The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-19
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Ihese isibhus d'o the I"O cafus, repro
'dnced here, for within short time, Just
as short n time as the necessary pre-
liminary work win permit, every male
in the Islands between the ages of TWEEN.
'ty one and thirty.one, win have to an
swer the questions as printed on the
largo card and receive in evidence Of
his registration one of the smaller
cards. 49, .r,E
The registration is not the draft, al.
though very many continue to confuse
the two. The draft will apply only to
citizens physically fitted to bear arms,
who have not dependent relatives and
who are not wanted for other necessary
work. The. registration applies to ali,
citizens and aliens alike, the only linn
itations being those of sex and age.
For the, benefit Of those who were
required to register on. the mainland
this month, the war department issued
a set of simple instructions. These,
modified slightly TO make them appli.
cable to Hawaii, are as Follows: -. !
Duty To Register ~
y What does a young man do on regis.
tration dayfP' He does his duty to his
country, and he. will find that the ways
and means Of doing it are not Iaborious,
involved or complex.
'In a bulletin called How to answer
questions on registration cards the war
has considered the case Of
an individual young American, who is
called, for convenience sake, Samuel L.
Brown and has given him Instructions
how to answer the inquiries which will
be put to him by the registrar on the
day when he appears to have his name
enrolled on the prospective Army lists.
Z ESQ let us take Samuel l.. Brown
on the early morning of registration day
and guide him through his duties from
the time be enters the registration
place until the record is completed and
he goes about his ordinary days work.
Z % The first thing which young Brown
will be asked to do is to state his name
lin full and his age in years. This
means that Brown Ii to give in full his
first, middle, and last name When IL
comes, to the. giving of his age young
Brown will give it in years, ignoring
months,s, weeks and days. If on his
last birthday lie was twenty -four years
of age the registrar will enter '24
wears upon the registration. card.
Give Address In Full ..s' ..
young Brown will be asked to give
his address. He must give it. in full so
that there can, be no mistake possible
He should give the street, its number,
village, or city, and the county in which
he. lives,
"While the, age is to be given in
years oply, Brown will be asked to give
his birthday, the day of the mouth, and
the year in which he first saw light.
2, cit would be we'll for young Brown
if he has any possible reason for doubt
in the matter, to inform, himself speci
fcally: before going, to the registration
place as to just what his condition in
life is, as it relates to citizenship. II
he is native born, his inquiry should
not go, any further. He should inform
himself concerning his status In case he
was. born in a foreign country. 1t may
be that his parents have not, become
naturalized citizens of the United
States, or it may be that his father ha
only taken out his first papers. A clear
understanding Of the citizenship status
is essential
Aliens Must Register
OF course there will be, many young
Browns in the. United States who are
not native to the sOif and who have
not taken out their naturalization pa
,pers, and whose parents. perhaps still
are aliens. In cases like this special
inquiry will be made by the registrar to
determine just what the status is under
thc laws governing the question relat
ing to aliens.
his prescott trade, occupation, or office
Is. He should make his answer brief
: farmer, 'miner,' or whatever line OF
business he follows. He should add the
exact nature Of his occupation, whether
or not he is employed in a machine
shop, an automobile factory, or other
industry.
= ."If it should be that Brown is an
officer of the territorial or federal gov
eminent, he should so state, name his
office and say whether it is under ter
ritorial or federal government.
of the questions which Brown
IS to answer carefully and thoughtfully
is that which relates to the question Of
dependent lie will be asked if he has
a. father or mother, a wife or child un-
Ter twelve years of age, or sister or
brother under the same age solely de.
pendent upon him for support.
Are You Married?
"When the young man is asked if he
is married or single the answer must
concern itself with, his present condi-
tioR, The question, means, are you
ma rrial nnU9 ".r ..TsHr
s, "No young man, between twenty
one, and thirty, inclusive, Samuel l..
Brown, or any of his fellows, ia ex-
empt from the duty of registration
unless he is serving in the United
States Army, or Navy, or in that part
of the national guard or naval mill,
tia which on registration day is in the
federal service, or unless he is an Off.
Ger in, the Otticers' Reserve Corps or
an enlisted man in the Enlisted Re
serve Corps in active service. In con,
nection with this military service mat.
ter, young Brown will be asked if he
eyer has had ANY kind Of military ser
vice whatsoever. He must be specific
in Answering these questions.
EDO you claim exemption from
draftfs This question will be asked of
young Brown. If he says yes, he must
give his reasuus briefly and in wards