I, the undersigned, a native-born, true and loyal citizen of the United States of America, being a white Gentile person of temperate habits, sound in mind, and a believer in the tenets of the Christian religion, the maintenance of _white supremacy_, the practice of an honorable clanishness and the principles of "pure Americanism," do voluntarily most respectfully, seriously and unselfishly petition you for _citizenship_ in the INVISIBLE EMPIRE, KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, and be a _charter member_ of a Klan located at .................. State of .......... I guarantee on my honor to conform strictly to all rules and requirements regulating my "naturalization" and the continuance of my membership, and at all times a strict and loyal obedience to your constitutional authority and the constitution and laws, and all regulations and usages of the fraternity. The required "donation" accompanies this petition. Signed: ....................................., _Petitioner_. Date .................. 192.... Residence Address ............................................ Business Address ............................................ Endorsers will sign on other side. _Notice_: Check the address to which mail may be sent." This is the standard form for application for "citizenship" and several hundred such applications, properly signed, have come under my personal observation. It is distinctly a request to be "naturalized" as a "citizen" of the "Invisible Empire," Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and not an application for membership in an order known as the "Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" by itself.