Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-23

It was announced on Tuesday that
military officials will come TO Norwicis
today "wednesday and at L o'cRck
this afternoon Will meet the local mill
| tary registration board in the council
| chamber for the purpose Of giving the
| board instructions as to the method to
| be followed out in the registration of
| all males between the ages of 81 and
| 80 years, inclusive. The local regis
| tration board which has been appoint
consists of First Se1ectman c. K.
Bailey, Town Clerk Charles s. Hol-
brook. and Registrars of Voters Tyler
| D. Guy and Cornelius J. Downes.
The questions that must be answer
ed by those registering on June are
as follows:
I. Name in full. Age In years, -.
This means all your names spelled
cut in full.
State your age today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say ~1a," or "25," not
10 yrs. mos or the like.
IL. Home address.
| This means the place where you
place where you work. BE prepared
| to give the address in this way: "232
| Main Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois that Is. is. give tsI number Ta ana and
county and state.
! 8. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month. day.
and year, on a piece of paper before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper 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 6tll.' Then say ION my birthday
this year 7 will be Cor was) - years
old TIE registrar viii then I'LL in
the year of birth. Many people do
not carry in mind the year they were
born. This may ba obtained by the
in years on this years birthday from
a. Are you % a natural born eiti-
zen; (2) a naturaiized citizen; (3)
an alien; ~ or have you declared
your intention to become a citi-
zen (specify Whieh)7
I'd If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are a naturaI-born citizen, no
matter what may have been the cfti-
zenship or nationality of your parents.
If you were born in Porto Rico, you
are a citizen of the United States, IN
less you were born of alien parentage.
If you were born abroad, you are
your father was citizen of the United
States at the time YOU were born, I'm
less you have expatriated yourself.
(2) You are a naturaiized citizen
if you have completed your naturali-
zation; that is, if you have taken fl
nal papers" But you are not citi-
zen if you have only declared your
intention to become a citizen Chat is,
if you have only taken out first pa
pers'): in the latter case you are only
a "declarant.''
You are also a naturalized citizen If.
although foreign born, your father or
surviving parents became fully natu-
rallied while you were under 81 years
q n
States under ri.
CD You are a decIarant If, al
though q citizen or subject of some
foreign country, you have declared on
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 de-
clarant if your first paper was taken
out after September IS. 1905, and is
more than seven years old.
90 You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes
above mentioned.
5. Where were you born7
First name the town, then the state,
then the country, as Columbus,
Ohio" Vienna, Austria" paris,
France" "Sofa, Bulgaria"
s. " not a citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?
and declarants. Remember that a de
clarant" is not yet a citizen of the
United States. IF alien de-
clarant, state the name of your coun-
try. as France Japan" China
etc.
II. What is your present trade, &C.
cupation, or Officer
This does not ask what you once
did, not what you have done most of
the time, nor what you are best f1t-
1 4 Il
as Farmer Miner Student La
borer Con farm, in rolling mill, in au-
tomobile, wagon, or other factory"
If you hold Office under state or
federal. government, name the ONCE
you hold II you are in one OF the
following offices or employment. use
enc of the names hereafter mentioned:
"Custor1house clerk" employed in
the transmission of the mails or "ern-
ployed in an armory, arsenal, or navy
yard" mariner, actually employed in
the sea service of citizen or merchant
within the United States
8. BY whom emPloyed7 Where en-
pioyed?
If you are working for an individ-
ual, firm, corporation, or association,
state its name. II in business, trade,
profession, or employment for your
self, so state. If you are an officer of
the state federal government say
whether your Office is under the Unit
ed States, the state, the county, or a
municipality. In answer to the Ques-
ton as to where you are employed,
give the town. county, and state where
you work.
9. Have you a father mother, wife,
child under 12 or sister or
brother under IL solely dependent
upon you for support Cspeeify
which,?
Consider your answer thoughtfuI1y.
If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you alone
have a duty to feed, do not let your
military ardor interfere with the wish
of the nation to 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 (Which? Race
(sPeeify which,?
This does not ask whether you were
once married, but whether you are