Public proclamation No. 13, October 19, 1942

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND

AND FOURTH ARMY

Presidio of San Francisco, California

Public Proclamation No. 13

October 19, 1942

TO: The people within the States of Washington, Oregon, Cali-

fornia, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, and the

Public Generally :

I, J. L. DeWirt, Lieutenant General, U. S. Army, by

virtue of the authority vested in me by the President of the

United States and by the Secretary of War and my powers and

prerogatives as Commanding General, Western Defense Com-

mand, in view of the revision in Presidential regulations gov-

erning certain alien enemies, in order to establish uniformity

as to those classes of persons now generally subject to travel

regulations, do hereby declare that:

1. On and after October 19, 1942, the following per-

sons are exempt from the provisions of paragraph 5 of Public

Proclamations Numbers 1 and 2, this headquarters, dated March

2 and March 16, 1942, respectively, and from the provisions of

Public Proclamation No. 3 this headquarters, dated March 24,

1942:

a. All citizens or subjects of Italy and all aliens who

at present are stateless but who at the time at which

they became stateless were citizens or subjects of

Italy.

b. Aliens of enemy nationalities during their term of

military service in the armed forces of the United

States.

2. No such persons are required to comply with the

provisions of Proclamation No. 5, this headquarters, dated

March 30, 1942, relating to the submission of eee for

exemptions from curfew and travel regulations.'

J.L. DeWirr

Lieutenant General, U. S. Army

Commanding

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