American Gls Abandon UnwantedagclnGeSPrman Kids " that) FRANKFURT, Germany (UPI)— mate child may be ruining Every week hundreds of American | child’s future,” the spokesman said. soldiers depart by plane or boat for’ .. home, leaving someone behind in| ("ere Germany. Sometimes it’s a girl friend, soon | _ to be forgotten. Sometimes it’s a — ge be j o her ee . ut all too frequently it’s an il- legitimate child, a tiny addition to| the population of Germany fathered by a GI who has no intention marrying the mother. American. consular. officials are Plenty of children around who are entitled to. American citizenship, but who will never get it because of the thoughtlessness of their fathers.’’ eo Many of the babies who are nev| er registered are the children of of | American soldiers and Germany girls who marry after the birth. are} ‘‘They never bother to register| trying to convince soldiers who have | the birth with us, and are therefore fathered illegitimate children here | unable to prove in later years that that they should register their births | theirchild is entitled to citizenship,”’ and thus give the children the | the spokesman said. right to American citizenship. “Every month we register be-| tween 650 and 750 births of new| American citizens,’ a spokesman “In fact the children are eligible as citizens as soon as the parents marry. But they must be able to prove their birth when applying for the U.S. consulate in Frankfurt | for citizenship.”’ ) said. . A tiny fraction of the babies born | “But -we still miss plenty. If we illegitimately could only persuade these thought-|rope are those less dren world, soldiers to think of the chil-| they have brought we would really be accom-| plishing something.” women toAmericans. in. Eu- born to American and fathered by men other into the! than the husband. These are entitled to citizenship whoever the father is—but only if “A soldier who tries to cover up|the birth is registered or ignore the birth of his illegiti-' nearest consulate. ' with \e ~ the : - |