The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-25
RULES GOVERNING THE
SELECTION OF RECRUITS

No male between the ages OF Il and
30 years is exempt from registration
on June 5, regardless of whether Oh
not he is a citizen of this country.
List of Questions.
The following questions must be
answered:
l. Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spelled
out in full. State your age in years
only. Disregard additional months
and days.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be prepared to
give the address this way: 1882 Main
street. Chicago, Cook county, Ill"
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday, month, day
going to the registar, and give the pa
per to him. Example: August 5, 1894. y
4. Are you a natural-born citizen
a naturalized citizen, an alien or have
you declared your intention to become
a citizen. Specify which.
If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii
| you are natural born citizen. You
are a naturalized- citizen if you have
| completed your naturalization, that is
| if you have taken out your final pa
pers. You are declarant if, although
citizen of some foreign country, you
have declared your intention to be-
come a citizen. You are an alien if you
do not fall within one of these three
classes.
5. Where were you born
First the name of the town, then the
state, then the country.
g. If you are not a citizen, of what
country are you citizen or subject
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember that
a declarant is not citizen.
Z. What is your present trade, oc-
cupatiOn or office
This does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have once done, nor
what you are best fitted to do. 1t asks
what your job is right now. State
briefly as Farmer" Miller" STU
dent"
8. By whom employed, where en-
ployed
If working for firm or corpora
ton state its name If you are an in
dependent say so,
| Consider answers thoughtfully
| g. Have you a father, mother, wife
child under II years of age, or a sis
ter or brother solely dependent upon
you for support? Specify which.)
Consider your answer thoughtfully
| If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you have
a duty to feed do not let your military
ardor interfere with the wish of the ma
ton to reduce misery to the minimum,
On the other hand 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.
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Ma
ton or state?
No matter what country you served,
you must give complete information
Give answers as follows: Private, in
fantry, National guard, Wisconsin"
Do not count years in reserve.
IL. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds
Because you claim exemption from
the draft, it by no means follows that
you are exempt. For the information of
the war department you should make
a claim now if you intend to prose-
cute it. Some persons will be exempted
on account of their occupations or Of
flee, some on account Of the fact that
they have relatives dependent upon
them for support. Your answer touchA
ing 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 conform
ity with your answers to questions Z
and s.
In stating grounds you claim as ex-
empting you, use one of the following
terms: If you claim to be an execu-
tive, legislative, or judicial officer of
the state or nation, name your office
and say whether it is an office of the
state or nation. If you claim to be
member of religious sect whose
creed forbids its members to partici-
pate in war in any form, simply name
the sect.
1t you are employed in the transmits
sion of the United States mails or as
an artificer or workman in the armory,
arsenal, or navy yard of the United
States or if you are mariner employ
ed in the sea service Of any citizen or
merchant within the United States, so
state.
If you are a felon or otherwise NOR
ally deficient and desire to Icaim ex-
emption on that ground, state your
ground briefly. If you claim physical
disability, state that briefly If you
claim exemption on any other ground
state your ground briefly.