The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-01
HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON REGISTRATION CARDS

have done of the time, what you best fit
ted for IT ASKS WHAT YOUR JOB is RIGHT
NOW. State briefly, Farmer Miner Student
"Laborer ION farm in rolling mill in automobile,
other factory" "Machinist in automobile fac
tory If you hold Office under State Fed
eral government, the Office you hold If you
in of the following Offices employments,
of the hereafter mentioned:
"Customhouse clerk" employed in the transmission
of the mails" or employed in the armory arsenal
navy yard" mariner actually employed IN the sea
service of citizen merchant within the United Sta
tes"
s. By whom employed? Where employed?
If you working for individual, firm, corpora
ton association, state its If IN business,
trade profession employment for yourself, state
If you officer of the State Federal government
say whether your office under the United States, the
State the county, municipality In answer to the
question where you employed, give the town, coun
ty, and state where you work
g. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under r.
sister brother under II solely dependent upon
you for support (specify which,?
Consider your thoughtfully. If it is true
that there is another mouth than your which you
alone have duty feed do not let your military ar
dor interfere with the wish of the Nation to reduce
wars misery to minimum On the other hand, unless
the person you have in mind is solely dependent on
you, do not hide behind pettcoats or children
10. Married or single (Which? Race (Which?
This does ask whether you once married
question state briefly whether Caucasian,
"Mongoian" Negro "Malayan,' or Indian
II. What military service have you had? Rank?
Branch? Years? Nation State?
No matter what country you served, you must give
complete information In answering these questions
first your rank, using Of the following words
commissioned officer 'Noncommissioned officer"
Private" Next state branch N which you served in
of the following words Infantry Calvary
"Artillery," Medical, Signal" Aviation, supply,
Marine Navy" Next, state the number Of years
service, count ny the time spent IN the Reserve
Finally the Nation State you served. If you
served under the United States Of tie states Of
the United States yoar service in Of the
following terms: National Guard tef such and such
a state1" Militia {of such and such state1 Soian
teers Of United States Regular Army Navy Of
United States
T. 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 informa
ton Of the War Department you should make claim
now you intend to prosecute IT, Some persons Will
be exempted Of their occupations or Offices
Of the fact that they relatives de-
pendent upon them for support Your answer touching
these things will be important in supporting the claim
you intend to make in your answer to the present
questions Be sure therefore that the grounds you
state in conformity with yoar answers to cues
tons and g. In stating grounds you clam as exenp
ting you use Of the following forms Il yoa claim
to be executive legislative judicial officer Of the
State or Nation your Office and say whether is
office of the State Nation # you claim to be
member of religious whose creed forbds its mem
bers to participate in any form imply name the
sect II you are employed in the transmission Of the
United States mails or artifcer workman in
an armory arsenal navy yard Of the United States
or If you are mariner employed in the sea service
of any citizen merchant within the United States
so state. If you feon otherwise morally de-
heen and desire to claim exemption that ground,
state your ground briefly. If you claim physical dis
ability, state that briefly If you claim exemption on
any ground, state your ground briefly.