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Show I How To Answer gBJBJBJBJ :'' Questions On Registration Cards gsvgsvs" ggggaVMt mM-'r - .Read very carefully before you go V'' to the registration table. Here you p:' see what you wll be asked. Study ' the questions. Prepare the answers In your mind. 1 The questions will be asked for you to answer In the order In which K, they appear on this paper. These ivS questions are set out below with do- H'iV talaed Information to help you to Kj ' answer them. H'; ' Do not write on, mark, or other- H&fys?' vlfl mutilate these Instructions. Do M;k .. aot remove them. They (should be 'vf . carefully readlso that you will hare B&'y'i'f? yeur; kaswers ready when you go Bkf v before the 'registrar. '. JS ' vAM.aa era: will be written asea Kf't tae'regletratioat cardan Ink by the R"5 registrar) who should be careful to1 K spell all names correctly aad also to ' H,-" Write legibly. Mtp r- Nm la full. Age In years H . Tai1 awaai all your names spelled Bl, ' but la tulH Disregard additional Kf '"' ' "aoBthjrercdays. J?' , " '' 3 Heme Address. This means S ,f ' the place where you permanently re- HiV 2 aide, aet the place where you work. BjVt Be 'prepared to give the address la K i thU w: "23J Main Street, Chlca- Et'x - Co, Cook County, Illinois;" or "R. m( D, No. 3, Jonesvllle, Ohio." gg.gg.pK " 7t' ' Pteof birth. To be required ggsBEk; "'" v ' reejlater you must hare beea bora ggtggW?lt "' ta ,B ' m0BtB Md '' r Hp$& subeefusnt to Tune 6, or la 1897. In Mf'iK,: , ' with aad on a day thereof prior gsV'" n . te the elate set for registration. ggggsw. ? ? t , ' gggggw ';,? . ' . 4. Where were you born? First name the city or town, then the State, .then the nation; as "Columbus, "Colum-bus, Ohio;" "Vienna, Austria;" "Paris, Franco;" "Sophia, Bulgaria." 6. Are you (1) a native of the United States; (2) a naturalised citizen; cit-izen; (3) an alien; (4) have, you declared your Intention to become a citizen; (5) or are you a clttzen or .non-cltlien Indian? (Specify which.) (1) If you were born Jn the United Uni-ted States, Including Alaska and Hawaii, you are a natlre of the United Uni-ted States, no matter what may have been the citizenship or nationality of your parents. Any Inhabitant of I Porto RJco, who was a Spanish subject sub-ject on April 11, 1890, and who resided re-sided in Porto Rico on that date, and continued to reside therein until April .11, 1900, Is held to be a citizen citi-zen of Porto R,lco, except such Inhabitants, In-habitants, nattres of the Spanish peninsula who elected to preserve ghetr allegiance to Spain 'on or before be-fore April 11, 1900, by making a declaration, before a court of record, rec-ord, of their decision to do so. Any citizen of Porto Rico, aa above de fined, and any 'native of Porto Rico who was temporarily absent from the Island on April 11, 1899, and has since returned, and Is not a eitlsea of aay foreign country, la held to be a citizen of the United States, provided he did not elect to retain his political, status by making declaration, under oath of his decl- slon to do so within six months after af-ter March 2, 1917. If yeu were born abroad you are still a citizen of the United States, It your father was. a citizen of tho Unites States at the time you were born, unless you have expatriated yourself. (2) You are a naturalized .citizen' If you have completed your naturalization; natural-ization; that Is, If you have "taken final papers." But you are not u citizen If you have ' only declared your intention to become a citizen (that Is, If you have only "taken out first papers") ; In the latter case you are only a declarant. You are also a naturalized citizen If, altho foreign born, your father or surviving surviv-ing parenj became fully naturalized while you wero under 21 years of age, and .If you were In the United States at the tlmo you attained the age of 21. - (3) You are a declarant if, altho a citizen or a subject of some other country, you have declared before a naturalization court your Intention to becomo a citizen of the United States. Receipt from the clerk of tho court of the certified copy of such declaration is often called "taking out first papers." (4) An Indian Is a citizen if (1) he, or his father or mother, prior to his birth or before he attained tho age of 21, was allotted prior to May 8, 1908; (2) If he was allotted subsequent sub-sequent to May 8, 1906, and received receiv-ed a patent In fee to his land; .(3) If he was residing In the old Indian Territory on March 3, 1901; (4) it he lives separate and apart from his tribe and has adopted the habits of civilized life. (5) You are an alien if you do not fall within one of the four classes class-es above mentioned. 6, If. not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen at subject, This need be answered only by aliens and declarants. Remember r that a "declarant" Is not yet a-cltl-zen of the United States. If an alien or. declarant, state the name of your country, as "France," "Oreat Britain," Brit-ain," "Germany," etc. 7. Father's birthplace. First name the city or town, then the State or province, then the nation; as "Columbus, "Co-lumbus, Ohio;" "Vienna, Austria;" "Paris, 'France;" "Sophia, Bulgaria." ,8. Name of employer. Place of employment. If you are -working for aa individual, firm, corporation, or association, state Hslaame.S'Jf rla business, trade, profession, or employment em-ployment for yourself, so state. It you are an officer of the State or Federal Government, say whether' your office is under the United Slates, the State, county, or a municipality. muni-cipality. In answer to the questions aa to the, place of employment, give the number and name of the street, town, county, and State, or R.jF. D. number, post office, county, aad State, where you work. 9. Name and address of nearest relative. If you are married and your wife is living, her name should be stated. If you are single or your-wife' Is dead, you should state the name of your nearest blood relative. rela-tive. In stating the address, give the number and name of the street first, then city or town, then county and State; or R. F. D, number first, then post office, then county aad the State. 10. Race, White, Negro, Indian, or Oriental. No explanation Is necessary. |
