811.2222/7226
President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
11 April, 1918
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My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have communicated to the Acting Secretary of War to-day my decisions concerning aliens drafted into the military service of the United States as follows:
- I.
- That both declarants and non-declarants of treaty countries shall in all cases be promptly discharged upon the request of the accredited diplomatic representatives of the countries of which they are citizens.
- II.
- That non-declarants of non-treaty countries shall be promptly discharged upon the request of the Secretary of State, and also when the War Department is satisfied that a discharge should be granted in cases where a full and fair hearing has not been given by the local board.
Faithfully Yours,
W. W.