Evening star., 1917-06-01
REGISTRATION DOUBTS
ARE STRENGTHENED OUT
Questions as to Requirements Under
Draft Law Answered
by Officials.

q My brother is i'll with contagious
disease. The house Is quarantined. No
one Is permitted by the health officer to
go in or come out My brother is of mill
tary age. How will he be registered?
| A He can't escape registration, even
In every case where there is a man OF
military age who is ill and quarantined. a
special registrar will be appointed by the
health officer to take care of the case.
Q. have a physical defect which
don't want generally known. Must state
1t on registration day in my claim for
exemption?
| A. Your answers will be treated in con-
ndence. No one will hear them except
the registrar. You need not specify the
physical defect you mention. Merely state
that you are under physical disability.
| Q. live in a houseboat. I have neither
| street number nor street address. What
| address will give and where will I reg
lister?
| A. You will register in that precinct
| where your boat happens to be on June 5.
mail
Q. am too late to register in my home,
which is In Washington state. What shall
l do about it?
| A. OF course, it is too late now to
admonish you against tardness You
must at least make an honest. effort to
| register Go at once to room 500 District
| building, have a registration card filed
out and send it to the city clerk of your
| home town. or the sheriff of your county,
without delay.
Q. have ten children dependent upon
me, all of whom are under twelve. Must
| register and must l go to war? I am
thirty years old
A. You must register. The fact that
you are the father of an unusually large
| family does not excuse you from this
duty. Whether You must go to war is a
matter for the exemption board to pass
upon.
Q. How can I be of help on June S?
l want to do something
A. You can help in a variety of ways
First, use your influence to get your
friends who have to register at the regis
tration places as early as possible. That
will facilitate the work of registration. .
Q. am not yet twenty-one years old
but want to go on record for my coun-
try. May I register?
A. You will not be permitted to register
II you are old enough to volunteer, then
apply for service in the Marine Corps or
other branch of the federal military or
naval service. That will! place you on
record.
patton shall I give when l am asked by
the officer who will register me?
A You will give that occupation which
is your principal one. If you wish you
may give both.
Q. 1 have had service as High School
cadet and also as cadet at Culver Mill
tary Academy. Does that count as mill
tary service?
A. No. Military service must be serv-
ice in a recognized branch Of federal or
state service.
9. 1 am employed in Washington
and Virginia as salesman for a New
York firm. I have no permanent home
and I have no local employer. Who
shall I say is my employer?
A. You will state the name of your
New York employer.
Q. II have good ground of exemp-
ton but do not wish to state it because
I don't want to be exempt. must state
it?
A. Yes. The purpose of the question
as to exemption is merely statistical. The
exemption board which will be appoint
ed will pass upon the merits of your
case. Your statement as to exemption,
formity. will have no influence on the
board which makes the draft.
Q. Shall state that the District of
Columbia has no vote and therefore
that claim exemption when register?
A. Such a statement will have no
effect on the authorities and is not only
useless in itself. but will also take
unnecessary time to record. This is no
time for the expression of political
opinions. This is a matter of patriotic
service.
Q. Will the answers I give to regis
tration questions be considered con-
fidential? I don't want every one to
know my business
A. Yes. all information you give will
be considered as far as possible con-
fidential. No one except the registrar
will overhear your answers.
@. I am twenty-five years old. Will
I be allowed to volunteer should I be
drafted and will I be given a choice
as to the branch of service in which I
will be entered?
| A. If you are concentrating volun-
teering. do it now. There will be no
chance to volunteer after you are
drafted. 1t Is not probable that you
will be given a choice in the matter
You will be placed where the authori-
ties think you will be most useful to
the country. not to yourself.
Q. Will have to fill the cards in or
will the registrar do 1t?
A. The registrar will Fill the cards
and you will have to attest to the truth
of your answers to his questions
@. / am single man and claim my
permanent home with my parents, but
on account of my occupation. which
requires me to work late at night and
early in the morning. I room near NV
work to get more sleep. My address
is at the home of my parents and I
claim that place as my home. In what
precinct will register?
A You will register in that precinct
where your permanent home is located
1 In this instance 1t will be the precinct
wherein your parents, house Is
Q. ] live Seventy-one feet north of
and outside the city limits of city in
another state which city has more than
80. 900 population. Should my reeistra
ton card be mailed to the county sher-
III or to the mayor or city clerk of the
city? l get my mail from the city post
office by delivery. but l have to vote in
the county outside.
A. You will mail the card to the
county sheriff You live in his precinct
Your proximity to another precinct does
not alter the fact.
@. My real name is John Sovinski
and under that name I secured my first
papers. about six years ago. Three
years ago l came to Washington, and
for some good reason changed my name
to John Jones, by which name 1 am
known. Under what name shall 1 reg
lister?
A. You will register under your
right name.
O. i have always thought that I was
born in 1885 and that l am now thirty
one years old. Since the question of
registering has come up some one in
my family says he can prove that l am
only thirty and that was born in
1886. What shall do?
A. You must demand the proof from
your relative. II he cannot prove that
you are thirty and you honestly believe
that you are thirty-one, then you must
not register. II there is the slightest
doubt as to your age you must register
You may be called upon to prove your