The Washington herald., 1918-06-10
ENROLLING OF
GERMAN ALIEN
WOMEN DEFINED
Registration to Take Place
June u to 26,
Inclusive.

The Department of Justice last
night issued reiteration of its reg
ulations concerning German allen
females, in warning Of the regis
tration. which will take place be-
tween June II and June rs. inclu-
sive. with the exception Of one
Intervening Sunday.
"Au natives. citizens, denizens or
subjects Of the German Empire or
OF the imperial German government,
being females of the age of II
years and upward, who are within
the United States and not actually
naturalized as American citizens.
Austro-Hungarian women are not
required to register. unless they
come also within the provisions oi
the previous paragraph.
Those who are required to reg.
lister and fail to do so. and those
who do register and are found
without q registration card are
liable to internment for the dura-
tion of the war.
U. 8. Born.
A female. irrespective Of her pa
rents nationality who Is born In
the United States, is not registeraole
unless she has taken an oath Of al
legiance to Germany or has married,
and still is married. to a German
who is not naturalized as an Amer
lean citizen. or is the widow or d.
vorced wife of a German and has
not resumed American citizenship.
Any woman. widow or divorcee'
who was an American before mar
rage to an alien. either by nativity
or by naturalization. may resume
American citizenship after the death
or divorce of her husband. by con-
tinuing to reside in the United
States, or, IL abroad. by registering
within one year at a United States
consulate as an American citizen,
or by returning to the United States
to reside. The law holds that sew
erance Of the marital relation Is ef-
fected only by death or divorce, not
BY separation. either judicial or vol
untary.
The naturalization of a male alien
naturalizes his wife, If she herself
might be lawfully naturalized. and
their foreignborn minor children
residing in the United States at the
time of such naturalization.
II Married to Citizen.
The marriage of a German female
alien to an American citizen prior to
April s, 1917. the date of the decIar-
ton of war by the United States
against Germany. naturalizes the
woman.
A German female who has acquired
American naturalization by marrying
an American citizen, but is now a
widow or divorcee, retains her Ameri-
can citizenship unless she has re-
nounced it.
The taking out of first citizenship
papers here does not relieve a Ger
man alien female of obligation to reg
ister. nor does part or complete natu-
ralization in some other country.
Females born. or residing as German
subjects. in AlsaCe-Eorraine subse-
quent to May 10. 1S71. and now dwell
ing in the United States and not
naturalized by marriage or oath are
required to register, but their regis
tration cards will bear the words
French Alsace-Lorraine' il they have
been certified by the Societe des Amis
de TAlsace-Lorraine or its successor
the Association Generate des Alsaciens
LorraIns d'Amerique.
Also. females born. or residing as
German subjects, in Schleswig-H -Hol-
stein subsequent to August ., 1865,
and now dwelling in the United States
without having been naturalized, arc
required to register.