The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-06-01
FOR THOSE WHO
WILL REGISTER
Government Has Issued Circulars
Dealing With Questions to
Be Asked.
MAKE WORK EASIER JUNE 5
The Following Detailed Information
Should Be Read by All Who Are
of the Age Called Upon
to Do Military
Service.

The law requires every man who has
passed his twenty-first birthday and
not yet reached his thirty-first birth
day on June 5 to register that day for
army service.
There are no exceptions.
All men from twenty-one to thirty
must register. Exemptions for health
or other reasons will come later.
This newspaper publication is the
only notification you will get.
A prison sentence is the penalty for
failure to register.
The government has adopted plan
to facilitate and simplify the filling in
of CONSUMPTION 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 Answers Should Be Made.
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
tho
registrar.
81. 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.
so. 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: 1872
Main street, Chicago Cook county, IL
IinOis; that is, give number and name
Of street first, then town, then county
and state.
Write Birth Date in Advance.
''Date of birth.
write your birthday (month, day
and Year, on Il 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 1 will be (or 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.
Il. Are you Q a natural born citi-
zen; (2) naturaliZed citizen; (3) an
alien; (4) or have you declared your
Intention to become Il citizen (specify
II
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are a natural born citizen, no mat
er what may have been the citizen
,hip or nationality of your parents. If
,ou were born in Porto Rico you are a
,itizen of the United States, unless
'ou were born of alien parentage. If
'ou were born abroad, you are still a
itizen of the United States, if your
ather was citizen of the United
states at the time you were born, I'M
ess you have expatriated yourself.
"(2) You are a naturalized citizen if
GU have completed your naturaliza-
ion; that is, if you have taken final
But you are not a citizen if
on have only declared your intention
0 become citizen Chat is, if you
ave only taken out first papersO in
he latter case you are only u 'declar-
Mt
"You are also a naturalized citizen
;, although foreign born, your father
r surviving parent became fully nat
rallied while you were under twenty
ne years of age, and if you came to
lie United States under twenty-one.
"(3) You are declarant IT, although
citizen or subject of some foreign
,untry, you have declared on oath be- {
re a naturalization court your inten- I
on to become citizen of the United s
tates. Receipt from the clerk of the {
,urt of the certified copy of such
eclaration is often called taking out {
st papers, You are not declarant |