Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-05-31
REGISTRATION
COMES TUESDAY
Those Between Twenty-One
and Thirty-One Must En-
roll At Polling Places.
IT IS FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Number Of Questions Must 5e
Answered Before the Reg
iStratiOn Board.

All male between the ages of
itwenty-ouc and thirty. Inclusive.
must rcgster june 5th, as called for
ii the presidents proclamation Tnl
polls viii he open from 200 a. m. un-
| til 900 p mr., giving plenty of op-
,pcrtunity FOR everyone 10 register
Ia Alma the following places viii
be- used for registrations First wand
City Hall; second ward Free
heading room; third ward Hotel Ar
cada. fourth ward Edison Moore
S,mplc room. The registration boards
are First ward register J. i. I'u.-
icg deputy. " " Medlcr Second
uard ". II Shepard an place Of
Supervisor Goodes who is ILL., Third
WARD Charles 4. Plowman. Fourth
ward ) ID. Iielman
In this connection il Is we'll to note
that the city of Alma will get
through her military registration
about as cheaply as any city in Mich
ipan. it being sand that all services
and all places Of registration have
been donated to the government for
Che day.
To facilitate registration the board
ot control in cities and counties have
prepared an instruction card for the
information Of the men who are 70
register II is requested that care
ful study Of the questions be given
80 that they may not only be an
swered correctly, but that the regist-
crs may dispose of the greatest num-
bei Of men in the minimum time.
In brief. the questions follow, and
il would be good thing to give them
careful study before registering:
l. Name in full and age in years.
This means your name as you sign
il. State your age in years only.
, Home address. This means the
place where you have your permanent
home. not the place where you work
3. Date of birth. Write your
birthday month. day and year, on 4
piece Of paper before going to the
registrar and give the paper to him
the first thing.
j. Are you natural born citizen
q naturaized citizen; an alien, OF
have YOU declared your intention T.
become citizen?
II you were born in the United
States including Alaska and Hawai-.
YOU are natural born citizen, no
matter What may have been the cit
izenship or nationality Of your pa
cnts. If you were born in Porto Rico.
YOU are q citizen of the United States
unless you were born Of alien parent
age. If you We're born abroad. you
are still citizen Of the United Stat,
| if your father was "A citizen Of tn
| United States at the time you were
born. unless you have cXpatriated
yourself.
You are q naturalized citizen if yol.
have completed your uaturalization
that is, If you have taken final pa
pers.' But you are not a citizen II
you have only declared your intention
to become citizen; that is, if yol
have only taken out first papers
in the latter case you are only ''de-
clarant.'
You are also naturaized citizen
| if. although foreign born. your fathe.
or surviving parent became fully ma
urahzed while you were under -
years Of age. and if you came to the
United States under 2l.
You are declarant If. although 4
citizen or subject of some foreigr
country. YOU have declared on oath
before a naturalization court your IN
tcntion 10 become a citizen Of the
United States. You are not declar
amt If your first paper was taken OF
after September 26. 1906, and is more
than seven years old.
You are an alien If YOU do not "a
within one of the three classes abo'
mentioned
,. Where were you born? Fir-
name the town. then the state ard
then the country.
s. If not d citizen, of what cou
try are you a citizen or subject? TIL
need be answered only by aliens and
declarants.
Z. What is your present trade. o.
cupation or Office? 1t asks wha-
your job is right now.
s. BY whom employed? Where
employed? If you are working fcr
an individual, firm, corporation or as
sociation, state its name. If in bus
mess, trade, profession or employ
ment for yourself, so state. In ar
swer to the question as to where yog
are employed. give the town, count.
and state where you work.
9. Have you a father, mothe-.
wife, child under i2, or sister O
brother. under II, solely depender-
upon you for support (specify
which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfully
If IL is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have duty to feed, do not let you
military ardor interfere with the wist
of the nation TO reduce wars misery
to a minimum. On the other hanc.
lCoptipuod an paOo fo,rN