The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
GENERAL PE'TAIN PREPARING
ANOTHER OFFENSIVE DRIVE
INFORMATION REGARDING REGIS
TRATiON FOR SERVICE
published by authority


pear below. These questions are set
with detailed information to help you
answer them.
Do not write on, mark, or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do not
remove them. They should be care
fully read so that you will have your
answer ready when you go before the
registrar.
All answers will be written on the
Registration Card IN INK BY THE
REGISTRAR, who should be careful
to spell all names correctly and to
write legibly.
I. 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 sure 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:
"9232 Main street, Ocala, Marion
County, Florida" that is, give num-
Der and name Of street first, then
town and county and state.
9. Date Of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day
and year, on piece of paper before
going to the registrar and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam
pie: August 5. 1894"
# you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would if some
one asked you your birthday, as "Au-
gust 5th" Then say. ION my birth
day this year, will be Cor was) -
year Old" The registrar will then
fill in the year of birth. Many people
do not carry in mind the year they
were born. This may be obtained by
the registrar subtracting the age in
years on this years birthday from
1917
4. Are you ~ a natural-born cit
ties that the navy offers young men
and see if he cannot work his way to
a commission, wishing that his friends
viii follow his steps and call at the
navy recruiting Office for enlistment.
This Office thanks his parents for
that love they sacrifice in order that
their son may be one of the many to
stand by and protect the good old
"Stars and Stripes"
Any one calling at this Office can
obtain any information they desire,
of the different schools where trades
can be learned and qualifications re-
quired 20 be admitted to them. The
opportunities for unskilled men, the
best Of rating to enlist in for fast pro-
motion. You do not have to enlist by
calling at this office for information.
Come around; your company is hear
tily welcomed. You will never learn
anything unless you start an argu-
ment, so come up to the Office and
start one about the navy, and learn
which branch you are fit to enlist in.
zen; (2l a naturaIized citizen; (3)
an alien; (4) or have you declared
your intention to become citizen
(specify which,?
(1). If you were born in the Unit
ed States, including Alaska and Ha-
waii, you are natural-born citizen,
no matter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality Of your pa
rents. If you were born in Porto Rico
you are a citizen Of the United States.
unless you were born of alien parent
age. If you were born abroad, you
are still citizen of the United States
il your father was a citizen of the
United States at the time you were
born, unless you have expatricated
yourself.
(2). You are naturalized citizen
if you have completed your naturali-
cation; that is, if you have taken
final papers" But you are not a cit
izen if you have only declared your
intention to become a citizen (that is,
il you have only taken out first pa,
pers"); in the latter case your are
only "declarant."
You are also a naturaHzed citizen
if, although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under 21
years OF age. and If you came to the
United States under 81.