The Butler weekly times., 1917-05-31

answer in the order in which they ap
pear in this paper. These question:
are set out below with detailed infor
nation to help you answer them.
All answers will be written on thu
registration card in ink by the regis
trar, 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 "23" or "25," not
"2,3 years, 3 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: egg
Main Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois," that is. give number and
name of street first, then 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. Ex-
ample: august 5, 1894
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if
someone asked you your birthday, as
august sth.' Then say "on my
birthday this year ] will be Cor was)
years old" The registrar will
then fill in the year of birth Many
people do not carry in mind the years
they 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 ID a natural born cit
izen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; Cd or have you declared your
intention to become a citizen (specify
which).
(D If you were born 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 citizen of the United
States, unless you were born of alien
parentage. If you were born abroad
you are still citizen of the United
States if your father was a citizen of
the United States at the time you
were born. unless you have expatriat-
ed yourself.
(2) You are naturalized citizen
if you have completed your nat,rali-
zation; that is, if you have "taken
final 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 father
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under 81
years of age, and if you came to the
United States under Fl.
Cd You are a declarant if, al
though a citizen or subject Of some
foreign country, you have declared
on oath before 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 declarant if your first pa
per was taken out after September
26, 1906, and is more than 7 years old.
Cd You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three cases
above mentioned.
S. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
state, then the country, as "Colum-
bus, o." vienna, AUSTRIA" "Paris.
France" "Sofia, Bulgaria"
s. If not 4 citizen, of what coun-
try are you a citisen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that a "declarant" is not yet citi-
zen of the United States. If an alien
or declarant, state the name of your
as France" Japan,
China" .etc.
=. What is your present trade, oc-
rura<;n,@ nr nffseA9
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most OF
the time, nor what you are best fit
ted to do. It asks what your job is
right now. State briefly, as "farm-
er," miner" student" "laborer ION
farm, in rolling mill, ip automobile.
wagon or other factory)," "machinist
in automobile factory" etc. If you
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