Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-30
STUDY QUESTIONS
FOR REGISTRATION
Men Asked to Read InterrOgatiOns
Carefully and Be Prepared Be-
fore Going to the Polls.
REGISTRATION DAY
WILL BE JUNE 5
Men Between the Ages of Fl and 80
Inclusive OF Both Will Have to
Register.

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make a study OF questions that will
w. be asked June in connection
- with the registration OF men
tetwaen the ages of 21 and 80 in
Elusive of both. Have your answer
ready for the registrar who will fill
lin the blank spaces. Here are the
questions:
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 years, months" or the like.
Home Address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home. not the
place where you work. Be prepared
to give the address il this way: "232
Main street, Chicago, Cook county,
! ILLINOIS,; that is, give number and
name OF street first, then town, then
county and state.
Date of Birth.
Write your birthday (nonth, day
year, On piece of paper before go
ing TO the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam
PIE, August 5, 1894"
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as
August o. then say ION my birth
day THIS YEAR l will be Cor 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 obtain
ed by the registrar by subtracting
the age in years on THIS YEARS
birthday from 1917.
Are you CD a natural-born citi-
Zen;- CD a naturalized citizen (3)
an alien; (4) or have you declared
your intention to become a citizen?
(specify which,.
"a. If you were born in the Unit
ed States, including Alaska and Ha-
waii, you are a natural born citizen,
no matter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality of your par
lents. II you were born in Porto
YOU al . q ILliACu VI IhO ChitOa
States, unless you were born OF alien
lparentage. If you were born abroad,
you are still a citizen Of the United
States at the time you were born.
unless you have expatriated your
self
(2)You are NATURALIZED
CITIZEN if you have completed your
naturalization; that is, if you have
taken final papers" But you are
not citizen if you have only declar-
! ed your intention to become a citizen
Chat is, if you have only taken out
first papers'o; in the latter case you
are only "declarant."
| You are also a naturaliZed citizen
| if, although foreign born, your faith
er or surviving parent became fully
years OF age, and if YOU came to the
United States under 21.
(3). You are a DECLARANT II.
although a citizen or Subject of some
foreign country, you are declared on
oath before d naturalization court
your intention to become citizen Of
the United States. Receipt from the
clerk of the court OF the certified
copy OF such declaration IS often
called taking out first papers. You
are not a declarant If your first pap
er was taken out after September %,
| | 9O6, and is more than I years old
(4) You are an ALIEN If you do
Ii not fall within one OF these three
classes above mentioned.
Where were YOU born?
First name the town. then the
state, then the country, as "Colum-
| bus, Ohio; Vienna, Austria
Paris, France; or Sofia, Bull
garia.'
II not a citizen. OF what country are
you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that "declarant" is not yet a citizen
of the United States. If al alien or
declarant. state the name OF your
country, as France, Japan, China
etc.
What Is your present trade, oceupa'
tion, or Office?
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most OF
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