Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-31

| declarant, state the. name of your
country, as France" Japan "Chi
| ma, . etc.
Il, What is your present trade, occu-
patton, or office?
FThfs does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most of
the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. IT ASKS WHAT YOUR JOB
IS RIGHT NOW. State briefly, as
Farmer" Miner" Student" La
|bbrer Ton farm, in rolling mill, in au-
tdmobile, wagon, or other factory y
"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 offices or employments,
use one of the names hereafter men,
toned:
"Customhouse clerk" employed in
the transmission of the nails or
employed in an armory, arsenal, or
navy yard" mariner, actually en-
ployed in the sea service of citizen or
merchant within the United States"
s. BY whom employed? Where en-
! pIoyed?
If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation, or association, state
it's name. If in business, trade, pro-
fession, or employment for yourself,
so state. II you are an officer Of the
State or Federal government, say
whether your Office is under the Unit
ed States, the state, the county, or a
municipality. In answer to the ques-
ton as to where you are employed,
give the town, county and State where
you work.
9. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under IL, or a sister or
brother under IL solely dependent
upon you for support (specify
which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have a duty to feed, do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
of the Nation to reduce the wars mis-
cry to a minimum. On the other
hand, unless the person you have in
mind is solely dependent on you, do
not hide behind petticoats or children.
10. Married or single (which)? Race
(specify which,?
This does not ask whether you were
once married, but whether you are
married now. In answer to the ques-
ton as to your race, state briefly
whether Caucasian" yMongolian,"
Negro" "Malayan,'. or Indian"
H.. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years?
Nation or State?
No matter what country you served,
you must give complete information.
In answering these questions, first
name your rank, using one of the fol-
lowing words: Commissioned Off
cer," ''Noncommissioned officer" "Pri-
vate." Next, state branch in which
you served in one of the following
words: Infantry" Cavalry" car
tillery," Medical" Signal" "'Avia-
tion," Supply" Marine" Navy"
Next, state the number of years serv-
ice, not counting time spent in the
Reserve. Finally, name the Nation
or State you served. If you served
under the United States or one of the
States of the United States, name
your service in one of the following
terms: National Guard (of such and
such a State)," Militia (of such and
such a State)," Volunteers of United
States" or Regular Army Navy Of
United States
IL. 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 information of
the War Department you should make
a claim now if you intend to prosecute
it. Some persons will be exempted on
account of their occupations or offices,
some on account of the fact that they
have relatives dependent upon them
for support. Your answer touching
these things will be important in sup
porting the claim you now intend to
make in your answer to the present
questions. Be sure, therefore, that
the grounds you now state are in con-
formity with your answers to questions
Z and 8. In stating grounds you claim
as exempting you, use one OF the fol-
lowing terms: If you claim to be an
executive, legislative, or judicial Off
Ger of the State or Nation, name your
office and say whether it is an office of
the State or Nation. If you claim to
be a member of religious sect whose
creed forbids it's members to partici-
pate in war in any form, simply name
the sect. If you are employed in the
transmission of the United States
mails or as an artifcer or workman in
an armory, arsenal, or navy yard of
the United States, or if you are mar
iner employed in the sea service of
any citizen or merchant within the