The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31

What Is Your Job Right Now?
~ What Is your present trade. oc
cupation or office?
This does not ask whut vou on,o
did, nor what you have done most or
the time, nor what you are best nttco
20 no. 1t asks what your job is right
now. State briefly. rs farmer, miner,
student, lab0rer Con farm, in rolling
lhill In automobile. wagon or other fnc
'ory' etc. If you hold an office under
state or federal government, name the
office you hold.
III YOU are In one Of the following
oilceS or rmplOymentS, use one of tho
lali'eS hereafter mentioned: Custom
mousse clerk, employed in the transmits
sion OF the mails, or employed in an
armory, arsenal or navy yard, mar
'her actually employed in the sea serv-
zee or cit:Zen or merchant within the
United States
"S. BY whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
"lf you are working for an individ-
ual, firm, corporation or association
state Its 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-
er your office Is under the United
States, the state. the county or mu-
nicipality. In answer to the question
ns to where you are employed give the
town, county and state where you
work.
20. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under twelve or IL sister or broth
er under twelve solely dependent upon
you for support (specify which,:
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
II 1t is true that there Is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have duty to feed do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
or the nation to reduce wars misery TO
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
Race (specify which,?
This does not ask whether YOU
were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
whether Caucasian, Mongollan, negro,
Malayan or Indian.
Must State Past Military Service.
IL. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Nn.
tiOn or state?
NO matter what country you
served, you must give complete infor-
In, =
first name your rank, using one Of the
following words: Commissioned ofli-
GER 'noncommissloneG officer 'prl-
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 state), militia (of
such and such Il state), volunteers Of
United States or regular army (navy)
OF UQlCeu states.
"t2. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft, 1t 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 qucs
tiOns and 8.
"In Stuting grounds you claim as eX.
empting YOU use one of the following
terms: If you claim to be IN execu.
tive, Legislative or judicial officer Of
the state or nation, name your Office
and say whether 1t is an office of the
state or nation. If you claim to be Il
member of religious sect whose creed
IOIUluS lis hicluDcIS W III
war In any form, simply name the sect.
If you are employed IN the transmits
sion Of the United States mails or ns
an artifiCer or workman In an nrmory.
arsenal or navy yard Of the United
States, or If you are. a mariner EN-.
plOyed In the sea service Of any cti.
zen or merchant within the United
States, so state. If you are II feOn or
otherwise morally deficient and desire
to claim exemption on that ground,
state your ground briefly If you