Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-06-01


hold an office under State or Federal
government, name the office you hold.
If you are in one of the following Of
fices or employments, use one of the
names hereafter mentioned:
"Customhouse clerk" employed in
the transmission of the mails" or "em-
ployed in an armory, arsenal, or navy
yard" mariner, actually employed in
the sea service of citizen or merchant
within the United States"
8. BY whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation, or association, state
its name. If in business, trade, pro-
fession, 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 a municipality.
In answer to the question as to where
you are employed, give the town, coun-
ty and State where you work.
9. Have you a father, mother, wife,
child under IL, or sister or brother
under IL solely dependent upon you
for support specify which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
If it is true that there is another mouth
than your own which you alone have
duty to feed, do not let your military
ardor interfere with the wish of the
Nation to reduce wars misery to
minimum. On the other hand, unless
the person you have in mind is solely
dependent on you, do not hide behind
petticoats or children.
10. Married or single which? Race
specify which,?
This does not ask whether you were
once married, but whether you are
married now. In answer to the ques-
tlon as to your race, state briefly
whether Caucasian" "Mongolian,"
Negro" "Malayan," or "Indian."
H. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Ma
ton or State?
No matter what country you served,
you must give complete information. In
answering these questions, first name
your rank, using one of the following
words: Commissioned officer" Non
commissioned officer, Private. Next,
state branch in which you served in
one of the following words: Infantry
Cavalry" Artillery" Medical,
Signal, Aviation" Supply, MA
rine, Navy" Next, state the num-
ber of years service, not counting time
spent in the Reserve. Finally, name
the Nation or State you served. If YOU
served under the United States or one
of the States of the United States, name
your service in one of the following
terms: National Guard (of such and
such state)," militia (of such and
such State)," "Volunteers of United
States" or Regular Army Navy of
United States"
II. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft, it by no means follows that
you are exempt. For the information
of the War Department you should
make claim now if you intend to
prosecute it. Some persons will be
exempted on account of their occupa-
tons or offices, some on account of the
fact that they have relatives dependent
upon them for support. Your answer
touching these things will be important
in supporting the claim you now intend
to make in your answer to the present
questions. Be sure, therefore, that the
grounds you now state are in conform
ity with your answers to questions z
and 8. In stating grounds you claim as
exempting you, use one of the follow
ing terms: If you claim to be an
executive, legislative, or judicial officer
of the State or Nation, name your office
and say whether it is an office of the
State or Nation. If you claim to be a
member of a religious sect whose creed
forbids its members to participate in
war in any form, simply name the sect.
II you are employed in the transmission
of the United States mails or as an
artificer or workman in an armory,
arsenal, or navy yard OF the United
States, or if you are mariner employ
ed in the sea service OF any citizen or
merchant within the United States, so
state. If you are felon or otherwise
! morally deficient and desire to claim
exemption on that ground, state your
ground briefly. If you claim physical
disability, state that briefly. II you
claim exemption on any other ground,
state your ground briefly.