Gilpin observer., 1917-05-31
Government Has Issued Circulars
Tending to Make Registra-
tion Work Easy.
ONLY SICK AND ABsENTEEs
EXEMPT FROM ANSWERING
Prison ls the Penalty Of Failing to
Appear Unless One Is Unable, and
Then Arrangements Must Be
Made-How lnterroaations
Should Be Answered.

The government has adopted plan
to facilitate and simplify the filling In
of cOnscription registration cards June
5. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as to
how they should be answered have
been prepared for distribution.
How to Answer Questions.
The circular, which bears the head
ing, "How to Answer Questions on
Registration Cards." reads as follows:
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they ap-
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed infOr-
nation to help you answer them.
"Do not write on, mark or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do not re-
move them. They should be carefully
read so that you will have your an
swers 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.
81. Name in full. Age in years, -
"This means all your names spelled
out N full.
Estate your age today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say nineteen or
twenty-five not nineteen years
three months or the like.
"2. Home address.
This means the place where yeu
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be prepared
to give the address in this way: 1882
Main street, Chicago. Cook county, Il
linOis : that is, give number and name
of street first, then town. then county
ana state.
Write Birth Date in Advance. i.
"Date of birth.
'Write your birthday (month, day
and Year, on a piece of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. Example:
August 5. 1894
"If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would If some
one asked you your birthday, as 'Au-
gust s. Then say, 'On my birthday
this year I will be Cor was) - years
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 by subtracting the age in
years on this years birthday from
1917.
~. Are you ~ a natural born citi-
zen; (2) naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; (4) or have you declared your
intention to become citizen (specify
which,?
"G) If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
you are n natural born citizen, no mat
ter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality of your parents. If
you were born in Porto Rico you are y
citizen of the United States. unless
you were born of alien parentage If
you were born abroad. you are still II
citizen of the United States. If your
father was n citizen of the United
States at the time you We're born. un-
"(2) You are haturalized citizen If
you have completed your naturaliza-
ton; that is, If you have taken final
papers, But you are not citizen II
you have only declared your intention
to become citizen Chat is, If you
have only taken out first papersO In
the latter case you are only 'declar-.
ant
"You are also a naturalized citizen
If, although foreign born. your father
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under twenty
one years Of age. and II you came to
the United States under twenty-one.
"(D You are decldfant II, although
citizen or subject Of some foreign
country you have declared on oath be-
fore naturalization court your inten-
ton to become citizen of the United
States. Receipt from the clerk of the
court of the, certified copy Of such
declaration IL often called taking out
first papers, You are not a declarant
II your first paper was taken out after
September 26. 1905, and is more than
seven years old.
"(4 You are an alien If you do not
fall within one OF the three classes
above mentioned.
8. Where were you born7
First name the town, then the state,