III. STATUS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN 
COUNTRIES WITH THE GOVERN¬ 
MENTS OF WHICH THE UNITED 
STATES HAS CONCLUDED NATU¬ 
RALIZATION TREATIES 
27. The following information concern¬ 
ing military regulations of certain for¬ 
eign governments as possibly affecting 
American citizens is believed to be cor¬ 
rect, but is not to be considered as official 
insofar as it relates to the laws and 
regulations of a foreign government: 
28. AUSTRIA. Article 230 of tiie Treaty of 
St. Germain, the rights and advantages of 
which are accorded to the United States by its 
treaty establishing friendly relations with Aus¬ 
tria, concluded on August 24, 1921, stipulates 
that Austria undertakes to recognize any new 
nationality which has been or may be acquired 
by her nationals under the laws of the Allied 
and Associated Powers, and in accordance with 
the decisions of the competent authorities of 
these powers pursuant to naturalization laws 
or under treaty stipulations, and to regard such 
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persons as having, in consequence of the acqui¬ 
sition of such new nationality, in all respects 
severed their allegiance to their country of 
origin. 
Article 119 of the same treaty stipulates that 
universal compulsory military service shall be 
abolished in Austria, and that the Austrian 
Army shall, in the future, only be constituted 
and recruited by means of voluntary enlistment. 
29. BELGIUM. According to the law on re¬ 
cruiting and military service of August 15, 
1923, all Belgian citizens must be enrolled in 
the recruiting reserve from the age of 17 years, 
but they are not considered as having violated 
this requirement unless they have failed to 
enter their names for enrollment before the 31st 
day of December of the year in which they 
attain the age of 19 years. 
Under the terms of the naturalization conven¬ 
tion between the United States and Belgium, a 
Belgian naturalized as a citizen of the United 
States is considered by Belgium as a citizen of 
the United States, but upon return to Belgium 
he may be prosecuted for a crime or misde¬ 
meanor committed before naturalization, saving 
such limitations as are established by the laws 
of Belgium. 
A naturalized American formerly a Belgian 
who has resided five years in this country can¬ 
not be held to military service in Belgium, or 
to incidental obligation resulting therefrom, in 
the event of his return, except in cases of de- 
