of the applicant's birth. This affidavit must be supported by that of one other citizen acquainted with the facts. If the applicant be a naturalized citizen, his certificate of naturalization must be transmitted for inspection (it will be returned with the passport), and he must state in his affidavit that he is the identical person described in the certificate presented. Passports can not be issued to aliens who have only declared their intention to become citizens. Military service does not of itself confer citizenship. A person of alien birth, who has been honorably discharged from military service in the United States, but who has not been naturalized, should not transmit his discharge paper in application for a passport, but should apply to the proper court for admission to citizenship, and transmit the certificate of naturalization so obtained. The signature to the application and oath of allegiance should conform in orthography to the applicant's name as written in the naturalization paper, which the Department follows. Every applicant is required to state his occupation and the place of his permanent legal residence, and to declare that he goes abroad for temporary sojourn and intends to return to the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein. The wife or widow of a naturalized citizen must transmit the naturalization certificate of the husband, stating in her affidavit that she is the wife or widow of the person described therein. The children of a naturalized citizen, claiming citizenship through the father, must transmit the certificate of naturalization of the father, stating in their affidavits that they are children of the person described therein, and were minors at the time of such naturalization. The oath of allegiance to the United States will be required in all cases. The application should be accompanied by a description of the person, stating the following particulars, viz: Age, years; stature, feet inches (English meas-; mouth, ; ure); forehead, chin, -; eyes, -; nose, ; hair, -; complexion,; face, ———. If the applicant is to be accompanied by his wife, minor children, or servants, it will be sufficient to state the names and ages of such persons and their relationship to the applicant, when a single passport for the whole will suffice. For any other person in the party a separate passport will be required. A woman's passport may include her minor children and servants. By act of Congress approved March 23, 1888, a fee of one dollar is required to be collected for every citizen's passport. That amount in currency or postal note should accompany each application. Orders should be payable to the Disbursing Clerk of the Department of State. Drafts or checks are inconvenient and undesirable. A passport is good for two years from its date and no longer. A new one may be obtained by stating the date and number of the old one, paying the fee of one dollar, and furnishing satisfactory evidence that the applicant is at the time within the United States. The oath of allegiance must also be transmitted when the former passport was issued prior to 1861. Citizens of the United States desiring to obtain passports while in a foreign country must apply to the chief diplomatic representative of the United States in that country, or, in the absence of a diplomatic representative, then to the consul-general, if there be one, or, in the absence of both the officers last named, to a consul. Passports can not be lawfully issued by State authorities, or by judicial or municipal functionaries of the United States. (Revised Statutes, section 4075.) To persons wishing to obtain passports for themselves blank forms of application will be furnished by this Department on request, stating whether the applicant be a native or a naturalized citizen, or claims citizenship through the naturalization of husband or parent. Forms are not furnished, except as samples, to those who make a business of procuring passports. Communications should be addressed to the Department of State, indorsed "Passport Division," and each communication should give the post-office address of the person to whom the answer is to be directed. Professional titles will not be inserted in passports. The ordinary passport is made out on the following blank: Good only for two years from date. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting: I, the undersigned, Secretary of State of the United The special passport is issued, by order of the Secretary of State, to officers of the Government and distinguished citizens, the form being: No. (Special passport.) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye, that the bearer hereof, he will travel]. [where These are therefore to request all whom it may concern to permit to pass freely, without let or molestation, and to extend to all such friendly aid and protec tion, as would be extended to like ernments resorting to the United States. In testimony whereof, I of Foreign Gov Secretary of State of the United States of America, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of [SEAL.] the Department of State to be affixed at WashA. D. 18—, ington, this day of and of the Independence of the United States of America, the The passports issued to foreign diplomatic representatives traveling through the United |