The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-24

merchant within the United States
g. BY whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
{, If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation, or association, state
| it's name. If in business, trade, pro-
fession, or employment for yourself.
so state. If you are an officer of the
State or Federal government, say
whether your office is under the
| United States, the State, the county,
or municipality. In answer to the
question as to where you are employ
ed, give the town, county, and State
where you work.
9. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under IL, or sister or BROTH
er under 12 solely dependent upon
you for support (speeify whieh)7
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have duty to feed, do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
of the Nation 10 reduce wars misery
TO a 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 (whieh)7 Race
(speeify which,?
This does not ask whether you were
once married, but whether you are
YfaI Iv, IN. h.
ton as to your race, state BRIEFLY
whether Caucasian" Monaghan"
Negro" "Malayan." or Indian
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years?
Nation or State?
No matter what country you sery-
ed you must give complete informa-
tion. In answering these questions.
first name your rank, using one OF
the following words: Commissioned
officer" "Noncommissioned officer"
Private" Next, state branch in
which you served in one of the fol-
lowing words: Infantry Cavalry"
ARTILLERY Medical" Signal"
aviation, supply" Marine"
Navy" Next, state the number of
years service, not counting time
srent in the Reserve. Finally. 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: National Guard
(of such and such a State)," Mill
tia (of such and such a State),"
Volunteers of United States" or
Regular Army Navy of United
| States.'
II. Do you claim exemption from
draft7 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 prose-
cute it. Some persons will be exempt
ed on account of their occupations or
offices. some on account of the fact
that they have relatives dependent
upon them for support Your answer
touching these things will be import
ant in supporting the claim you now
intend to make in your answer to
the present questions. Be sure, there
fore, that the grounds you now state
are in conformity with your answers
i to questions z and 8. In stating
grounds you claim as exempting you,
use one of the following terms: II
you claim to be an executive, legisla-
tive, or judicial officer OF the State
or Nation. name your office and say
whether it is an office of the State or
Nation. IL you claim to be a mem
ber of a religious sect whose creed
forbids its members to participate in
war in any form. simply name the
sect. If you are employed in the
transmission of the United States
mails or as an artificer or workman
in an armory. arsenal. or navy yard
of the United States. or il you are a
mariner employed in the sea service
OF any citizen or merchant within
the United States. so state. If you
are felon or otherwise morally def
cient and desire to claim exemption
on that ground, state your ground
briefly. If you claim physical disabil-
ity. state that briefly. II you claim
exemption on any other grounds. state
your grounds briefly.
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