Former Aliens Greeted by Carolina Judge
‘You
are now sovereigns,” said Judge W.F. Harding of the North Carolina superior
court bench, in addressing 92 soldiers of Camp Greene who had just been
naturalized Monday morning at Y.M.C.A. hut 104.
“When
you denounced your obligations to the crowned rulers of other kingdoms and took
the oath of allegiance to the United States you were changed from subjects to
sovereigns.”
“President
Wilson is not the ruler over the people of this land, he is their servant. The
only aristocracy we recognize here is that of honesty and efficiency. The only
upper class we know is that of the men who are willing to do a full day’s work
and who will pay 100 cents on the dollar when they owe a debt. For all who will
accept our standards we open the door marked ‘Welcome.’”
Judge
Harding was rousingly cheered as was Colonel A.C. MacComb, Camp Greene
commander, who also addressed the soldiers.
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