The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-05-31
PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS
How to Answer Questions on Regis
tration Cards.

! answer IN the Oruef III WHICH Wv
appear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed in
formation to help you answer them.
All answer will be written on thu
Registration Card in ink by the Regis
trar, who should be careful to spel
all names correctly and TO write leg
IDLY.
| /. Name in full. Age in years.
2. Home address. This means the
place where you have your permanent
home not the place where you work. }
3. Date of birth.
4. Are you (D a natural-bOrn citi-
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; CD an
alien; A) or have you declared your
intention to become citizen (specify
which,?
N) II 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
IL YOU were born in Porto Rico, you
are a citizen of the United States, un-
less you were born Of alien parcntage
| 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, un-
less you have cxpatriated yourself.
(2) You are naturalized citizen
| if you have completed your naturallza-
ton; that is, if you have taken final
papers" But you are not citizen II
you have only declared your intention
to become citizen (that is, If you
have orly "taken out first papersD +;
in the latter case you are only de
clarent."
You are also a naturalized citizen If,
although foreign born, your father or
surviving parent became fully natur-
allied while you were under Il years
of age, and if you came to the United
States under 21.
(3, You are a declarant if, al
though citizen or subject of some
foreign country, you have declared on
cath before naturalization court
your intention to become q citizen OF
the United States. Receipt from the
clerk of the court Of the certified copy
of such declaration is often called
taking out first papers" Yen are
not declarant if your first paper was
taken out after September rs, 1906,
and is more than years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned.
5. Where were you born!
6. If not citizen, of what country
are you citizen or subject?
7. What is your present trade, oc-
cupation 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. 1T ASKS WHAT
YOUR JOB IS RIGHT NOW.)
s. BY whom employed? Where
employed?
9. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under II, or sister or brother
under IL solely dependent upon you
for support (specify which,?
Consider your answer thoughtful.y.
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 hlde
behind petticoats or children.
10. Married or single (Which!
Race (specify which,!
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch! Years! Ma
ton or State?
No matter what country you serv-
ed, you must give complete informa-
ton.
12. 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 them
for support Your answer touching
these things will be important in sup
porting the claim you now intend 70
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-
tions 7 and s. In stating grounds you
claim as exempting you, use one OF the
following terms: If you claim to De
an executive, legislative, or judicial
officer Of the State or Nation, name