Chapter 286. Authorizing the enlistment of non-English speaking citizens and aliens
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CHAP. 286.— An Act Authorizing the enlistment of non-English speaking citizens and aliens. June 14, 1920. [[S. 547](/us/bill/66/s/547).] [[Public, No. 281](/us/pl/66/281).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Army.Enlistments.Speaking, etc., English not required.Vol. 28, p. 216, amended. That so much of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to regulate enlistments in the Army of the United States,” approved August 1, 1894, as provides that “in time of peace no person (except an Indian) who can not speak, read, and write the English language” be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, June 14, 1920.