The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-06-15

Monday morning the soldiers will be-
gin combat firing and flying bullets
and shells will endanger the lives of
any who enter this territory at any
time Of the day.
1900 Made Citizens.
In Fargo, Cass county, q class Of
25 or more, was considered large at
any of the naturalization hearings.
More than 1,400 aliens of Camp
Lewis received their final citizen
ship papers last week. Federal court
was removed from Tacoma to the
depot brigade library for this SER
vice. Officers in Camp Lewis believe
this will be a record for the entire
country where men in the military
service are being inducted into citi-
zenship under a recent federal act.
The number who received their final
papers last week exceeds those who
became citizens week ago by 300.
The officers in charge Of the diff
ferent brigades got orders the first
part of the week to secure the names
and information Of all aliens. The
information was sent to the head
quarters on special forms submitted.
The following extract Of the orders
relates to Italians:
In order to effect the removal of
the names of Italian born men of our
army from the Italian deserters' list
and to exempt the families of such
men from payment Of the military
tax imposed, all organization COM
manders will report promptly to the
adjutant general of the army the
cases Of Italian-born men of their
organizations"
The naturalization board of the
camp began the naturalization Of
aliens on Monday, being all the aliens
included in the May draft. Each
battalion commander designated ono
officer in his battalion to assist in
the preparing of the papers and fur
ntshing the necessary information to
company commanders. The officers
selected reported to the First Lieu
tenant Hoover, /. r. c., judge advo-
Gates office for instructions. Bat
TALON commanders were required to
get company commanders to submit
to their headquarters a list Of aliens
recommended for naturalization.
Large Number Rejected.
A large number were disqualified
because of birth in countries with
which the United States is at war,
and a few We're rejected because Of
insufficient proof of their loyalty or
unfitness for citizenship on other
grounds. AS many as forty took the
oath Of allegiance at one time. The
men Of each regiment were grouped
by nationalities Nafter being ques-
toned and each group was sworn
in separately. Federal court will be
held again in camp the coming week
when the naturalization process will
be completed. OF the 5,199 aliens in
camp, more than $500 already have
been naturalized and it is estimated
that 1000 more will receive their
final papers.
State Quotas In June Draft.
North Dakota and South Dakota
and Minnesota will not send any men
to Camp Lewis in the June draft.
California will send her men to
Camp Kearney. From the Dalootas
and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mon
tana came about 5000 men in May.
The state quotas in June are: Wash
ington, 2,200; Idaho, 1000; Wyoming,
l 900; Utah, 500; Oregon, 1000; Ne
vada, 800, Montana, 1000, or a total
Of 1900.
Final figures for the May draft of
more than $4,000 men show 1888 per
cent of reflections because of phys
Ical condition, an increase over the
previous month, but much smaller
than last fall when the first men ar
rived in camp.