New Britain herald., 1917-05-30

s s zAasss that onlciaI by registrat1on day. \ seK-addressed stamped z s eny taope should be enclosed with tho card to ensure the return to the absontae or .a registration certificate < from z .. nj. to 2 p. na., aon rsgistra-s ton day. June 5.s1 s17.
 How U Register on Juno :.
 On Juno 5, despite the great pubs Hcity given the projsot. there will be numerous instances whore young men do not understand Just what to do in
 order to register. A few carefully prepared questions to answers pro-
 pounded by q mythical Samuel L.
 Brown have been prepared by the
 war department for the general
 guidance Of those about to register.- Thsy follow:
 The first thing which young Brown
 will be asked to do. is to state his
 name in full and his gre in years.
 full has nrst, middle and last name.
 When 1t comes to the giving of his
 age. young Brown will tive 7. 1t in
 years, iGnQrin4 months, weeks and
 days. If. 0l1 his last birthday. he
 was twenty-four years of age. the
 registrar will enter .stwenty-6our
 years'' upon the reg1straticn card.
 Young Brown will be asked to give
 his address. He mutt give 1t in full
 SO that there can b0 no mista1cA
 possible. He should gfve the street,
 It's number, village, or city, and the
 county and state in which he lives. While the age is to be given In years
 only, Brown will be asked to give his
 birthday. the day of the month and
 the year in which he first sew light. !
 It would be we'll for yoting Brown.
 If he has any possible season for
 doubt in the matter, to inform himself specifically before going tQs the regis
 tration place as to Just lsas con-
 dition in life is, as rGlates to
 citizenship. If he is naf4veb born, hin inquiry should not go further. He
 should inform himself coucsrning his status In case he were born In . foreign country. It may h that his parents have not become nsturalixed citizens of the United States or 1t may be that his father has on1y 1AlkAn out his hrst papers. A clear ulldSrstand- ing of the citizenship status is essen- tial. Of course there will be many young Browns in the United States who are native to the soil and who have not taken out their naturalization papers, and whose parents perl14pe still are alien. In cases like this special in- quiry will be made by the registrar to determine just whe1 t11e gtatus i1 under the laws goveIs the question relating to aliens.
 Young Brown will b0 asked wha1 l his present trade. occupation. or office is He should make his answel ! brief, t'farmer,'' 'niners or whatever line of business he folIoWa He should add the exact natup6s6f his occupa, tion. whether or not Ae is employed l in q machine shop. an. automobtlo fac' tory, or other indust
 1 If 1t should be tlilt Brown is n ! oficer of tho state or AAderal govern ment. he should 50 state. name hi l office, and cay whether 1t is under ! state or federal goyetnnaent.
 1 One of the quest 10nS which BroWr ia to answer car n1ly and thought 1 fully is that whit 9lates to tn question of depen He vliiis b asked if he has ] a fAtlter UT mother < wife or child under tW6apo TeaEs . 1 age, or a sister or brother under tn
 same age solely dependent upon hin for support. .s l When the young man iss asked If h, ia married or singIes Inc ansver mus 1 concern itself witl8f his present con
 dition. The question means. are yos married now
 | N. r,ar ,,~%u,>a,, ei ana St l inclusive. Samuel I Brown or an, k of his fellows, is exempt from the dntS Of registration unlees.he is serving II l the United Statas army. or navy. or h that part of the National Guard ol Naval Militia which on registration day is in the federAl service, or un-
 less he isskn 0nlcer in the Officers ] Reserve cuSSfa or an enlisted man 1 in the Enli Reserve corps in active service. EaacOnnaction with this null tary service matter. young Brown will | be asked if IT ever has had any kind of military saeFyice whatsoever. He must be specinc in answering these
 ..Do you claim exemption from draft?'' Thas question will be asked of young Brown. If he says yes. he
 must give shis reasons briefly. and In uords tri1x cannot be mistaken. This l is not. l,is flnal claim of exemption. He will have ample opportunity to 1 mako fa1ax later. The quastion ts simply fo give the government sta tistical iukormation. It should be un- darstood by all young mon that they are not exempt from registration be- cause they happen to belong to some class from among which. exemption nav be made. Registration Is one fhine. and exemption Is another. All E, en between the ages fixed in the law
 nut register, with the few exceptions named above.