The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-24
NEUTRALS MUST
COME DOWN OFF
THE FENCE NOW
Wedding 'Of the Goats from the
Sheep Under Selective Ser.
vie Rules ~.
CANNOT CLAIM U. S. RIGHTS
Required to Fight or Forever
Forfeit Claim to American
Citizenship '-> .

The days Of the skulking neutral
and the fifty-fifty American are num-
bered. Men who have claimed exemp-
ton from the draft because they are
subjects Of neutral nations. even tho
they had already declared their inten?
ton of becoming citizens and had ta-
ken advantage of this declaration to
file on hOmesteads and to avail them
selves of other benefits associated
with full citizenship, must either
come under and be 100 per cent Amer
leans or get out and be 100 per cent
aliens. .
Debarred Forever.
General Fraser this morning re-
congress July 8, 1918, amending the
select service law to provide THAT
citizen or subject of a country neu-
tral in the present war who has de-
clared his intention to become citi-
zen of the United States shall be re-
leved from liability to military serv
ice upon his making declaration in
accordance with such regulations as
the president may prescribe, with
drawing his intention to become citi-
zen of the United States, which shall
operate and be held to concel his dec
laration of intention to become an
American citizen, and he SHALL FOR
EVER BE DEBARRED FROM Be
COMING A CITIZEN OF THE UNIT
ED STATES"
Surrenders All Claims.
The citizen or subject of country
neutral in the present war who has de-
clared his intention to become citi-
zen of the United States, but has not
been finally naturalizzed, and who
files such an affidavit renouncing his
intention of becoming citizen must
surrender his original duplicate copy
of intention to become citizen Of
the United States II It IS in his posses.
sion.
The Neutral Countries.
The countries designated as not
neutral in the present war are Bel
GUM, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cuba
France, Great Britain. Greece Guata
mala, Honduras, Haiti. Italy. Japan,
Liberia, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Pana-
ma, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Ser.
bia, Siam and Austria-Hungary. Ger
many, Bulgaria and Turkey. All 9th.
er countries are neutral. and the new
provisions of the selective service act
apply only to citizens of such neutral
countries who have declared their in
tention to become citizens of the Unit
ed States, but who have not been fin
ally naturalized. r.
To Make Affidavit.
The affidavit to be made by such
neutrals who desire to claim exemp-
tion from military service on this
ground will read as follows:
II, ........., ), do solemnly swear
affirm-that I reside at. ........,
that am registered with local board
for. ........; that my order num-
Der is ........, and serial number is
..........; and that am citizen or
subject off,. ........ which Is neu-
trail in the present war further
swear-afrirm-that on the. .......
day of. .........., declared my in
tention to become citizen of the
United States in the court Of. .......
at. under the name Of
........; THAT HEREBY WITH
DRAW MY INTENTION TO BECOME
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
STATES. WHICH WITHDRAWAL I
UNDERSTAND SHALL OPERATE
AND Re HELD TO CANCEL MY DE-
CLARATION OF INTENTION TO BE-
COME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
STATES AND SHALL FOREVER DE-
EAR ME- FROM BECOMING A ClTl.
ZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT OF
CONGRESS APPROVED JULY 9,
1918; (a) that 1 herewith surrender
my original duplicate copy Of my dec
laration of intention to become clti-
zen of the United States, serial num-
ber.. (b) ha my original dupfl'
cate copy of my declaration of inten.
tion to become citizen of the United
States is not in my possession for the
reason LnaL. ......... OuL uuuS'
take to surrender said copy of my dec
laration of intention to become cltl'
zen of the United States should 1t at
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