Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-27
answers j. S. WANTS
ON REGISTRATION DAY
Guide Prepared by Provost Marshal
Gen. Crowder and
His staff.

Gen. Crowder and
His staff.
Provost Marshal General Crowder and
his staff, who prepared the questions to
be answered when the candidates for
the new national army are enrolled
June s.. have also prepared a guide to
show how the questions shall be an
,swered. OF the twelve questions 1t Is
expected that most of the knotty prob
lens will arise in connection with the
last, which reads: DO you claim ex-
lemption from draft (specify grounds) ?"
The official guide explains the question
as follows:
Because you claim exemption from
ldrart, 1T by no means follows that you
lare exempt. For the information of
the War Department you should make
a claim now if you intend to prosecute
it. Some persons will be exempted 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 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 question seven and
leight. In stating grounds you claim as
Iexempting 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 1T Is an office of the state
or nation. If you claim to be MEM
Der of religious sect whose creed for
bids Its members to participate in war
in any form simply name the sect. If
you are employed in the transmission
lof the United States mails or as an
artificer or workman in an army. ar
senal or navy yard of the United States.
or If you are mariner employed in
the sea service of any citizen or mer-
chant within the United States. so state.
If You are felon or otherwise morally
deficient and desire to claim exemption
on that ground; state your ground brief
ly. If you claim physical disability.
state that briefly. If you claim exemp-
ton on any other ground. state your
ground briefly"
To Report Obvious Defects.
which accompanies each registration
card. is asked to state Has the person
! .ost arm, leg. hand, foot or both eyes.
| or is he otherwise disabled (specify) ?"
registrar shall pass upon anything but
the most obvious physical defects Per-
sons whose disabilities are so indicated
by the registrar will be dropped from
| the lists, but others who claim ex-
emption on account of physical disabil-
| ity are liable to draft in order that
their physical condition may be passed
upon by. army surgeons. Claims of ex-
emptions upon other than physical
grounds will be passed upon by local
| boards.
In addition to noting persons with
marked physical defects. the registrar
is asked to state whether the appli-
| cant is tall. medium or short, slender
medium or stout, the color of his eyes,
the color of his hair and whether or
| One phase of exemption is morn mar.
ticularly considered in question 9,
| which asks: Have you a father,
mother. wife. child under twelve. or
| a sister or brother under twelve solely
dependent upon you for support (spec-
| ify which,?
| Consider your answer thoughtfully.
| II 1t 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 to reduce wars misery
| to minimum. On the other hand, I'M
less the person you have in mind is
| solely dependent on you. do not hide
behind petticoats or children"
Other Dependent Relatives.
1t may be noted that If there is a
dependent relative not to be classed
| under question nine. such as a grand
| father, a grandmother or an aunt, this
may be mentioned in answer to ques-
ton twelve.
The fourth question in regard to
naturalization reads: Are you %
natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized
| citizen. CD an alien, % or have you
| which, ?" This question is explained as
follows in the guide:
I'D If you were born in the United
States. including, Alaska and Hawaii.
you are a natural-born citizen. no mat
| ter what may have been the citizenship
or nationality Of your parents. If you
were born in Porto Rico, you are
nit rf h1
you were born of alien parentage. If
you were born abroad, you are still
citizen of the United States If your
father was citizen of the United
States at the time you were born, unless
you have expatriated yourself
| "(2) You are naturalized citizen il
you have completed your naturaliza-
you have only declared your intention
to become a citizen uhat Is, il you
have only taken out first papers): in
the latter case you are only a 'declar
ant You are also a naturalized citizen
If. although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully
naturazed while you iwers under ,nr
came to the United States under
| twenty-one.
| "t3D You are a declarant IL. although
a citizen or subject to some foreign
country. you have declared on oath be-
4 fore naturalization court your inten-
tion to become 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
! il your first paper was taken out after
September 26. 1905. and is more than
seven years old.
| "t4) You are an alien If you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned.
| Alien Enemies to Register.
| Alien enemies will be required to
register, but undoubtedly will not be
| drafted.
| A Communion ouestion ia number G |