is to permit the immediate naturalization. as I recall. of something like 326.000 aliens who are now in the Army of the United Statesmnaty of them now in France and many more of them goingto naturalize them immediately. so that when they get over there they will have the right of the protetion of this country as citizens of the United States. so far as we can give it to them. At present we can not even say that they fre citizens. We should have the power to grant them protecti6n. We have no right to attempt it under international law. We desire to put these men and the families of these men who are serving and offering their lives on foreign soil for this country on the same basis as soldiers who tire citizens of the United States by.giving. thet the right to become immediately citizens by naturalization. That is the immediate purpose of subdivision 7. and I think it does this. and does it so far as we are able to do it. by throwing around the naturalization proceedings the necessary protection. so that the right shall not be abused. Of the 126.000 who are not citizens. 76.000 have not even declared their intention to become citizens of the Unite*d States.
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