It is true many of them were reluctantly so. as they were Serbians. Rumanians. and Croatians by race but nationals of the AustroHungarian monarchy. Alsatians and Poles by race but subjects of Germany. Under the orders of the. War Department it was necessary to leave these men behind unless their naturalization could be completed. On Monday morning 366 men were naturalized. and on the following morning 297. and so on until 1.100 of the aliens in the Thirtyseventh Division had been clothed with citizenship and were in possession of certificates showing the fact. In the meantime the command of the camp changed hands. General Farnsworth went with his division. and Gen.
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