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RIGHTS TO BE determined eligibility of 01 ports porto rican as american army A amy officer Is being questioned by authorities the question as to whether luls luis raoul raoui esteves the porto rican graduate in this years class from west point la Is eligible for or a commission in the army has been raised under tinder a decision of tile the court porto rican are not citizens ot of the united states and for that reason it was suggested that cadet esteves might not quality as an officer of the army anay while the question ques question lion has not been passed upon by the legal authorities the opinion of those who have been looking up tile the precedents Is that the tact fact that the cadet Is not a citizen of the united states will not disqualify him from holding a commission beginning with the revolutionary war down ahr through ough the civil war for eigners have held commissions in thou united u states army without t to 0 his citizenship the porto rican no now has the legal status of a cadet he is on a different status from the fill pinos who under ader a special act of congress are permitted to take the course se at the military academy esteves bourn entered the academy and was educated under the same provision of law as all other cadet and it is thought that it will bo be held that ho he is eligible tor for it commission in tho the army washington washingto i star |
