Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25
The guide Continues:

The guide continues:
Consider your answer thought
fully. II it is true that there is
another mouth than your own which
YOU alone have n duty to feed, do
not let your military ardor inter
fere with the wish of the nation to
reduce war misery to, a minimum.
On the other hand, unless the per-
SON you have in mind is solely de-
pendent on you, do not hide behind
petticoats or children"
Naturalization Explained
The fourth question in regard to
naturalization reads:
citizen. CD a naturalized citizen, CD
an alien or ca have you declared
your intention? (Specify which,"
This question is explained as fol-
lows in the guide:
I'D If you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii, you are a natural born cit
izen. no matter what may have been
the citizenship or nationality of your
parents. If you were born in Porto
Rico YOU are a citizen of the Unit
ed States unless YOU we're born of
alien parentage. If you were born
abroad YOU are still a citizen of
the United States If your father was
a citizen of the Unhed States at the
time YOU were born, unless you have
eXpatriated yourself.
Second. You are a naturalized
citizen if YOU have completed your
naturalization; that is. if you have
taken final papers, But you are
not citizen If you have only de-
clared your intention to become q
citizen Chat is, if you have only
taken out first papersJ. In the latter
case you are only a 'declarant.' You
are also a naturalized citizen If, al
though foreign born, your father or
surviving parent became fully ma
turalized while YOU fere under II
years of age, and if you came to the
United States under 81.
Third. You are declarant if,
although a citizen or subject of some
foreiGs. 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 if your first pa
per was taken out after September
26, 1906, and is more than seven
years old.
90 You are an allen If you do
not fall within one of the three
CldSSeS dDONe IlenllOneu.
Enemies Must Register
Alien enemies will be required to
register, but will not be drafted.
A companion question is No. 6.
IF not citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?" the
guide points out that this need be
answered only by aliens and declar-
ants. Remember that "declarant"
is not yet a citizen of the United
States. If an alien or a declarant,
state the name of your country, as
France" Japan" China" etc.
Another question in which pos
sible confusion is cleared up in the
guide is No. 10, which is made up
of the following questions:
Married or single (which?) and
race (specify which,"
This does not ask whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now, explains the guide.
"In answer to the question as to
your race state briefly whether
Caucasian" Monaghan" Negro .
Malay" or Indian"
Citizens Lying in foreign countries
may register through the nearest
consular office. Citizens who are alb
sent from home on registration day
must register by mail or blanks pro-
cured from the county clerk or. in
a city above 10000 in population,
from the city clerk.