It is subject to all of the conditions which go along with military service. and we found very strong. and we think very natural opposition to establishing a military service upon the two borders. Then we had a very practical difficulty of taking care of the men who are in lhe two splendid services to which I have referred. The Immigration Service is under civilservice rules. The Customs Service is in a rather peculiar situation. Those upon the Canadian border are under civil service. but those upon the Mexican border are not under civil service. It is. however. a civil organization. If we had put this under the United States Coast Guard. it would have meant that the men who are at present in the Immigration and Customs Services. a splendid body of men. would have been compelled. if they continued in the service. to surrender their civilservice status and take enlistments in a military service. We concluded from the testimony and from interviews which we held with Members interested in that service that it would not be practicable to attempt that and it would be unfair to those men. Then we were confronted with the great difficulty with reference to getting supervisory officials for this service if we put it under the Coast Guard.
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