The Butler weekly times., 1917-05-31

HOW TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ON REGIS
TRATION CARDS.
Read Carefully Before You Go to the Registration
Table. Here You See What Will Be
Asked. Study the Questions.
Prepare the Answers
in Your Mind.

ployed in the sea service of citizen
or merchant within the Unite(
States
8. BY whom employed? Wher'
employed?
Ii you are working for an individ
naI, firm, corporation, or association
state its name. If in business, trade
profession or employment for your
self, SO state. If you are an officer
Of the state or federal government
say whether your office is under thu
United States, the state, the county
or municipality. In answer to the
question as to whether you are em
ployed, give the town, county ant
state where you work.
9. Have you a father, mother
wife, child under IL, or a sister OF
brother under IL solely dependent
upon you for support (specify
which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfully
II 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 the
wars misery to minimum. On the
other hand. unless the person you
have in mind is solely dependent up
on you. do not hide behind petticoats
or children.
10. Married or single (which)
Race (specify which,?
This does not ask whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now, In answer to the
question as to your race, state brief
ly whether Caucasian "Mongolian,'
NEGRO" "Malayan" or "Indian."
II. What military service have
you had? Rank? Branch? Years?
Nation or State?
No matter what country you
served, you must give complete in
formation. In answering these ques-
tions, first name your rank, using
one of the following words: Com
missioned officer" "Noncommis-
stoned officer" Private Next
state branch in which you served in
one OF the following words: "lnfan-
try" Cavalry" Artillery" "Medi-
CAL" Signal" "Aviation.' Supply
Marine" Navy" Next, state the
number of years service, not count
ing time spent in the reserve. Final
ly, name the nation or state you
served. If you served under the
United States or one of the states of
the United States, name your service
in one of the following terms: "Na-
tional guard (of such and such a
state)," Militia (of such and such a
state)." "Volunteers of United
States" or Regular army (navy) of
United States"
II. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft. it by no means follows that you
are exempt. For the information of
the War Department you should
make claim now if you intend to
prosecute it. Some persons will be
exempted on account of their occupa-
ton or offices, some on account of
the fact that they have relatives de-
pendent upon them for support.
Your answer touching these things
will be important in supporting the
claim you now intend to make in
your answer to the present questions.
Be sure, therefore, that the grounds
you now state are in conformity with
your answers to questions 7 and 8.
In. stating grounds you claim as ex-
empting you, use one of the following
terms: If you claim to be an execu-
i've, legislative, or judicial officer of
The state or Nation, name your Of
ice and say whether it is an office of
the state or Nation. If you claim to
,e a member of religious sect whose
creed forbids it's members to partici-
pate in war in any form, simply name
he sect. If you are employed in the
of the United States
nails or as an artificer or workman
n an armory, arsenal or navy yard
If the United States, or if you are a
mariner employed in the sea service
If any citizen or merchant within the
United States, so state. If you are
! felon or otherwise morally defi-
.ient and desire to claim exemption
IN that ground, state your ground
,riefly. If you claim physical dis
lbility, state that briefly. If you
lain exemption on any other ground
tate your ground briefly.