The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-13
Goyernofy Announces July 81 win
BE Holiday Throughout the
y Territory Of Hawaii y
BOARD ISSUES 1ETkiLED
81. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
$50 w fl.lsh dlY,f ilxiEs y s,ge3A !
Explains lust What Uncle Sam
Wants You 70 ten Him When
The Day. Comes To Islands

Speeding up the preparations for tn,
registration under the Draft Bill, tn,
registration board held a meeting yes
terday morning to thrash out additional
details with the sheriffs from the out
side islands, who are now in the cit,
getting Information regarding the du
ties that are expected of them July 81.
Governor Pinkham was present at th,
meeting and announced that he intend,
TO issue proclamation declaring JULY
III territorial holiday. It was stated
some days ago that the Governor prob
ably would take this step, one that was
taken IN many of the mainland States
and IT is expected TO aid materially the
worklof getting out the registration.
VIII Wayne, chairman of the board
announced that twenty thousand sample
forms Of the registration blanks are be.
ing printed, and will be sent broadcast
over the Territory--three thousand To
Kauai, two thousand to Maui, five thou
sand 70 Hawaii and ten thousand to thit
island. The idea in sending out these
. samples is to get the information they
contain into the hands of the volunteer
Interpreters as speedily as possible.
Arrangements were completed for o
meeting July 81, at ten O'Clock, al
which the final touches will be made to
the plans for bringing in every man in
the Territory who should be registered.
Breckons Has q Plan FH
Robert w. Breckons, Republican ma.
tional committeeman, has suggested to
the board that the county chairman of
both parties shall be called upon to
make use of the party machinery t.
81 get out the men, - and other plans
have been proposed, including those
which would ask the employers of the
Territory to send their employees to the
booths. The chamber Of commerce il
proposing that the clubs of the city
give up their regular luneheons and hold
a joint luncheon, week after next, where
plans for a campaign to get every mar
registered may he discussed. 4, The
chamber also issued n statement to tn,
effect that the blanks sent out shortly
after the outbreak of war and signed
by many throughout the Territory have
nothing to do with the registration
blanks which the government is now
sending 10 the people.
Answers Many Questions
In answer TO the hundreds of ques
tiOns which are pouring in upon the
bOGTd, the registration commission has
had printed hundreds of copies of the
following announcement; -. ",.. .,
Questions will be asked to you to
answer in the order in which they APP
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below. with detailed in.
formation to help you answer them.
Do not write on, mark, or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do not
remove them. They should be careful.
ly read so that you will have your an.
swcrs ready when you go before the
registrar.
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 all your names spelled
out IN full. ,....
state yonr age today in years only
Disregard additional months or days
BE prepared to say 49," or "25, )"
not "l9 yrs. 3 mOs.," 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 King
Street, Honolulu, Oahu, T. H." that
is give number and name of street
first, then town, then county and Ter
Titory.
g. 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,: 4
" August 8, 1894" i
If you do not remember the year
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as eau.
gust g.. Then say "on my birthday
this year I will be Cor was) - years
old The registrar will then I'll in
the year Of 'birthlG Many people do
not carry in mind the year they were
born. This may be obtained by the
registrar by substracting the age in
years on this years. birthday from
1917. a.a. 49, ..#s
State Your Nationality
q. Are you "a a native-born citizen;
(2l q naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien: "a or have you decided your
Intention TO become citizen (spec
ify which,? t..,.,..H
T.. N'II ~ g'H .NNlE .HuIH III lnb y nlIPu
States, Including Alaska and Hawaii
YOU are q natural born, citizen, no mat.
tor what may have been the citizen.
ship or nationality Of your parents. II
YOU were born in Porto Rico, you are
q citizen Of the United States, unless
you were born Of alien parentage. :. If
You we're born abroad, you are still
citizen OF the United States if your
father was a citizen of the United
Statos at the time you were born. un-
l"Hs YOU have expatriated yourself.
(2) You are a naturaliEed citizen IL
YOU h"vr COMPLETED your naturaliza.
'i~": I f is If you have "taken final
r"""rs - But you are not citizen if
so" h"vr only declared your intention
f. h~"r" "a tttizen (that ~, if you
t"N" ""lN '.takeu out first papers'D;
II the latter cpse you are only a ode.
clrrunt." 10y
You are also a. naturahzed citizen.