Mexico Missouri message., 1917-05-31

| seven years old.
"(4) You are an alien II you do not
fall within one of the three classes
| above mentioned.
| :. Where were you bOrn2
"First name the town, then the state,
then the country, as Columbus, o.
Vienna. Austria;' Paris, France;'
Sofia, Bulgaria.
"e. If not citizen, of what country
are you n citizen or subIectT
What is Your Job Right Now7
"7. What is your present trade, &C.
cupation or officer
"Thls 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 ION farm, In rolling
MILL in automobile, wagon or other fac
! tory, etc II 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 mentioned: Custom
house clerk, employed in the transmits
| sion of the mails or employed In an
armory, arsenal or navy yard, mar
liner actually employed in the sea serv-
| ice of citizen or merchant within the
United States
"s. BY whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
"If you are working for an individ-
ual, firm, corporation or association
state It's name If in business, trade,
profession or employment for yourself,
so state. If you are an officer of the
state or federal government say wheth-
or your office is under the United
States, the state, the county or mu-
| ncipallty. In answer to the question
as to where you are employed give the
town, county and state where you
work.
80. Have you a father mother, wife,
child under twelve or sister or broth
er under twelve solely dependent upon
| you for support (specify which,:
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
| If 1t Is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have n duty to feed do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
Of the nation to reduce wars misery to
q minimum. On the other hand, unless
the person you have in mind is solely
dependent on you do not hide behind
| petticoats or children.
40. Married or single (which)7
Race (specify which,?
"This does not ask whether you
| were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
| question as to your race state briefly
| whether Caucasian, Mongolian, negro,
Malayan or Indian.
Declare Military Service, II Any.
III. What military service have you
had? Rank2 Branch? Years? Ma
ton or state?
mo matter what country you
served, you must give complete infor-
nation. In answering these questions
first name your rank, using one of the
| following words: Commissioned Off.
cer,' 'noncOmmissioned officer 'pri-
| vate.' Next, state branch in which you
served in one of the following words:
Infantry cavalry artillery 'medi-
CAL signal aviation supply ma
rine,' navy Next, state the number
Of years service, 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 fol-
| lowing 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
"12. 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
claim now If you intend to prosecute
| 1t. 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 ques-
tions Z and 8.
"In stating grounds you claim as ex-
empting you use one Of the following
terms: If you claim to be an execu.
tive legislative or judicial officer 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 its members to participate in
war in any form, simply name the sect.
If you are employed in the transmits
sion of the United States mails or as
an artificer or workman in an armOry,
arsenal or navy yard of the United
States, or If you are a mariner en-
ployed in the sea service of any citi-