Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
REPLIES TO INQUIRIES
ABOUT REGISTRATION
Information to Those Who Must
Conform to the Law on Tues
day, June 8.

order to make my chances Of securing
work greater. told the immigration
officials was sixteen years old. was
really fourteen. II I had been sixteer
in 1911, I should now be twenty one
and would have to register. I arr
really only nineteen. am q Russian
Jew and don't want to leave my bust.
ness.
A. If you are nineteen years old. you
need not register. However. 1t will be
very difficult to explain your attitude
to the authorities should they investi-
gate your case. You are subject to i'm
prisonment for your lie to the immi-
grafton authorities. You will be sub
ject to imprisonment II you lie to the
registrar June s.
Q. have already registered in my
home state as an absantee. Since doing
SO I have secured permanent employ
ment here and have moved my belong
and will be for an indefinite period my
permanent home. Must 1 register
again?
A. You must register in that place
which you consider your permanent
home. If you will write an explanation
of your case to the city clerk of your
former residence he will return to you
your card. If you do not receive an
answer by June 5. register in your
present domicile just the same.
Q. I have registered by mail in Vir-
ginia. Since then I have changed my
the District. What shall I do?
"A. Your change of mind need not
bother you. See answer to above Ques-
Mon.
Two Wrongs Make No Right.
% whan u,aa narr{ed fold the
marriage license clerk that l was
twenty-one years old. AS a matter of
fhct 1 was only eighteen, as my family
bible will show. I am now twenty.
Must / register?
"A. If you can prove that you are but
twenty years Of age, you need not
register. You have made yourself
liable to the penalty Of Imprisonment
for false affidavit already. You should
not make a false oath again. Two
wrongs don't make a right.
90. I am divorced, but am paying
alimony to my former wife. I am her
sole support and the sole support of
our children. Am / to answer yes to
the question concerning dependents?
"A. Your former wife Is not dependent
within the contemplation of the regu-
lation. Your children are dependents
Q. live on canal boat and make
my home on 1t. I am never in one
place any more than another. Will
"A. You will have to register If you
are between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty Since you have no perma-
place to place. you must register in
that place where you happen to be
@. will be thirty-one years old June
to register June 5. will I be subject
70 draft if the drafting is done after
June z?
and separate things. 1t is clear that
you must register. The presumption is
that you will be amenable to draft,
irrespective Of the fact that you are
over thi1ty-one when the draft day
comes. To be exempt one should be
over the age limit on June S.
Register Where You Call Home.
Q. am a native of Georgia. I have
been a resident of the District for sew
grail years. l leave this city June 1
@r New York How will I effect my
a. II you consider Washington your
permanent home. irrespective of your
birthplace or voting place. you must
absent from the District June S. then
call at room No. 500, District building,
and obtain an absentee registration
card. which you will be responsible for
Having in the office of the city clerk.
Mr. Donovan. District building, on or
before June 5.
q. II a man is drafted after registra-
ton will he be given preference as to
the branch Of service in which he will
be placed? 1 don't want to go to war.
but IL I do 1 want to join the navy.
"A. That is a matter which has not It
been passed upon. 1t does not effect
your duty to register. however. II you
want to join the navy do so now as a
Volunteer.
q. When was a young man my
father came to Washington to work in
the departments. He maintained his
voting place in Ohio. I have always
considered Ohio my home and voted
there last election day. have never
lived there. Where will I register?
A. You will register In. the District. A
mere naked voting residence is not an
actual residence. You must maintain q
home in a place in order to claim domi-
Gle there.
q. am a member Of the National
Guard of the District. We have not
been mustered into the federal service
but we are engaged in active service.
Must I and my comrades register?
A. No. you need not register.
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