The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-01
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter
EIgerton, Wisconsin.
F.W. COON, Editor and Publisher


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nation to help you answer them.
Do not write on, mark, or mutllate
these instructions. Do not remove
them. They should be carefully reac
so that you will have your answers
ready when you go before the Regis
trar.
All answers will be written on the
Registration card in ink by the Regis
trar, who should be careful to spell all
names correctly and to write legibly.
l. Name in full. Age in years.
This means your names spelled out in
full.
State your age today in years only.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you have
your permanent home, not the place
where you work. Give number and
name of street first, then town, then
county and state.
8. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day and
year, on piece of paper before going
to the Registrar, and give the paper to
him the first thing.
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as "Aug-
ust 5th.' Then say, ''On my birthday
this year | will be Tor was) - years
DID," 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 obtained by the Registrar
by subtracting the age in years on this
years birthday from 1917.
a. Are you O natural-born citi-
zen; (2) naturalized citizen; 81 an
alien; a. or have you declared your in
tention to become citizen Specify
which,?
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the state,
then the county.
If not q citizen, of what country
are you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by aliens
and declarants. Remember that ode
clarant" is not yet a citizen of the
United States. If an alien or declar-
ant, state the name of your country.
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 (on
farm, in rolling mill, in automobile,
wagon or other factory, "Machinist in
automobile factory" etc. If you hold
an office under State or Federal gov
eminent, name the Office you hold. If
you are in one of the following offices
or employments, use one of the names
hereafter mentioned:
Customs clerk" employed in the
transmission of the mails" or ''em-
ployed in an army, arsenal, or navy.
yard, mariner, actually employed in
the sea service of citizen or merchant
within the United States.
8. By whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation, or association, state
its name. If in business, trade, pro-
fession, or employment for yourself, so
state.
9. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under II, or 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 intefere with the wish of the Ma
ton to reduce wars misery to mini
mum. On the other hand, unless the
person you have in mind is solely de-
pendent on you, do not hide behind pet
3ticoats or children.
10. Married or single (which? Race
4specify which,?
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Ma
ton or State?
No matter what country you served,
you must give complete information
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
d 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
portipg the claim you now intend to
make in answer to the present ques-
tons.
In q proclamation fixing June 5 reg
ISfraClOO udy, WV L SNJ $50
fcials of any nature are required to
render every assistance in the execu-
ton of this law. 1t is more especially
the duty of such police officers to see
that ell male persons within the desig-
mated ages have registered, and 20 re-
port those who have not registered TO
the proper registration board for such
action as may be necessary. Police Of
ficers may require any person to exhibit
his registration certificate.
cit will be observed that the penal
ties of the law are severe, and | hope
that no man subject to registration will
attempt to shirk his duty in this re-
spect. There is no possible escape
from it, because those who may at
tempt to do so will be apprehended i'll
course of time and will be obliged to
submit to the punishment provided by
law.
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