Amending section 1998, Revised Statutes. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval S. 5473, "An act amending section 1998 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to authorize the Secretary of the Navy in certain cases to mitigate or remit the loss of rights of citizenship imposed by law upon deserters from the naval service," with adverse reports of the Secretaries of War and the Navy and the Attorney-General.