In re Grant

TRIPPET, District Judge.

It appears by an act defining the status for citizens of the United States to enter the military or naval service of certain countries during the World War, which was passed October 5, 1917 (40 Stat. 340), that such persons so entering the war had the right to resume and acquire the character and privileges of a citizen of the United States under the conditions therein expressed.

At the time of the passage of this act this country was engaged in the war with Germany, which was declared April 6, 1917. On May 9, 1918, Congress passed another act to amend the…