Url
	https://afterthewarproject.org/s/veterans-voices/item/423
Resource class
	dctype:Image
Title
	Letter in which Captain Ralston Flemming writes of his desire to instill a spirit of “militant Americanism” among immigrant soldiers.
Creator
	Captain Ralston Flemming
Description
	This letter by U.S. Army Captain Ralston Flemming from 1918 is about the efforts at Camp Jackson in South Carolina to assimilate immigrants into the American military. Some time after this letter was written, Congress passed legislation that alowed foreign-born soldiers to obtain expedited naturalization. About 300,000 immigrant soldiers gained citizenship through military service in the war.
Publisher
	Library of Congress
Date
	Sept. 9, 1918

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