Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — Man of Many Countries Selects United States [ARTICLE]

Man of Many Countries Selects United States

Tulsa, Okla. —This puzzle in nationality has the marines guessing: e Louis C. Minette, accepted for enlistment in the United States marine corps here, said that his mother was an American who married a Frenchman in Italy. He was born on a ship flying the Spanish colors while lying in the English channel. At the age of five his parents died in Sweden, and he was adopted by a German, who brought him to the United States. His adopted father is not a naturalized citizen. ‘‘Would you class him as ‘The Man Without a Country?”’ the recruiting sergeant was asked. "Man without a country, nothing,” said the sergeant, “I’d class him as a League of Nations.”