The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-05-24

did, not what you have done most OF
the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. It asks what your job is right
now. State briefly, as farmer" me
chanic," student" "laborer ION farm,
in rolling mill, in automobile, wagon
or other factory" "machinist in auto
mobile factory" etc. If you hold an
Office under state or federal govern
ment, name the Office you hold. If you
are in one of the following Offices or
employments, use one of the names
hereafter mentioned:
"Custom house clerk" employed In
the transmission of the mails" or 'em-
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 employed? Where
employed?
If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation or association, state
it's name. If in business, trade, pro-
fession or employment for yourself, so
state. If you are an officer OF the
state or federal government, say
whether your Office is under the state
or federal government, say whether
your office is under the United States,
the state, the county or municipality.
In answer to the question as to where
you are employed, give the town, coun-
ty and state where you work.
9. Have you father, mother, wife.
child under IL or sister or brother
under IL 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 alone
have a 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, 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
(specify which,?
This does not ask you whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
question as to your race state briefly
whether Caucasian" monaghan,
"Negro," "Malayan" or "Indian."
IL. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Ma
tion or state?
No matter what country you served
you must give complete information.
In answering these questions first
name your rank, using one of the fol-
lowing words: Commissioned officer
"noncommissioned officer" private
Next state branch in which you served
in one of the following words: "infan.
try" calvary" artillery" medical
"signal," aviation" Supply" "ma'
rine," "navy." Next state the numbe,
of years. service, not counting time
spent in the reserve. Finally, name thu
nation or state you served. If YOU
served under the United States or one
of the states of the United States
name your service in one of the follow
ing terms: National guard (of sucf
and such state)," militia (of sucf
and such a state)," Volunteers Of
United States" or regular army ina
wy of United States"
IL. Do you claim exemption from
draft7 Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft, it by no means follows that 20,
are exempt. For the information o.
the war department you should max,
claim now if you intend to prescott,
lit. Some persons will be exempted OF
account of their occupations or Offices
some on account of the fact that the.
have relatives dependent upon then
for support. Your answer touchin,
these things will be important in sup
porting the claim you now intend t
make in your answers to the presen
; questions. Be sure, therefore, tina
the grounds you now state are in con
formity with your answers to ques
tions 7 and 8. In stating grounds vo