The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-31
NJ ONE EXCUSED FROM REGISTERING All of Specified Age Must Respond on June 5 to Call of
 Nation.
QUERIES TO BE ANSWERED
Government Has Issued Circulars Making 1t Easier for Those Who Register to Respond to Inter- rocations That Will
 Be Made.

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 There is but one answer to every question asked regarding registration, and 1t is this:
 Every man between the ages of twenty-one and thirty years, inclusive, whether native born, an alien, or even an alien enemy, must register June 0. This applies also to invalids and per sons who are ill A main is thirty until his thirty-flrst birthday anniversary
 The government has adopted plan to facilitate and simplify the filling ln 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.
 Answers to the Questions.
 The circular, which bears the head Ing, How to Answer Questions on Registration Gards,' 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.
 q. Name in full. Age in years, - 'Thts means all your names spelled out in full
 ..State 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 you have your permanent home. not the place where you work. Be prepared to give the address in this way: 232 Main street. Chicago, Cook county, H. linois; that Is, give number and name of street first, then town, then county and state.
 Have Birthday Date Ready.
 "Date of birth.
 Write your birthday (month, day and year) on piece of paper before going to the registrar and give the pa per to him the first thing. Example: August 5, 1904
 If you do not remember the year, start to answer as you would if some one asked you your birthday. as 'Au- gvsSt g. Then say, 'on my birthday tf1is year 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.
 4. Are you CD natural born citi- zen; (2) naturalized citizen; (3) an alien; (4) or have you declared your intention to become citizen (specify which,?
 "(I) If you were born in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, you are 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 a citizen of the United States, unless you were born of alien percentage. If uor1 uoro horn ahrood vo,, aro efi1I q citizen of the United States, if your father was citizen of the United States at the time you were born, un- less you have expatriated yourself.
 "(2) You are naturalIzed citizen if you have completed your naturaliza- tion; that is, If you have taken final papers, But you are not a citizen if you have only declared your intention to become a citizen (that is, If you have only taken out first papers) in the latter case you are only .declar- ant.
 "Y0u are also 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 If you came to the United States under twenty-one.
 "(8) You are declafant if, although citizen or subject of some foreign country, you have declared on oath be fore q naturalization court your inten- fion to become citizen of the United States. Receipt from the clerk of the court of the certified copy of such declaration Is often called taking out Arst papers, You are not declarant 1T your first paper WAS taken out after September %. 100e and is more than seven years old.
 "(N You are an alien if you do not fall within one of the three classes above mentioned.
 5. Where were you born?
 Flint name tho town, then the state then mo country, n Columbus, o. Vienna Austria , Paris, France i; sSofla, Bulgaria
 @. If not | cltizen. of what country are you n dtlsen or subject7'
 This need be answered only by