Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-30
REGISTRATION QUESTIONS |
ANSWERED BY OFFICIALS
Points Explained for Benefit Of
Those in Doubt About
Requirements.

"A. lou must appear at ROOM oVS LIS
trict building. and make an affidavit,
over a notary's seal. to the effect that
YOU will be absent from the District on
June S all of the time between the
hours of Z am. and pm. You will
sentee.
@ am only nineteen years Of age.
but, being a resident Of Florida and
while living there, I was legally de-
clated OF age by the circuit court under
This statute is for the purpose Of re-
moving the disabilities of infancy in
order that the infant may control his
estate. 1t Is construed as allowing him
to do everything as though he were
twenty-one years of age. Do you think
am required to register?
A. No: Only those persons who have
attained their twentyAdrst birthday and
who have not attained their thirty
required to register. The law giving
you your legal majority has no effect
on your actual age.
; Q-.1 am employed in Congress and
am 1000 miles from my domicile I
bonds. I have borrowed from others
In order to invest in the bonds, and
have pledged all the money I can earn
for the next few months for that pur-
pose. If l am drafted how will l get
to the place where 1 should report? I
nave no money. and l understand that
the government will not provide trans
portatfon. Will / be punished for buy
ing liberty bonds?
A. You must register whether Won
have liberty bonds or not The matter
OF draft comes later and will not effect
your registration. The presumption is
that you must pay your own way home
Y you are drafted. That is something
1t may be that you can liquidate a
bond or two or that you can borrow
money on the bond as security.
g: was told I was born in August,
registration. 1t may have been 1855.
should l not be entitled to the beneft
or the doubt? There are no records to
prove my age and 1 cannot consoien-
eiousiy affirm that am the age I state.
Must l register?
A. You must register. The prepon-
derance OF the evidence is against you.
iou nave been holding yourself out to
the world as of certain age. You
not of that age. Your public school
records will be looked into, and if they
show you to be of military age. in the
absence of proof to the contrary, you
Will probably 70 be forced to register and
on June 5. Your term "beneft Of the
doubt" is an unhappy one. You should
pc glad OF chance to serve the coun-
try and should not consider it a "bene-
.. Owing to the stringency of the
registration laws concerning race.
wish to be enlightened as to my race
according to legal holding. My pater-
negress. legally married to blue-eyed.
haxen-haired rebel land and slave
owner. Their children were accepted
and identified with the white race. ex-
woman who has just the same amount
of colored blood as ]. What am I?
A. For the purpose of racial classifi-
cation according to the law, you are a
than Caucasian. in however small a de-
gree. forbids classification as a eau
casian.
Q. kindly inform me if a declarant is
subject to draft.
A. A declarant must register. Whether
he is subject to draft will be passed
upon later by the exemption board,
which will be appointed. War exemp-
lions have not been officially an
nounced.
@. What is the status Of one enrolled
in the Naval Reserve and performing
guard duty regularly at the Washington
navy yard? Are such required to register?
A. None such are required to register.
IL the service to which he belongs is a
recognized branch of the navy service and
if he is subject to call.
O. I am registered in the civil service
as thirty years old. have just found
out that l am really thirty-six. Must l
register?
<. It might be difficult to explain how.
at this late date, you have suddenly dis
covered that you are thirty-six years old.
If you do not register you will be called
upon to prove your age. II you are really
thirty-six you need not register Tiic
chances are. however. that you will have
some trouble in explaining yourself and
may lose your civil service place because
of your false statement.
O. I am a member Of the Naval Re-
serve and am stationed at the Naval OBJ
servatory. I am attached to the United
States ship Griton. Must I register?
A. You need not register If your serv-
ice is recognized by the Navy Depart
ment and you are subject to call.
@. Are Canadians resident in Wash
ington but not citizens Of the United
States subject to CONSUMPTION?
A. Aliens must register. The matter
of draft exemptions has not been settled.
The presumption is, of course. that aliens
will not be called. They may. however,
be called out by their own country.
@. I am a member of the American
Red Cross. Must I register?
A If you are not actually enrolled
and mustered in the medical service of the
army or navy-that is. tho Medical Corps
you must register. Mere attachment to
the Red Cross will not exempt any one
from registration.
@. / am an employee Of the Department
Of Agriculture. Where must I register
as an absentee?
A. You must apply to the special reg
istrar deputized to fill in cards of abb
sentees in the employment of your de-
partment. Each branch of the federal
service has a sufficient number of reg
istrars deputized to carry on the work
@. My father is judge in Honolulu.
We have always lived in Idaho until his
I am twenty lone years
old. I have lived both in Idaho and in
1 have home in both
places. but I am a student in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Where shall I reg
lister?
A. You will register in that place
which you consider your home. That
is a matter, under the circumstances,
for you to decide. You must deter
mine for yourself whether you con-
slider Honolulu or Idaho your principal
home.
@. II register in the District will
lose my vote in my legal residence?
A. No. Your vote will not be affected
by registration in the District
G. am Quaker but I wish to strike
at least one blow for the advancement
of the democratic principle. Will be
barred from service on account of my
faith?
A. No. You will not be barred from
service. On the contrary. the matter of
religious conviction will not be sought
into.
@. If am not sure where my home
is, may I register in two places to make
sure that l have the right place?
A. No. Make up your mind as to
where your permanent home really Is
and then register there.
STARTS NEW WILL CONTEST.