The Washington herald., 1919-07-11

ARMY AND NAVY
Marine orEa.i..tion. shlftea.

The 18th and 1ith separate battalIons
or Marines. Commanded respectively
BY Majors. David s. Barry and Julian
e Smith, and each including about 500
! enlisted men. left Philadelphia on July
on board the naval transport Han
| cock for France for service as re-
( Placements IN the Marine organiza-
| tons attached to the American tx
peditionary Forces. In view Of the
fact that the War Department had
decided. afcer consideration of adj
vices from Gen. Pershing. to dis
/ continue the sending of replacements
70 France after the transfer overseas
I of the men specially enlisted for that
Z service, enlistnlents in the Marine
: Corps for special assignment TO over
seas requirements units also has been
| discontinued and no more Marines will
be transferred to France. The cruiser
! Chicago having been discontinued as
! flagship Of the old Pacific feet its
/ Marine detachment has been trans
ferred to Marine barracks. navy yard.
! New York.
Retirement of Army 0meers.
Representative Stevenson has in
troduced a bill Oh. r. 66SS) provid-
| ing that any officer who has served
; in the military forces of the United
! States during the war with Ger
many and who does not belong TO
the Regular army shall have the
right. provided they have Incurred
disabilities while in the service,
during the said war, to be retired
ron the same terms and on the same
compensation as like officers of the
Regular army.
NaturaliIation Of Aliens
Representative Rogers has intro
duced bill Oh. R. 6s04) to faciIitat e
the naturalization of persons who
served in the military or naval
forces Of the United States since
April 6. 1917. as followsa That any
person not a citizen of the United
states who, since April 6, 1917. has
served in the military or naval
forces of the United States and who
has been, or who may hereafter be
honorably discharged therefrom
shall be eligible for admission To
citizenship upon production before
any court having and exercising
jurisdiction in naturalization mat
tiers Of his honorable discharge
paper, or a duly authenticated Ger.
tificate in lier thereof. upon salts
factory proof Of his identity and
upon taking the oath prescribed by
law. No clerk of a United States
court shall charge or collect any
naturalization or other fee from any
such person and no clerk of any
State court shall charge or collect
any such fee from such person un-
less the laws of the State require
such charge to be made. in which
! ha he
, of the fec required to be paid to the
State shall be charged or collected
No such person shall be required
to file or produce any certificate
from the Department of Labor
showing the date. place and man.
ner Of his arrival in the United
! States
Section :. That the Secretary o:
Labor shall have power to make
such rules and r. equations as may
| be necessary for properly carrying
into execution the various provi-
sions of this act.
Discharge Certificates for Framing
Representative Taylor. Of Tennes-
see has introduced a hill III. r. sSl2,
providing that the Secretary of War
and the Secretary OF the Navy are
hereby authorized and directed To
issue to honorably discharged officers,
soldiers. sailors and Marines who
served as such during the war be-
tween the United States and Spain
and the war between the United
States and the imperiaF German gov
eminent, evidence of their honorable
service and discharge printed upon
parchment or upon paper of good
and substantial quality. and OF a size
and design sufficient and suitable for
framing or other display.
Sec . That such evidence of hon
orable service and discharge shall
show the name, rank and military
record OF such oficer. soldier. saiiol
or Marine to whom II is issued; all
of which shall be printed on one
side only.
Sec. Z. That such evidence OF hon
orabie service and discharge shall
bear the seal OF the department under
whose authority 1t is issued.