Chapter 18. To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes,” relative to enrollments in the Naval Reserve Force
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CHAP. 18.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes,” relative to enrollments in the Naval Reserve Force. May 22, 1917.[[H. R. 2337](/us/bill/65/hr/2337).][[Public, No. 15](/us/pl/65/15).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Naval Reserve Force. Vol. 39, p. 587, amended.
That the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding after the proviso under the heading “Naval Reserve Force,” which reads as Insular possessions.follows: “*Provided*, That citizens of the insular possessions of the United States may enroll in the Naval Auxiliary Reserve,” a further Enrollment of friendly aliens applying for citizenship.proviso as follows: *Provided further*, That such persons who are not citizens of the United States, but who have or shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, and who are citizens of countries which are at peace with the United States, may enroll in the Naval Reserve Force subject to the condition that they may be discharged from such enrollment at any time within the Admission to citizenship without shore residence.discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, and such persons who may, under existing law, become citizens of the United States, and who render honorable service in the Naval Reserve Force in time of war for a period of not less than one year may become citizens of the United States without proof of residence on shore and without further requirement than proof of good moral character and certificate from the Secretary of the Navy that such honorable service was actually rendered.
Approved, May 22, 1917.