In my remarks on the occasion referred to I continued: "It Is of fundamental importance that in considering this provision of law the fact shall not be overlooked that Congress. lit adopting it. was proceeding in pursuance of authority conferred upon the Congress by Article I. section 8. paragraph 4 of the Constitutibnthe authority to establish an uniform rule of naturalization. Therefore. the marriage of a foreign woman to tn American citizen is. in its effect upon the status of the woman. a process of naturalization. and It must be borne in mind that the woman who acquires citizenship in this manner is. by virtue of the language of section 1994 itself. as fully naturalized as though she had gone through the court processes of naturalization required in the cases of males and in the cases of unmarried females. and as completely a citizen of the United States as though she had been born here. The Constitution contemplates two sources of citizenship. and two onlybirth and nnturalization -said the Supreme Court in the leading case o citizenship. entitled United States v. Wong Kim Ark (169 U.
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