New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-01

clarant, state the name of your coun-
try, as France Japan China etc.
What Is Your Job Right Now?
~. WHAT'S your present trade, oc-
cupation or Officer.
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. 1t asks what your job is right
now. State briefly, rs farmer, miner,
student. laborer Con farm, in rolling
mill, in automobile, wagon or other fac
tory, etc. If you hold IN office under
state or federal government, name the
office you hold.
"If o are in n of the following
offices or employments, use one of the
naImes hereafter mentioned: Custom
house clerk. employed in the transmits
sion of the mails or employed In an
armory. arsenal or navy yard, mar
liner actually employed in the sen serr-
ice of citizen or merchant within the
United States
"s. BY whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
"If you are working for an individ-
ual, firm. corporation or association
state its name. If in business. trade.
profession or employment for yourself.
so state. If you are an officer of the
state or federal government say whctll-
or your office is under the United
States, the state, the county or n mu-
nicipality. In answer to the question
as to where you are employed give the
town, county and state where you
work.
so. Have you a father, mother, wife,
child under twelve or a sister or broth
or under twelve 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 a duty to feed do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
of the nation to reduce wars misery to
a minimum. On the other hand, unless
the person you have in mind is solely
dependent on you do not hide behind
p%etticoats or children.
40. Married or single (which):
Race (specify which)?
''1his does nOt ask whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
question as to your race state briefly
whether Caucasian, Mongolian, negro,
Malayan or Indian.
Must State Past Military Service.
I'll. What military service have YOU
had? Rank? Branch? Years: Ma
ton or state?
NO matter what country you
served, you must give complete infor-
nation. In answering these questions
first name your rank, using one of the
following words: Commissioned off
GER 'noncommissioned officer 'pri-
vate.' Next, state branch in which you
served in one of the following words:
Infantry cavalry artillery 'medi-
CAL signal aviation supply ina
rine,' navy Next, state the number
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 n
of the states Of the United States,
name your service in n of the fol
lowing terms: National Guard (of
such and such a state), militia (of
such and such a state), volunteers of
United States or regular army (navy)
of United States
az. 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
a claim now if you intend to prosecute
it. Some persons will be exempted on
account of their occupations or offices,
some on account of the fact that they
have relatives dependent upon then
for support. Your answer touching
these things will be important in sup
porting 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 con
formity with your answers to ques-
tons 7 and 8.
"In stating grounds you claim rs q
empting you use n of the following
terms: If you claim to be an eNecu
tive, 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 Il
member of n religious sect whose creed
forbids its members to participate in
war in any form, simply name the sect.
If YOU are employed in the transmits
sion of the United States mails or as
an artificer or workman in an armory
arsenal or navy yard of h United
States. or if you are a mariner em-
ployed in the sea service of any cltl-
zen or merchant within the United
States. So state. If you are a 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. If you claim exemption on
other ground, state your ground
briefly"