St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-26
REGISTRATION BOARD
SELECTS REGIS
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States, unless you were born of alien
parentage. If you were born abroad,
you are still citizen Of the United
States if your father was a citizen
Of the United States at the time you
were born, unless you have expatriat-
ed yourself.
| ~ You are naturalized citizen
il you have completed your naturali-
zation; that is, If you hare taken
final papers," But you are not q
citizen If you have only declared
your intention to become a citizen
| Chat is, if you have only taken
out first papers"); in the latter case
| you are only ''declarant."
You are also a naturalized citizen
if although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under Il
years of age, and If you came to the
| United States under FL.
(3) You are a declarant if, al
though a citizen or subject of some
foreign country, you have declared
| on oath before naturalization court
your intention to become a citizen
Of the United States. Receipt from
the clerk of the court of the certified
| copy Of such declaration is often
called taking out first papers. !"
You are~not a declarant il your first
paper was taken out after Septem-
| Der 26, 1906, and is more than Z
| years old.
a. You are an alien il you do
not fall within one of these three
classes above mentioned.
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
State, then the country, as "Colum-
bus, Ohio; Vienna, Austria;
Paris, France 'sofia, Bulgaria"
| 6. II not q citizen, of what cOun-
try are you q citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that "declarant'' is not yet "a citi-
zen of the United States. If an ali
en- OF declarant, state the name of
your country, as France, Japan,
''China," etc.
! 2. What is your present trade, Oc-
cupatiOn, or Office?
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most
Of the time, nor what you are bert
fitted to do. TT ASKS WHAT YOUR
JOB is RIGHT NOW. State briefly,
lsuch as Farmer Miner" "Stu-
'dent, "Laborer ION farm, in rolling
mill. in automobile, wagon or other
factory ;" 'Machlnist IN automobile
! factory" etc. II you hold an Office
under State or Federal government,
name the office you hold. II you
are in one Of the following Offices or
employments, use one Of the names
hereafter fentioned:
"Customhouse clerk, employed
in the transmission Of the mails" or
employed in an armory, arsenal. or
navy yard" mariner, actually en-
ployed in the sea service of citizen or
merchant within, the United States. :"
8. BY whom employed? Where
employed?
II you are working for an individ-
ual firm, corporation, or associa-
ton, state its name. II in business
trade, profession, or employment for
yourself, so state. II you are an Of
ficer of the State or Federal govern
ment, say whether your office is -un-
| der the United States, the State, the
county, or municipality. In an
swer to the question as to where you
are employed, give the town, coun-
ty, and State,> where you work.
8. Have you father, mother,
wife, child under ~, or sister or
brother under IL solely dependent
upon you for their support (spec.fy
which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfully
If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you
alone have a duty to feed, do not let
your military ardor interfere with
the wish of 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.
10. Married or single twhich) :?
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