The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-02
cT5R THOSE Who
~ WILL REGISTER
Government Has Issued Circulars
Dealing With Questions to
Be Asked.
MAKE WORK EASIER JUNE 5
The Following Detailed Information
Should Be Read by All Who Are
of the Age Called Upon
to Do Military

Inc LAW requires every man who ha
passed his twenty-first birthday an
not yet reached his thirty-frSt brit
day on June to register that day fo
army service.
there are no exceptions.
All men from twenty-One to thirt
must register. Exemptions for hea4tl
or other reasons will come later.
This newspaper publication is tn
only notification you will get.
A prison sentence is the penalty fOl
failure to register.
Inc government has adopted plan
10 facilitate and simplify the filling IN
or CONSUMPTION registration cards June
D. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as TO
how they should be answered have
been prepared for distribution.
How Answers Should Be Made.
The circular, which bears the head
Ing, How tO' Answer Questions on
Registration Cards." reads as follows:
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they ap-
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed infor-
nation to help you answer them.
DO not write on, mark or otherwise
mutllate these instructions. Do not re-
move them. They should be carefully
read so that you will have your an
swers ready when you go before the
registrar.
i. 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 nineteen or
twenty-five not nineteen years
three months or the like.
y. Home address.
This means the place where YOU
nave your permanent home, not the
pace where you work. Be prepared
TO give the address in this way: .232
Main street, Chicago, Cook county. H.
hnois;' that is, give number and name
or street first, then town, then county
and state.
Write Birth Date In Advance.
Date of birth.
write Your birthday (month. day
ana Year, on a piece of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. Examine.
August 5, 1894
III you do not remember the year.
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as .Au-
gust D. Then say, ON my birthday
mis- year l will be Cor was) - years
DID, The registrar will then fiji in
he year of birth. Many people do not
larry In mind the year they were
'orn. This may be obtained by the
egstrar by subtracting the age in
OF.
4. Are you O a natural born citi-
en-; 90 a naturalized citizen; (3) an
Hen; l4) or have you declared your
attention to become citizen (specify a
'hich)? {
I'D If you were born in the United :.
tates, including Alaska and Hawaii. y
GU are natural born citizen, no mat "
er what may have been the citizen =,
MP or nationality Of your parents. If g
on were born In Porto Rico you are n =,
tizen of the United States, unless -
Oh were born of alien parentage. If =
Du w6Se born abroad, you are still a -
tizen OF the United States, If your :,
lther was citizen of the United =.
fates at the time you were born. nm :.
SIS you have expatriated yourself. =
"(2) You are a naturalized citizen if O,
~ have completed your naturaliza- 70
On; that is, if you have taken final q,
lpers.' But you are not a citizen II 81
u have only declared your intention q,
become citizen Chat Is If Won -
we only taken out first papersD in m
latter case you are only a 'declar- 70
IT, ~
lou are also a naturalized citizen If
aithongh foreign born, your father, 81,
surviving parent became fully nat an
aiizeu While you were under twenty ar
years OF age, and if you came to 81
United States under twenty-one. nj,
'(3) You are declarant if. although 20
citizen or subject of some foreign ST
lntry, you have declared on oath be- OIL
e a naturalization court your inten- 70
TO become a citizen of the United ST,
ties. Receipt from the clerk of the cIa
lrt of the certified copy of such brI
is often called taking out an
It papers, You are not declarant ! bri