Liability Of Foreigners To A Draft

From ihe Detroit Free Presa The uncertainty of a largo portion of oui' i'oreign populalion in relation to their liability to be called into military service, induces us to publ'mh tbo lullowing ; No foreigner is liubln to military duty under the laws ol the United States, No matter huw long ho tnay have resided in tbw country, unies he shnll hive been formerly naturalized, or havo exercised the rights of an American citizsn. Thoso who have declared their intcntion only, have not lost their position s ioreigner. The ton of a naturalixed foreigner is an American cilizen ií he be born alter suoh naturalization, and is therefore liiiblo to military duty, but if he be ' born previons to the naturilization of bis fatbsr, and parMcularly if born in hil father'a former country, he rotains the rieht to choose botween the tsvo nationulitie, at the perioü of his n&r The cliildren f foreigner?, even U born wilhin the United Öute,neces8arily inllow the oondiiion of their pa rents, and ceinnot be compeüed to assume the tille and obligations of an Amoric n citizon, unios, upon nttuininn; tbeir rr.!jority, they shull, ly aot of thtir own, buve luid asida the natioDality of ttaeir fumily. HmST A eoarse, 11-uatured follow dicd one cDy. nd his f'riends asserabled nt his funeral, but no one had Q good word to say about tha deceased. Jíven at tbe grave all were sileut. At length a good hearted GermaD, as !ie tarned to go home paid, "■ Veil, be was a good smoker "