4. PASSPORTS 
Citizens of the United States desiring to visit foreign countries, 
with certain exceptions, should secure a passport from the Depart- 
ment of State. The following is a digest of the more important rules 
covering the granting and issuing of passports in the United States. 
For more complete information inquiry should be addressed to the 
Passport Division, Department of State, Washington, D. C. 
By whom issued.—The law provides that no one but the Secretary 
of State may grant and issue passports in the United States, and he 
is empowered to refuse them in his discretion. Passports may be 
issued by American consular officers abroad. A citizen who is abroad 
and desires to procure a passport should apply therefor to the nearest 
American consular officer. Passports are issued in the Virgin Islands, 
Hawaii, the Philippines, Guam, and Porto Rico by the chief execu- 
tives of those islands. Applications for passports by persons residing 
therein should be made to such chief executives. 
To whom issued.—Only persons who are citizens of or who owe 
allegiance to the United States may be included in a passport of the 
United States. A passport issued to a husband or father may include 
his wife and minor children. A minor brother or sister may be 
included in the passport of an older brother or sister. A minor 
grandchild, niece, or nephew of tender years may be included in the 
passport of the relative when the application therefor is accompanied 
by a request from the parental or other guardian. Unless a request. 
is made by the parental or other guardian that a passport be denied, 
passports may be issued to minors upon their own application. 
When an adopted child is to be included in a passport of the foster 
parent or parents, documentary evidence must be submitted of the 
adoption of the child and evidence of the child’s American citizenship. 
An alien adopted child can not be issued or included in an American 
passport. Members of the immediate family who are 21 years of 
age, maidservants, and manservants must bear separate passports. 
Applications for passports.—Applications for passports by persons 
in the United States should be submitted either directly to the 
Department of State at Washington or to the passport agents of that 
department in Boston, New. York, Chicago, New Orleans, San Fran« 
cisco, and Seattle. The act of June 15,1917, requires every applicant 
for a passport issued under the authority of the United States to 
submit a written application, duly verified by his oath, and containing 
a true recital of each and every matter of fact which is required by 
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