The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-05-30
U. S. MILITARY REGISTRATION
JUNE FIFTH
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How-to Answer Questions on Registration
Card

answer in the order in which thew
appear in this paper. These ques-
lions are set out below with detailed
information to help you answer
them.
Do not write on, mark, or other
wise mutilate these instructions. Do
not remove them. They should be
carefully read SO that you will have
your answers ready when you go be-
fore the Registrar.
All answers will be written on the
Registration Card in ink by the Re-
gistrar, who should be careful to
spell all names correctly and to
write legibly.
I. Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spelled
out in full.
State your age today in years only
Disregard additional months or
days. Be prepared to say "19" or
|'25" not "19 yrs. 3 mos" or the like.
2. Home Address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be prepared
to give the address in this wav:
Grand Marais, Cook County, Mime
sofa; that is give town, then county
and state.
3. Date of Birth.
Write your birthday (month, day,
and year) on piece of paper before
going to the Registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam
pie: august 5, 1884,"
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if
someone asked you your birthday, as
august 5th." Then say "on my
birthday this year I will be (or was)
-- years old" The Registrar
will then fill in the year of birth.
Many people do not carry in mind
the year they were born. This may
be obtained by the Registrar by sub
tracing the age in years on this
years birthday from 1917.
4. Are you (D a naturaI-born citi-
zen; (2) naturalized citizen; 81
an alien; (4) or have you declared
your intention to become citizen
(specify which,?
% If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are naturaI-born citizen, no
matter what may have been the citi-
zenship or nationality Of your par
ents. If you were born in Porto Ri
co you are a citizen of the United
States, unless you were born of alien
parentage. If you were born abroad,
you are still a citizen Of the United
States if your father was a citizen
of the United States at the time
you were born. unless you have epa-
triated yourself.
(2) You are a naturaIized citizen
if you have completed your >naturali-
cation; that is, if you have taken
"fnal papers" But you are not a
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 declarant."
You are also a naturalized citizen
if, although foreign born, your ia
Their or surviving parent became full
ly naturalized while you were under
Fl years Of age, and if you came to
the United States under 81.
(3) You are decIarant if, al
though citizen or subject Of some
foreign country, you have declared
on oath before a naturalization court
your intention to become a citizen
of the United States. Receipt from
the clerk Of the court Of the certi-
fled copy Of such declaration is Of
ten called taking out first papers"
You are not a declarant if your first
paper was taken out after Septem-
Der 26, 1906, and is more than 7
years old.
az You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned.
S. Where Were you Born?
First name the town, then the
State, then the country, as Column
bus, Ohio;" Vienna, AUSTRIA" Paris,
France" Sofia, Bulgaria."
6. IF not a citizen, Of what country
are you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by al
lens and declarants. Remember that
a "declarant" is not yet a citizen of
the United States. If an alien or
declarant, state the name Of your
country, as "Canada," France" Nor
way" "Sweden," "Finland," "Hun-
gary" Montenegro" Austria" Bull
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