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Show U. S. CITIZENSHIP IS PATRIOTIC REWARD SEATTLE, Dec. 5. As ft Christmas gift and reward for their patriotism, more than 1000 alien soldiers serving in the United States army In the Hawaiian islands will be given American citizenship, citizen-ship, it was announced today by W. M. Ragsdale. chief naturalization officer of the Pittsburg district, who passed through here on his way to Honolulu to superintend the naturalization process. While in Hawaii, Mr. Ragsdale said, he also hoped to lay the foundation for the Americanization of all of the Hawaiian Ha-waiian Islands populations. Co-opera-tlmi of schools, civic and public instltu- 1 tlons will be asked, he Bald. j |