The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-31


in view OF all on registration day,
telling how to answer the various
questions. All persons are urged to
read it carefully and have their an
swers in mind when questioned:
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they
appear on this paper. These ques-
tions 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 answer ready when you go be-
fore the registrar.
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the regis
trar, who should be careful to spell
all names correctly and to write
legibly.
l. 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 49, or "25,
not "19 years 8 MONTHS 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 way: 1892
Main street, Chicago. Cook county,
Illinois," that is, give number and
name of street first, then town, then
county and State.
5. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day,
and year, on a piece Of paper before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam
pie: August ), 1894
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as 'Au-
gust 5th." Then say ION my birth
day this year will be Cor was)-
years old" The registrar will then
fill in the year of birth Many peo-
pie do not carry in mind the year
trey were born. This may be OBJ
tanned by the registrar by subtract
ing the age in years on this years
birthday from 1917.
4. Are you CD natural-born
citizen; (2) a naturalized citizen;
CD an alien; (4 or have you de-
clared your intention to become
citizen (specify which,?
CD If you were bo1n in the Unit
ed States, including Alaska and Ha-
waii, you are natural born citizen,
no matter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality of your
parents. If you were born in Porto
Rico, you are a citizen of the Unit
ed 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
citizen of the United States at the
time you were born, unless you nave
expatriated yourself.
CD You are naturalized cltl-
zen if you have completed your natu-
ralization; that is, if you have TAX
en- final papers" But you are not
citizen if you have only declared your
intention to become citizen (that is,
if you have only taken out first pa
pers"); in the latter case you are
only 'sdeclarant.
You are also naturalized citizen
if, although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully
naturalized while you were under II
years of age, and if you came to the
United States under p.
CD You are declarant If, al
49, nf
foreign country, you have declared
on oath before naturalization court
your intention to become citizen OF
the United States. Receipt from the
clerk of court of the certified copy OF
such declaration is often called TAX
ing out first papers" You are not
declarant if your first paper was
taken out after September 26, 1906,
and is more than I years old.
(4) You are an alien if You do
not fall within one of the three
classes above mentioned.
). Where were you born!
First name the town, then the
State, then the country. as "Colunl-
bus. Ohio" Vienna, Austria:
paris, France" Sofia, Bulgaria.
6. If not a citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that a "declarant' is not yet a clr-
zen of the United States. If an alien
or declarant, state the name OF your
country, as France, Japan,
China" etc.
Z. What is your present trade,
occupation, or office?
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most OF
the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. 1t asks what your job is right