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amounts to an indication that they do not desire to v-ithdrav th__ de-
claration of intention.
5. Aliens, whether declarant or non-declarant, who are subjects of
an enemy country, viz., Germany or Austria-Hungary, and vho would
therefore originally be classified in Claso V, Division E, are not el-
igible on any terms for admission to the Students Any Training CorpS.
6. Aliens, whether declarant or non-deciarant, who are subjects
of the enemy country, Austria-Hungary, but uho by reason of belonging
to the oppressed races under that sovereignty are hostile to that
government and are therefore in spirit not alien enemies are as yet
formally in the same status as those cf paragraph 5 above. But the
following discrimination are to be made: ka) The recent Act of Con-
gress authorizes the formation of a Slavic Legion, including Jugo-Sla:s,
Czecho-Slovaks, and Rhthenians. The regulations now being drafted will
_ermit the men to be sent to a social officers' training school for
that legion, and possibly the regulations may permit assignments to to
students Anry Training Cors. (b) The Polish Legion now being former
does not have any legal relation to the United States Army, Therefore
Poles from Germany and Austria-Hungary are governed by paragraph 5
above, and Poles from Russia are governed by paragraph 3 above.
7. Although the Selective Service egulations privide that no
enemy alien, whether he has taken out his first papers or not, \il be
accepted for service, it may develop in some units that local boards
have inc'?ucted enemy aliens and caused them to report to the unit for
military duty. All subjncts of countries with which we are at war, \Ao
do not desire to serve in the United States Army, will be discharged
at the earliest post-__le moment. Before discharging a soldier whom he
believes shlcid be intornedy the commanding officer of the unit will
consult with nearest agent of the Depart-rent of Justice to ascertain if
said agent will order internment. Report to the Adjutant- General of the
Army by mail the names and organizations of soldiers and report by wire
number of soldiers discharged pursuant to these instructions, If an
alien enemy soldier has once been afforded an opportunity for discharge
and expressed over his signature a willingness to serve he will not be
discharged on his own request or the request of any other person, on
account of his alien enemy birth. hhen application is received from
any source for discharge by reason of enemy alienage the comaanin  of-
ficer ill promptly investigate the case, comunicating with the
soldier's local board, through the State Adjutant General, with a view
of determining whether or not the soldier is in fact an enemy alien, and
if, upon investigation it is ascertained that he is an enemy alien and
has not previously been afforded an opportunity for discharge he may be
discharged. If investigation discloses that he has had an opportunity
to apply for discharge and has expressed a willingness to serve, he will
not be discharged.
8. The instructions contained in paragraph 7 above are not to be
construed to prohibit the discharge of enemy alien soldiers who by their
speech or action indicate that they are fit subjects for internment. In