Woodrow Wilson actually said...

Any vacancy occurring among such watch officers within two years from this date may be filled without regard to citizenship; but any vacancy which may occur thereafter shall be filled by a watch officer who is a citizen of the United States

Context

Executive Order 2039—Admitting Foreign-Built Ships to American Registry

09/03/1914

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