The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23

be Somewhere in France" as the
border training soon will make. them
Disregard additional months or days.
Be prepared to say "19" or "25," not
10 years, months or the like.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be prepared
to give the address in this, way: 1882
Main street, Chicago, Cook county, IL
linois:;" that is, give the number and
name of street first, then town, hten
county and state.
3. Date, of Birth.
White your birthday (month, day,
ard YEAR, on q piece of paper before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Elk
ample: August s, 1894"
If you do not remember the year.
start to answer as you would If some
one asked you your birthday, as Au-
gust 9Th" Then say ION my birthday
this year will be Cor was) ---
years Old The registrar will then fill
in the year of birth. Many people
do not carry. in mind the year they
were born. This may be obtained by
the registrar subtracting the age in
years on this year birthday from
1917.
H. Are you a. a naturaI-born ctti-
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (S)
an alien; az or have you declar-
ed your Intention to become a Cd
tizen (specify which)
"a If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii,
you are natural born citizen no mat
ter what may have been the citizen
ship or nationality of your parents. II
you were born in Porto Rico, you are
a citizen Of the United States, unless
you were born of alien parentage. If
you were born abroad, you are still a
citizen of the United States if your
father was a citizen of the United
States at the time you were born, I'M
less you have expatriated yourself.
CD You are a naturalized citizen
tifsyou have completed you naturaliza-
ton; that is ii you have taken final
papers But you are not a citizen If
you have only declared your intention
to become a citizen Chat is, if you
have only taken out first papers'') /;
in the latter case you are only de-
cIarant."
You are also a natura1ized citizen
| if, although foreign born, your faith
er or surviving parent became fully
naturalized while you were under Fl
years of age, and if you came to the
United States under 81.
CD You are declarant if, al
though a citizen or subject of some
foreign country. you have declared
on oath before naturalization court
your intention to become a citizen OF
the United. States. Receipt from the
4 clerk of the court Of the certified
copy of such declaration is often call
ed taking out first papers" You are
not a declarant if your first paper
was taken out after September 26
1906, and is more than years old
(4) You are an aisen If you do mo-
fall within one of the three classe.
| above mentioned.
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
state. then the county, as columbus
Ohio" Vienna, AUSTRIA" paris
France" SOFIA, Bulgaria.
6. If not a citizen, OF what coun
try are you a citizen or subject;
This need be answered only b,
aliens and declarants. Remembel
that a "declarant'' is not yet a either
OF the United States. If an alien o.
declarant, state the name of you
country, as France" Japan" "Chi
na," etc.
Z. What is your present trade, oc
cupation, or office.
This does not ask what you one
did, nor what you have done most O
! the time, nor what you are best fit
ted to do. 1t asks what your job i
right now. State briefly, as Far
mer,' Miner Student" Lahore
Con farm, in rolling mill. in automo
bile, wagon, or other factory" INA
Z chinist in automobile factory" etc. 1
you hold an office under state o. fed
, eral government, name the office yo
' hold. If you are in one of the fol
: lowing offices or emp1oyments, us
one of the names hereafter mention
/. ed:
> "Customhouse clerk" t'employed i
: the transmission of the nails O
employed in an armory, arsenal, o
navy yard" mariner, actually EN-
e ployed in the sea service of citizen @
merchant within the United States
2 8. BY whom employed? Wher
employed?
If you are working for an individ
ual, firm, corporation, or association
state it's name. If in business, trade
profession or employment for your
! SELF, SO state. If you are an office
of the state or federal government
say whether your office is under tn