The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31
HOW TO REGISTER
ON NEXT TUESDAY
SUGGESTIONS HOW TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL
BE ASKED EACH MAN
COUNTY BOARD AND ALL Offers READY
Registrars Will Make sturns to
Sheriff's Office the zme
Night

tons that have been ISIS, Z by the
Provost generals Office, to Germ men
in answering the questions u. will be
asked them when they register. Copies
of these instructions will be posted in
the registering places.
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the regis
trar, who should be careful to spell al
lanes correctly and to write legibly.
/. 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
10 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: 1922
Main street, Chicago. Cook county, III.
lhOlS, lidt 10, SINS III IL LoilC
of street first, then town, then county
and state.
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day and
year, on a piece of paper before going
to the registrar. and give the paper
to him the first thing. Example,: eau
gust 5, 1894"
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some.
one asked you your birthday. as Aug
ust s." Then say ION my birthday this
year | 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
%subtracting the age In years on this
years birthday from 1917.
4. Are you (1) a natural born cit
izen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; ca or have you declared your
intention to become a citizen (specify
which,?
% 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 citizen.
ship or nationality of your parents. If
you were born in Porto Rico you are
a citizen of the United States, unless
you we're born of alien %parentage.
If you were born abroad you are still
a citizen of the 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 a naturalized citizen if
you have completed your naturaliza-
ten; that is if you have taken final
papers" But you arc not a citizen if
you have only declared your intention
to become a citizen Chat is, if you
hape only taken III first papers"); in
the latter case you ere only a "declar-
ant"
You are also a n~aturalized citizen If,
although foreign born, your father or
surviving parent, became fully natur-
allied while you were under n years
of age and if you came to the United
States under 81.
CD You are a declarant if, although
a citizen or subject of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath be-
fore a naturalization court your inten-
ton to become a citizen of the United
States. Receipt from the clerk OF the
court of the certified copy of such de-
claration is often called taking out
first papers, You are not a declarant if
your first paper was taken out after
September 26, 1906, and is more than
seven years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do not
fall within M of the three classes
above mentioned.
S. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the state.
then the country, as columbus,
Ohio" vienna, AUSTRIA" Paris,
France" "Soia, Bulgaria"
s. II not a citizen of what country
are you a citizen or subject
This need be answered only by aliens
and declarants. Remember that a "de-
clarant" is not yet a citizen Of the
United States. II an alien OF declar-
ant, state the name Of younr country.
as France" Japan" China etc.