Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
FORM Of AFFIDAVIT
GERMANS MUSTS|GN
To Be Filled Out by All Teuton
Subjects Here Before
Leaving District.

Announcement was made today of the
form Of affidavit which must be filed
out by all German subjects before they
leave the District, in compliance with
the Presidents enemy alien proclama.
ton.
The form of the affidavit follows:
This form must be filled out in dupli-
cate and sworn to before the United
States marshal or his deputy. duly ap-
pointed for the purpose.
~ Name Nan in full. ,.......,.......
(s) Date of entrance into United
o. Last residence and occupation
prior to residence in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
(5) Length of residence In the Dis
trict of Columbia. ..............
(s) Place of residence in the District
"a Occupation While in the District
of Columbia.
(s) Name and address Of employer.
(s) City. county and state to which it
is intended to remove (give pro-
posed street address if possible).
qo) PROPOSED date of departure.
Q1) Proposed date of arrival at desti-
G2) Proposed occupation and employer
at place to which it is intended
TO remove
G3) Name and address of relatives or
friends at place to which 1t is in
tended to remove.
..............
I soIemnly swear that the above
statements are true to the best OF my
lro nd hall NJ hox yxy{1
report in person to.
at :. ................. Immediately
upon my arrival there. with full knowl-
edge that failure to do this will render
me liable to summary arrest and in
ternment
D.
The form also contains blanks to be
filed in showing the age, description and
photograph of the registrant must be at
tached.
Legal Problems Involved.
Assistant United States Attorney Arth
is being confronted with a number Of
legal problems as result of the Presi-
dents proclamation against enemy aliens
in the District of Columbia. Each alien
himself to the Office of United
States Marshal splain is conducted be-
Of the German naturalization laws and
the expatrtation regulations, II any, OF
Russia will be required, it is stated, to
find the solution Of a problem presented
today to Mr.. Arth. A young man born
at Frankfort on the Main. Germany. of
4 Russian father and Polish mother in
quires II he falls under the ban Of the
The father, a tailor. left
Russia to ply his trade In Germany, but
made no attempt to become a German
subject.
The boy was born in Germany. but
came with his parents to America. The
father has declared his intention to be-
come an American citizen, claiming to
be a Russian. 1t would seem that the
father never became a German, unless
there exists an expatriation rule in Rus
STA by which its subjects lose citizen
ship by prolonged absence from Russia.
Does the order of eviction prevent an
alien owning and operating farm at
the District line in Maryland to use a
small portion Of his land which lies
within the District? This query reached
Mr. Arth today. The farmer has been
many years IN. America and about twenty
feet of his land Hes on this side Of the
District-Maryland line. and he wishes to
know II he can till the portion of his
which overlaps the line or must
he confine his cultivation activities to
that portion of his farm which is in
Maryland.