The Washington times., 1917-05-25

your nome receives the card. II ne
does not receive II, even though #
Is lost in transit. you will be held
responsible. Cards should be sent
home by registered mail and a return
receipt should be demanded. That
will be evidence for you which may
excuse you II your card is lost
/ Q. ~ ! register dHd get registration
certificate and then lose Il, t0hGt sciI
happen to mef
A.-If you have lost your card and
an officer demands evidence. of your
I registration, you will be kept under
/ guard until the fact OF your registra-
ton has been proved by examination
OF the records.
OIL ON over thirty-OHe years old.
but t10Ht to serrs my country and
iodHt TO register. MGv ~
A.-No. You may not register. II
you are anxious to serve, you may
volunteer. and need not wait until
registration day.
o.--I an GH attorney for the UHfted
/, States Shipping Board. believe that
am too valuable q man IN my present
post to be sent TO todr toith the regular
troops. ~ I register, AN liable 70
service as a private, as understand IL.
Must ! re0tsterl
A.-Yes. IL you are between the
ages of twenty-one and thirty-one. II
you think you are a valuable man
and claim exemption on that ground.
state 1t when you register, and the
exemption board will pass upon the
matter later. The fact that you reg
lister does not mean that you will be
cOnscripted. At all events, there is
no exemption from registration eN
cept for members OF foreign diplo-
matte corps and members Of the Fed
ersl military or naval service duly
sworn in and enrolled.
Q.--MV son 70 IN ll health. II may be
that on June he t0iH be unable TO
register. " he Is suddenly taken dozen
on that date, t1hGt shall dof
Ale will be registered under the
general provision for the sick. His
agent Will call upon Mr.. Donovan In
Room 500. District Building. and apply
for authority TO act as registrar for
the purpose OF registering his principal
Mr.. Donovan will give the necessary
authority IL he thinks the case bona fide.
o. hare ftco homes. one, a country
residence in Virginia, aud the other
toCh house ~ the District. Either might
be considered my permanent home. II
fNbtoAtf W fHQtItu NlNAA Oc oAOlGGlcu
TO tar Of several thousand dollars on
personal property irhich IL erempt from
tdrdtioH in the District. ~ I register in
the District my chances Of being con
scTipfed triH be greater. because a large
number Of District persons tCtH prob
ably be ereHDt because Of Government
service. What tooUld you ddUisef
A-You may register in that place
which you choose TO call your permanent
home. II that home may be in either
place. then II Is a question for you to
decide. IL is a case OF money or your
life"
o.-I iriH be out Of Washington on
June 3 I an going TO Panama to take
up tcork for the Government. HON. shall
I proceed 10 place myself on recordf
Ali you are sure that you wi be
out Of the District on June 5. and II you
are domiciled in the District. you must
register as an absentee For this pur-
pose you must apply TO Room 500. Dis
trict Building. where a registrar will fill
In your card. for which you will be held
responsible and which you must have
in the office OF the Registration Board
on or before June s.
Own college professors. school
teachers, aud medical students be eI-
eDpt from reOistrdtioHi
A-'No. No one Is exempt from regis
tration who Is OF the military age des-
ignated by the President in his procla-
nation. II you claim exemption from
military service state It to the registrar
Q.-Ay father teas French and my
mother EHOIish. t1ds born at sea on
a German boat. What shall say as TO
my nationality t1heH I register. AM
an AmsTicdN citizen, and haze been one
for eight pears.
A--State your citizenship to the regis
frar. Iou were born on German terri
tory. the vessel Of any nation on the
high seas being a territorial extension
or tho authority OF that nation. Your
citizenship followed that OF your father
until you took out American naturaliza-
ton papers.
o.--T am member Of the diplomatic
corps OF a foreign country. Mast I reg
tsterf
Al you are subject to the usual
diplomatic immunitles then you are not
amenable to local police Jurisdiction
and cannot BE- compelled to register un-
der fear Of punishment for failure to doS
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