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23a. Failure to recognize American 
naturalization of parents. —A person 
born in the United States of a father 
whose American naturalization is not 
recognized by the country of which he 
was a citizen or subject at the time of 
naturalization may also be considered a 
citizen or subject of the country of his 
father’s origin under the law of that 
country. 
24. Military service in foreign coun¬ 
tries.- —N atur alized American citizens 
and persons born in this country of for¬ 
eign-born parents should, before pro¬ 
ceeding to the country of their origin, 
or that of the origin of their parents, 
ascertain their status with regard to 
military service in such country. 
24a. Destitute Americans abroad.— 
Employment conditions in foreign coun¬ 
tries are very unfavorable, and Ameri¬ 
cans proceeding abroad in search of 
work must understand that no money 
is at the disposal of the Government to 
pay their way back to the United States 
or to render them financial assistance if 
they become stranded abroad. Such 
persons should therefore not undertake a 
trip abroad unless in possession of ample 
funds for their maintenance abroad and 
return to this country. 
II. EXPATRIATION OF AMERICAN CITI¬ 
ZENS AND THE PRESUMPTION OF 
CESSATION OF CITIZENSHIP 
25. Oath of allegiance to a foreign 
state or naturalization therein. —In con¬ 
nection with military service in foreign 
countries, particular attention is called to 
the fact that an American citizen over 21 
years of age loses his American citizen¬ 
ship by taking an oath of allegiance to a 
foreign state. He also loses American 
citizenship through naturalization in a 
foreign state. (See following paragraph.) 
That any American citizen shall be deemed 
to have expatriated himself when he has been 
naturalized in any foreign state in conformity 
with its laws, or when he has taken an oath 
of allegiance to any foreign state. (Sec. 2, act 
of Mar. 2, 1907; 34 Stat. 1228.) 
26. Naturalized American citizens are 
.warned that their fights of citizenship 
may be lost as a result of a residence of 
two years in their native lands or five 
years in other foreign lands, under the 
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