This is a very meritorious measure. It passed the House at the last session without any controversy and has been reported by the Immigration Committee twice. It was drawn for the relief of one young man. a doctor of Swedish extraction. He was a friendly alien and could have avoided the draft. He was drafted but was turned down by the board because of physical disability. Afterwards he went to the War Department and waived this disability and was accepted. He served during the war. was injured. and in accepting his discharge inadvertently signed a paper which did not in fact apply to his case.
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