United States v. Raymond W. Schwenke

Defendant is a native of Germany who has lived in the United States since he was three years old but who has never acquired American citizenship. In June, 1942, he duly registered under the Selective Service Act1 and, in November, 1942, he duly filed his draft questionnaire with Local Board No. 244. The Board ordered him to report for a physical examination. Defendant appeared at the examination center as ordered, but refused to submit to the examination on grounds that he was an alien enemy, and believed that he would waive his rights to an exemption as an enemy alien by submitting to the…