Arizona republican., 1917-05-31
(NeW York Tribunel

(New York Tribune)
 This is a reduced reproduction Of the circular which the war department IS distributing for the information or men | between twenty to thirty who are liable to conscription. The questions are those which will be asked on June 3. | Questions will be asked for you to answer in the order in which they ap- pear of this paper. These questions are set out below with detailed information to help you answer them. Do not write on, mark, or otherwise mutilate these instructions. Do not re- move them. They should be carefully read so that you will have your answers | ready when you go before the registrar. All answers will be written or the registration card in ink by the registrar, 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 fuli.
 State your age today in years only, 1 Disregard additional months or days. Be prepared to say '19," or "25, not ''19 yrs. , mos." 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: "232 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 anG year) on a piece of paper before going to the registrar, and give the paper to him the first thing. Example: August ,, 1894"
 If you do not remember the year, start to answer as you would if some one asked your birthday, as August 9th" Then say, "on my birthday this year l will be tor 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 obtained by the registrar by subtractins the age in years on this years birthday from 1917
 4. Are you (1) a natural born citizen;
 (2) a naturalized citizen; (3) an | alien; (4) or have you declared
 your inteton to become citizen
 Specify which,?
 | CD If you were born in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, you are a natural born citizen, no mat ter what may have been the citizenship or nationality of your parents If you were born in Porto Rico, you are citi- l zen DI llt CUlltu otdltS, uIItSS 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 have expatriated yourself.
 (2) You are a naturaized citizen if you have completed your naturaliza tion; that is. if you have taken final papers" But you are not citizen if you have only declared your intention to become a citizen tthat is, if you have only taken out first papers,; in the | latter case you are only a "declarant." You are also a naturalZed citizen. if although foreign born, your father or surviving parent became fully natural ized while you were under 21 years of age, and if you came to the United States under 2f.
 (3) You are declarant if, although a citizen or subject of some foreign country, you have declared on oath before a naturalization court your in- tention to become citizen of the Unit ed States. Receipt from the clerk of the court of the certified copy of such dec laration is often called taking out first papers" You are not declarant if your first paper was taken out after Septem- Der 26, 1906, and is more than years | old
 co 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 the the country. as Columbus, Ohio" vienna. Austria" Paris, France" Sofia, Bulgaria" 6. If not citizen, of what country are
 you citizen or subject? | Tl1ic yaad ha and declarants. Remember that de clarant'' is not yet a citizen of the Unit ed States. If an alien or declarant, state l the name of your country, as France" Japan" China etc
 1 (. What IS your present trade, occu-
 patton, 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, IT ASKS WHAT YOUR JOB IS RIGHT NOW. State briefly. as Farm CT" Miner Student "Laborer Con farm, in rolling mill, in automobile wagon or other factory).' "Machinist in automobile factory" etc If you hold an office under state or federal govern ment, name the office you hold If you are i'll one of the following offices or employments, use one of the names hereafter mentioned:
 FCustom house clerk" employed in the transmission of the mails.' or "ein- ployed in an armory, arsenal, or navy yard mariner, actually employed in the sea service of citizen or merchant within the United States
 $. By whom employed? Where en,-
 ployed?
 If you are working for an individual. firm, corporation, or association. state It's name. If in business. trade. profess sion, or employment for yourself so state. If you are an officer of the state or federal government, say whether your office is under the United States. the state the county, or municipality. In answer to the question as to where you are employed give the town, coun- " and state where you work
 ,. Have you father, mother, wife.
 child under 12, or a sister or
 brother under 12 solely dependent
 upon you for support (specify
 which,?
 consider your answer thoughtfully. 1T It IS true that there is another mouth than your own which you alone have a outy to feed. do not let your military ardor interfere with the wish of the nation to reduce wars misery to mini mum On the other hand, unless the person you have in mind is solely de- |