The report accompanying the bill explains fully what we are trying to do as far as citizenship is concerned. This bill confers United States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands. and also extends the opportunity for naturalization to certain other former inhabitants of the Virgin Islands. It will be recalled that the Virgin Islands were acquired by purchase under a treaty with Denmark in January. 1917. At the time it was understood by all that when the United States purchased these islands tie citizenship of the inhabitants thereof was transferred to the United States. The Navy Department. who have been administering the islands ever since 1917. have always contended that this was the case.
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