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Show TUESDAY DESCRIBED AS THEAYOF DAYS Task of Youth Becomes One of Vital and Na-, Na-, tional Importance. BUTTONS RECEIVED These, With Registration Certificates, Will Be Given to AH Responding. What does a young man do on June 5, the day of days? Tf he has reached the age of twenty- Mgy"ip anc as n0 Passe thirty-first birthday, he will, unless he is prone to procrastinate, divest himself of sleep at an earlier hour than usual on the morning of June 5, then expeditiously embrace his cereal .and after a brief instant of self-communion during dur-ing which .time he will take full cog- : nizance of his situation, Me himself 1 with buoyant alacrity to the registra- ! tion booth in his district. Arrived there he will encounter registration reg-istration deputies to whom he will announce an-nounce his intention of registration. A deputy will thereupon ask him a number num-ber of questions, which involves nothing noth-ing of a laborious or complex nature at all, and as he answers, the deputy will commit his answers to a registration card, which, when it is filled out, he will sign. Then the registrar will sigu his own name and answer several questions ques-tions as to the applicant's description, which are on the Daek of the card. Given Certificate. After the completion of this formality, formal-ity, the young man will be given a registration reg-istration certificate, green in color. This he will tuck awnv carefully in his inside in-side pocket, mindful of its priceless value, for this little card henceforth plays a conspicuous part in the young nan's life. At any time a peace officer offi-cer in this state or any other may ask i.iui to produce his registration certiti- rite. Inability to do so will result in governmental investigation of the younu i mn. So, to save embarrassment, let 1 im heed the voice of prudence and register. reg-ister. In addition to the green certificate l ie young man wilJ receive a button .ui a blue band across a shield, and which is inscribed with the word ''regis-T- lei-cuV'' in letters of white. Ilordering the button appears the words " United States Military - Serv-co." Serv-co." "Fifty thousand 'of these buttons have been received in Salt Lake by the Hate Council of Defense and have been distributed to the various registration districts of the city, county and state. Concrete Example. For the sake of concreteness and the avoidance of any misapprehension on the part of all . conscnptable young men, assume that the name of this particular one is Joseph J. Jones. Let's take him to the registration booth, see him through the proper performance of his duties there until his record is complete com-plete and he goes out smiling to continue con-tinue his ordinary day's allotment of labor. The first thing young Jones will be asked to do is to state his name in full and Ins age in years. Which means that he is to give the registrar his first, middle and last names. In the matter of age, Jones will state it only in years, 1 ignoring days, weeks and months. If he was twenty-three years of age on his last birthday, he will simply say, "twenty-three." The registrar will next ask young .Tones his address. This "he must give in full, stating number, street, city, village, county and ntate in which he lives. Young Jones will then be asked the date of his birth, month, day and year, if he is of tho type of young men who practice forethought he will assure hyn-self hyn-self of this detail beyong any shadow of a doubt before going to the place. of registration, and so save time and trouble. Must Know Status. It will be advisable for young Jones before entering the registration booth . to determine beyond question the exact status of his citizenship. He will be I JNtsked whether he is a natural born citi-X citi-X zen, a naturalized citizen, an alien or a declarant, that is, ono who has declared de-clared his intention of becoming a citizen. citi-zen. There will be many Joneses who were born in foreign countries, many whose parents have not become naturalized natural-ized citizens of the "United States, many whose fathers have only taken out their first papers, many whose parents' still are aliens. In ease of the latter special inquiry will bo made by the registrar to determine their exact status under the alien law. "What is your job?" is the next "question Jones will be asked to answer, lie will make his reply as short and succinct suc-cinct as possible ' ' Student, " " farmer," farm-er," "mechanic." He should state the exact nature of his occupation, whether he is employed in a factory, machine shop, or other industry. If he holds a position under the government he should name his office and say whether it is under state or federal government. One question which Jones will be re-o re-o uired to answer carefully and thought-4 thought-4 fully is that in regard to dependents. On the one h;fnd Jones is not expected by tho government to add to the sufferings suf-ferings of war by leaving hungry mouths at home. Ou the other hand the government believes that Jones wili have the manhood not to seek safety behind be-hind "petticoats or children." Are You Married? When tho young man is asked whether be is married, he must make hif reply lit present circumstances. The registrar doesn't care a rip whether he was once married or whether he intends in-tends to marry. He will ask, "Mr. Jones, are you married?" ' ' Do you claim exemption from the I draft?"' will bo asked young Jones. If I answers in the affirmative, ho must slate his reasons. Because he claims ex- eruption, it by no means follows that he is exempt. This is his oportunity to inform in-form tho war department that he claims exemption and intend to proneente it. The nr department will later determine deter-mine his qualifications to exemption. If he holds a .'overnment position, he will name it. If he belongs to some religions sect whose creed forbids its adherents 'to participate in war, he will name the sect. If he is a felon or claims exemption on moral or physical grounds, he will state those briefly. When all exemptions have been settled set-tled and registrations cheeked up, a 6nal list of Salt Lake elegibles will he placed on slips and put in a jury wheel. Out of the wheel, the registrar will draw approximately (300 names, repre- senting five per cent of tho number of eligibles required for Salt Lake's quota of the draft. If Jones's name is on one of these slips, he will be duly notified and ordered or-dered to report at one of the regular camps ou or about September 1. where he, with others, will be organized into the first oilO.Oli'i men who will be the first to go to the front to light for the Sffirs and Stripes. |