The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
NO ONE EXCUSED
FROM REGISTERING
All Of Specified Age Must Respond
on June 8 to Call Of
Nation.
QUERIES TO Be ANSWERED
Government Has Issued Circulars
Making II Easier for Those Who
Register 10 Respond 10 inter-
roeatIons That VIII
Be Made


There Is but one answer to ever,
question asked regarding registration
and Il is this:
Every man between the ages Of
twenty-one and thirty years, inclusive
whether native born. nm alien, or even
an allen enemy. must register June g
This applies also 10 inyalIds and per
sons Who are III. a man Is thirty until
his thirtyfirss birthday anniversary
The government has adopted plan
% facilitate and simplify The filling III
Of conscriplIou registration cards June
.. Circulars containing tile twelve
questions 20 be asked and advice as TO
how they should be answered have
been prepared for distribution.
Answers to the Questions,
The circular, which benrs Tho head
ing How 10 Answer Questions ON
Registration Cards" reads as follows
Questions will be asked for you 10
answer n the order In which they mp
pear on this paper. These questions
are SET ont below with detailed Infor-
mutton q help you answer them.
'Ilo not write on mark or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. DO not re.
move them. They should be carefully
read 80 that you will have your an
swers ready when you 50 before the
registrar.
"All answers win be written on the
registration caId In Ink by the regis.
trar who should be careful to spell all
names f0rrectly and TO write legibly.
u. Name IN full. Age In years,
This means all your names spelled
ont In full.
state your age today ia years only.
Disregard additional months or days,
he prepared 10 say nineteen or
twenty Ave not nineteen years
three months or the like.
-. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. BE prepared
10 give the address III this way: .232
Main street. Chicago, Cook county. Ii.
linols; that Is, give number and name
Of street first, then town. then county
and state.
Have Birthday Date Ready.
Date OF birth.
Write your birthday (nonth, day
and year, ON a piece Of paper before
going to the registrar aud give the pa.
per 70 him the first thing. Example:
August 8, 1904,
III you do not remember the year,
tart 10 answer as you would If some
me asked you your birthday, as Au-
rust 3. Then say, 'On my birthday |
his year will be Cor was) --- years
Id. The registrar win then fll Ia
he year Of birth. Many people do not
AIRY IN mind the year they were
lorn. This may be obtained by the /
'egistrar by subtracting the age IN
fears on this years birthday from
1917.
- Are you "a natural born citI.
Zen; CD naturalized citizen; CD an
alien: 90 or have you declared your
intention TO become citizen (specify |
I'D II you were born In the United |
States, including Alaska and Hawaii, |
Sou are a natural born citizen, no mat.
ter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality Of your parents. II
you were born IN Porto Rico you are
citizen Of the United States. unless
you We're born OF allen parentage. II
YOU We're horn abroad you are stlil
citizen ~ the United States, II your
father WAS citizen Of the United
States nj the time you were born, un.
less You have expatrlated yourself.
"t2l You are naturallxed citizen IL
you have completed your nnturallzn.
tion that Is. II you have taken final
papers. But you are not citizen II
sou have only declared your intention
10 become citizen Clint Is, IL you
have only taken out first papersD IN
the latter case You are only sleclar.
ant
"lon are also a naturallzed citizen
Il, although foreign born. your father
or surviving parent became fully NAT
urallzed while you We're under twenty
one years Of age. and II you came Ia
the United States under twenty-one.
-t3l You are declarant n. although
a citizen OF subject Of some foreign
country. sou have declared on oath be-
fore naturalization court your inten-
ton 70 become citizen of the United
states. Receipt from the clerk Of the
court u the certified copy Of such
declaration Is often called taking out
first papers. You are not a declarant
Il your first paper was taken out after
September %. 1906. and is more than
seyen years cid
III Yon are an alien If you do not
fan within one oE the three classes
ADORE mentioned
= Whore were ygu b0rns
First name tie toEn, then the state.
then the epuntry. as columbus, o. :
Vienna. Austria !; Paris, France