The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31
No ONE EXCUSED
FROM REGISTERING
All OF Specified Age Must Re spond
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
rogations That Will
BE Made.


Every man between the ages of
twenty:one and thirty years, inclusive.
whether native born, nn alien, or even
an alien enemy, must register June S.
Ihis applies also to invalids ana per
sons who are Ill. A man Is thirty until
MS thirty-first birthday anniversary"
The government has adopted plan
to facilitate and simplify the filing In
OF conscrlption registration cards June
8. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as to
now they should be answered have
Deen prepared for distribution.
Answers to tho QUESTION:.
The circular, which bears the head
Ing, How to Answer Questions on
Reglstration 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 legbly.
Il. 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 prepared to say nineteen or
twenty-five not nineteen years
three months or the like.
"2. Home address.
This means the place where you
nave your permanent home. not the
place where you work. BE prepared
to give the address In this way: 1872
Main street, Chicago, Cook county, H.
linols;' that is, give number and name
OF street first, then town, then county
and stnte
Have Birthday Date Ready.
Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day
anu Year, on Il piece Of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. Example !:
August S, 1894
III 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 will be Cor was) -- years
old The registrar will then fill in
the year Of birth. Many people do not
carry in mind the yenr they were
born. This may be obtained by the
registrar by subtrncting the age In
years on this years birthday from
1917.
ID. Are you az natural born citl
zen; (2) nnturaliZed citizen; C3) an
alien; (E or have you declared your
intention to become citizen (specify
which,?
"G) If you We're born in the United
States, including Alaska ana Hawaii,
you are a 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 Il
citizen of the United States. unless
you were born Of alien parentugc. If
you were born abroad you are still n
citizen Of the United States. If your
father was citizen of the United
States ut the time you were born, un-
less YOU have expatriated yourself.
"(2) You are n nnturallZed citizen If
you hnvn completed your naturnlfza
tion; that is, If you have taken final
papers, But YOU are not Il citizen If
you have only declared your intention
to become citizen (thnt Is. If you
have only taken out first papers) in
the latter case you are only 'dcclar-
ant'
"YOu a?e also naturalized citizen
IT, although foreign born. your father
or surviving parent became fully nat
Vralizcd while you were under twenty
one years Of age, and If you came to
the United States under twenty-one.
"(3) Yo!t are a dcclnrnnt If. although
citizen or subject Of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath be-
fore naturalization court your inten-
tiOn to become Il citizen Of the United
States. Receipt from the clerk OF the
court of the certified copy of such
declaration Is often called taking out
HrSt papers. on 'lfe lio' IL uccihiah'
II your first paper was taken out nftcr
September 2G, 1906, and is more than
seven years old.
"(4) You are an alien il you do not
fall within one Of the three classes
above mentioned.
s. Where were you born?
"First name the town, then the state.
then the country rs columbus, q. :,
Vienna, Austria : Paris. France;
Sofia, Bulgaria.
"6. If not n citizen of what country