The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
how TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
on REGISTRATION CARDS
Read Carefully Before You Go to the
Registration TabIe-Here You See
What Will Be Asked.

answer III TIE OIUeF Ill "ulCu IH0S
appear 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
mutilate these instructions. Do not
remove them. They should be care
fully read so that you will have your
answers ready when you go before
the registrar.
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the regis
srar, who Should be carefui to spell
all names correctly and to write lsgi-
bly,.
l. 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 49," or 's25;;'' not
"19 years 8 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: "2S2
Main street, Chicago, Cook county, IL
!inois," that IS, give number and name
of street first, then town, then county
and State.
8. Date Of birth.
Write your birthday (nnonth, day,
and year, on a piece Of paper before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. ExaL
pie: August 5, 1894"
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would II some
one asked you your birthday, as
august 5th." Then say "on my
birthday this year l will be (or 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 obtain
ed by the registrar by substracting the
age in years on this years birthday
from 1917.
4. Are you (D a natural-born citi-
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (S) an
alien; (4) or have you declared your
intention to become a citizen (specify
which,
(1) If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are a natural-born citizen, no
matter what may have been the citiz-
enship of your parents. If you were
born in Porto Rico, you are citizen
of the United States, unless you were
born of alien parentage. II 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, unless you have
expatriated yourself.
(2) You are naturaIized citizen II
you have completed your naturaliza-
ton; that is, if you have taken final
papers" But you are not a citizen if
you have only declared your inten-
ton to become a citizen chat is, It
you have only taken out first pa
pers'); in the latter case you are
only a "declarant.'
You are also naturaliZed citizen
if, although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully
naturalized while you were under Il
years of age, and if you came to the
United States under 21.
60 You are declarant if, although
a citizen or subject of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath
before a naturalization court your in
tention to become a citizen of the
United States. Receipt from the clerk
of the court of the certified copy Of
such declaration is often called tax
ing out first papers" You are not
declarant if your first paper was
taken out after September 26, 1906,
and is more than years old.
ca You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
country, as columbia, Ohio" 'vien
Ia, AUSTRIA" "Paris, France!" "Soha,
Bulgaria.
s. II not citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?
This need be answered only By
aliens and declarants. Remember
that a 'sdeclarant" is not yet citizen
of the United States. II an alien or
declarant, state the name of your
country, as France" Japan"
China" etc.
Z. 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. State briefly as Farmer"
Miner" Student" ''Laborer Con
farm, in rolling mill, in automobile,
wagon or other factory),'' "Machinist
in automobile factory" etc. If you
hold an Office under State or federal
government, name the Office you hold.
If you are in one Of the following Of
fees or employments, use one of the
names hereafter mentioned:
'tCustomhouse clerk employed in
tie transmission of the mails or
"employed in an armory, arsenal, or
navy yard" mariner, actually en-
ployed in the sea service of citizen
or merchant within the United