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Show 11 ALIEN SOLDIERS 1W UJJIIIZEi Take Oath and Become Full-fledged American Subjects. Wearing- the uniforms of United States soldiers, eleven men took the oath of fealty to the flag under which they have been serving and were admitted to citizenship citi-zenship yesterday before Judge Harold M. Stephens of the Third district court. Members of the prison and hospital detachments de-tachments at Fort Douglas, the men availed themselves of the special privilegs with regard to naturaJization which are extended to foreigners who have voluntarily volun-tarily served in the American ranks for the great world cause. Rigid requirements require-ments as to residence are set aside and the applicants are not required to take examination. The process of making citizens citi-zens of the eleven men was very short. At its conclusion. Judge Stephens congratulated con-gratulated them upon having chosen to become citizens of the United States and upon having merited the .special privileges with regard to naturalization to which their uniforms entitled them. The soldiers admitted were John Iver-son, Iver-son, William Johnson Kallesstad and Joakim Oluf Kapperstadt, natives of Norway; Nor-way; Alfred Kilner, Charles Daniel Evans and Stanley Carter, England; Jim John Bottarim and Rosario Maranto, Italy; Thomas Lennon, Ireland; Michael Ciszke, Russia; Pasko Mlkulin, Russia. In the case of Rocco Santi Guigli, the applicant web reported ill at the post hospital. His case was continued 'until December 20, with permission to apply for an earlier hearing if desirable. 1 Others admitted during the naturalization naturaliza-tion proceedings before Judgo Stephens yesterday were James Henry Ho wart h, Amos Bush and Arthur James Leonard Webster, natives of England ; Charles Theodore Johnson, Sweden; Frank An- 1 drew Keith, Canada. j |