Evening star., 1917-05-20
TO HAVE
1896 REGISTRARS
Every Available Agency to Be
Used in Enrolling Male
Citizens.
ABOUT 1880 AVAILABLE

ABOUT 1880 AVAILABLE
The District Commissioners are pre-
pared to utilize every available agency
of the District government in the task
OF enrolling June the male citizens
OF the District between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty years. inclusive
for conscription. in accordance with
the provisions of the army draft bill
and the proclamation of President Will
son.
1t has been arranged that an active
force of 496 registrars and assistants
and reserve force of fifty more drawn
from all departments of the District
will serve to conduct the registration.
This force is to be distributed among
forty-one stations scattered in the
eleven police precincts.
1T Is estimated that there will be at
least 1880 persons who come under the
provisions of the bll,'' said Daniel J. Dom
ovan. secretary to the board of Com
missioners. last night. From expert
ments and estimates which have been
made. it has been found that each reg
istrar can register on an average
eighty persons a day. working from
in the morning to at night. The
stations will be open for that period.
To Announce Registrars Tomorrow.
According to Mr. Donovan. the names
of the registrars and assistants and
the stations to which they Will be ap-
pointed will be announced tomorrow.
The stations will have decidedly
military appearance. he said. Ihe
High School Cadets will be assigned to
the duty of keeping order. keeping the
people in line and giving out informa-
ton" ,
The cadets are to be under the di-
rection of Lieut.. N. Butler Briscoe.
military instructor of the high schools.
Each of the registrations IS TO De
and several assistants. The public
schools and one business house which
will be used for the purpose. with the
number of registrars in addition to the
chief registrar. are as follows: Frank.
lin. 8; Dunbar High, 80: Thomson, II;
Toner. 10; Grant. Il; Force. IS; Jeffer-
son, IS: Greenleaf, 9; Randall, 10: East
ern High; as: Bryan; u; .nrI Van Ness; M;sS s.
Is; Reservoir. 3: Eaton. 6; Ieniey. s;
8: Garnet, IS: Emery, s; Peabody. Is:
Blow. 7: Wheatley. II; Bennlng' Gaan 3: ::
Wilson Normal.1k Powell. II: Park
View, 13; west./7: Brightwood. Z:
Brookland, Z: Loose -Wiles Biscuit Com
pany, 513 Rhode h41nd avenue north.
east, S; Congress Heights, 5; ketchams
10; Randall Highlands. 6.
To Give Fun Description. -
The registration card which the War
Department compiled will, when filled
out, give as nearly as possible a COM
piete description of the appearance
ing. II contains information as to the
business. habits and citizenship or ma
tionality of the man registering. Those
claiming exemption for any reason
tui,tty to state the basis of their claim
at the time of registration.
The registration is to be accom-
plished in one day under the direction
yesterday by the Commissioners as fol-
lows: Daniel ]. Donovan, secretary to
the board Of Commissioners; Maj. Ray.
mond w. Pullman. supertntendent OF
health oficer The registration Offices
are to be open from o'clock am. to
9 o'clock pm. June B.
Instructions for Those Registering.
The following instructions for those
registering have been issued by the
War Department.:
1. Name in full. Age. In years,
This means all your names spelled
out in full.
state your age today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say "19, or 25, not
"19 years months. or the like.
2. Home address,.
This means the place where you have
your permanent home, not the place
where you work. Be prepared to give
the address in this way: "232 Main
street, Chicago. Cook county. ILL.,: that
is. 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 a piece of paper before going
to the registrar. and give the paper to
him the first thing. Example: Au-
gust S. 1894"
If YOU do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would IL some
one asked you your birthday, as "Au-
gust 5th.'' Then say "on my birthday
this year I will be Cor was) -
years old" The registrar will then fill
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.
t2p n naturaIized citizen; t3D nm
alien: (4 or have you declared
your intention to become n citizen
(specify wkich)s
Cd If you were born in the United
States including Alaska and Hawaii.
you are a natural-born citizen. no mat
ter what may have been the citi-
zenshfp or nationality of your parents.
II you were born in Porto Rico. you are
citizen of the United States. unless
you were born of alien parentage. II
YOU were born abroad. YOU are still
citizen of the United States if your
father was citizen of the United
States at the time you were born, un-
less you have eXpatriated yourself.
(2) You are a naturnlized citizen il
you have completed your naturalza-
ton; that is. if you have taken final
papers" But you are not citizen il
you have only declared your intention
to Become a citizen Chat is. if you have
only taken out first papersD; in the
latter case you are only a ''declarant."
You are also a naturaliZed citizen it,
although foreign born. your father or
surviving parent became fully natural
ICED while you were under 21 years of
age and if you came to the United
States under 81.
(3) You are deelarant il. although
a citizen or subject of some foreign
country you have declared on oath be-
fore a naturalization court your inten-
ton to become citizen of the United
States Receipt from the clerk of the
court of the certified copy of such dec
is often called taking out first
papers," You are not a declarant II
your first paper was taken out after
September 26. 1906. and is more than
years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned.
s. Where were you bOrnS