The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-25
THOSE WHO REGISTER
SHOULD READ This

Detailed instructions for military
registration issued by the war de-
Partment reveal the great seriousness
with which all persons subject to the
draft must answer the preliminary
call Of the government. The instruc-
tiOns are:
/. 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, 8 months"
or the like.
e.. 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: 1882
street, Medina, Medina county,
Ohio"
3. Date Of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day
and year, on a piece Of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. II you do
not remember the year, start to ans
wer as you would If some one asked
you your birthday, as "Aug. g., then
say, on my birthday this year was
Tor will be) years old"
4. Are you ID natural-bOrn cit
ixen? (2) A naturalized citizen?
(3) An alien? (D Or have you de-
clared your intention to become citi-
gen? Specify which.
(1) If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are natural born citizen, no mat
ter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality of your parents.
If you were born in Porto Rico, you
are a citizen of the United States, un-
less you were born of alien parentage.
If you were born abroad, you still are
citizen Of your United States if your
father was a citizen of the United
States at the time you were born, un-
less you have expatriated yourself.
2. You are naturalized citizen if
you have completed your naturaliza-
ton: i. e., "taken final papers" But
you are not citizen if you have only
declared your intention; i. e., "taken
out first papers," In the latter case,
you are only a "declarant." You also
are naturalized citizen if your father
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under 81, and
if you came to the United States un-
der 81.
8. You are a declarant, If, although
a citizen or subject Of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath
before naturalization court your in
tention to become citizen Of the U.
S. Receipt from the clerk of court
Of the certified copy of such declara-
ton often is called "taking out first
papers," You are not a declarant If
your first papers were taken out after
Sept. 26, 1906, and are Of more than
seven years duration.
4. You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
mentioned above.
5. Where were you born?
First, name the town, then the
state, then the country, as Medina,
Ohio;" vienna, Austria"
6. If not citizen. of what cOun-
try are you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by aliens
and declarants. If an alien or de-
clarant, state the name of your coun-
try, as France"
7. What is your present trade, &C.
eupatiOn or Office? !
This does not ask you what you
once did, nor what you have done most
of the time, nor what you are best
fitted to do. State briefly as "far-
mer," miner, student" 'laborer (on
farm, in foundry, in automobile, in
wagon or other factory" "machinist