The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-12-11
The New Questions for Men
Registered for the Selective
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The new QUESTIONABLE for the men
liable for National Army service will
i soon be mailed to all registered men
who have not been called. The form
contains about 200 questions, and Gov
ernor Edge has recommended three
men in each county to be named by
President Wilson as committee to
assist registrants in properly answering
the queries propounded No loophole
is left for any man fit and of proper
age to excuse himself for not being in
service. Particular attention is paid
to the matter of dependents in section
10. After instructions about securing
affidavits, ETC., this section is as fol-
lows:
Have you wife, child, or aged, in
firm or invalid parents or grandpar-
ents, or brother under 16 or sister I'M
der Is years OF age, or a helpless brother
or sister OF whatever age, mainly de.
pendent on your physical or mental
labor for support I?
Ii your answer is no, do not answer
any other questions and do not sign
your name.
State whether you are married,
single, widowed or divorced.
If you are married state (a). the
place (b) date and (c) the person by
whom the ceremony was performed.
! Give the name, relationship, address
and age of each person mainly de-
pendent on your labor for support
Which of such dependents live with
you, and how long has each lived with
you?
If any persons named in your an
swers do not live with you, state which
of them have lived with you at any
/ time during the past 10 months, and
for how long period.
If any such dependent is step.
child, an adopted child, or a foster
child, state as to each when such re-
lationship to you began.
As to each dependent, state when
you began to contribute to his or her
support.
State both (a) the approximate total
and (b) the average monthly amount
OF your support of your wife and
children during the last IL months.
| How much have you contributed to
the support of each other dependent
during said II months?
As to each dependent, state whether
such person is wholly dependent on
1 your labor for support.
Has any dependent (other than your
wife or child brother, father, mother,
uncle, aunt, husband, wife or child?
Ii so, give name, age, address and
occupation of each.
What was your total income from all
sources during the last IL months,
whether (a) in cash, or (b) in other
things of value?
How much of this was the fruit of
your labor, mental or physical?
Give full statement of all property
owned by or held in trust for YOU.
whether income producing or not, and
net income from same during last II
months.
Character of property-real estate or
personal property.
Do you own the house you live in ?
Does any of your family or depend
ents own it? Does any, OF your de-
pendents own the house he or she lives
in? Do you rent your house? If so,
state the monthly rent and name and
address of landlord.
Have you paid any taxes during the
last year2 II SO, state separately the
amount paid on real estate; personal
property, income tax, and name the
officer to whom paid.
Ii there is any incumbrance on any
property you own, state its nature and
amount.
State in money value all property
owned by or held in trust for any per-
son named as dependent.
State earnings of each named de-
pendent during preceding IL months.
Name OF dependent. Period en-
ployed. Earnings.
State amount of contributions to
each dependent during said u months
by person other than you, naming
such dependents, contributors and
amounts
State amount per month you con-
slider necessary for support Of all your
dependents.
Has your wife been employed during
any portion of the past - months? II
so, state period of employment with
dates, nature of her work, and amount
of her earnings
Has your wife ever been employed?
If SO, in what calling?
State the condition of health of your
wife.
Do you or your wife live with her
parents?
If you have stated that you contrib
ute to the support of any person ex-
cept your wife and children, state
whether you live with such person or
persons and how much you pay for
your board or subsistence to them or
others.
V. Claude Palmer, Joseph Beck Ty-
Ter, and Judge Lippincott have been
named to assist Burlington county
registr ants in preparing their answers.