The Benson signal., 1917-06-02
FOR THOSE Who
WILL REGISTER
Government Has Issued Circulars
Dealing With Questions to
Be Asked.
MAKE WORK EASIER JUNE 5
The Following Detailed Information
Should Be Read by All Who Are
of the Age Called Upon
to Do Military
Service.

Service.
The law requires every man who has
passed his twenty-frst birthday and
not yet reached his thirty-frst birth
day on June to register that day for
| army service.
There are no exceptions.
All men from twenty-one to thirty
must register. Exemptions for health
| or other reasons will come later.
This newspaper publication Is the
only notification you will get.
A prison sentence is the penalty for
| failure to register.
The government has adopted plan
to facilitate and simplify the filling In
Of conscription registration cards June
5. Circulars containing the twelve
questions to be asked and advice as to
how they should be answered have
been prepared for distribution.
How Answers Should Be Made.
The circular, which bears the head
ing, "How to Answer Questions on
Registration Cards." reads as follows !:
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they ap-
pear on this paper. These questions
are set out below with detailed infor-
nation to help you answer them.
"Do not write on, mark or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do not re-
move them. They should be carefully
read so that you will have your an
swers ready when you go before the
registrar.
81. Name in full. Age in years, -
"This means all your names spelled
out in full.
"State your age today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days.
| Be prepared to say nineteen or
twenty-five not nineteen years
three 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, II
linois;' that is, give number and name
of street first, then town, then county
and state.
Write Birth Date In Advance.
"Date Of birth.
"Write your birthday (month, day
and year) on a piece Of paper before
going to the registrar and give the pa
per to him the first thing. Example {:
August 5, 1894
eff you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would If some
one asked you your birthday, as 'Au-
gust s. Then say, ON my birthday
this year will be Cor was) - years
DID, 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 by subtracting the age in
years on this years birthday from
1917.
~. Are you (1) natural born citi-
zen; (2) naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; az or have you declared your
intention to become a citizen (specify
which)?
"Q) 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. If
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 citizen of the United
States at the time you were born, un-
less you have expatriated yourself.
"(2) You are a naturalized citizen if
you have completed your naturaliza-
ton; that is, if you have taken final
you have only declared your intention
to become a citizen (that Is, if you
have only taken out first papersD in
the latter case you are only a 'declar-
| ant
"YOu are also a naturalized citizen
IL, dItuOuSu lOTeASu DOru, your IdCuer
or surviving parent became fully nat
uralized while you were under twenty
one years Of age, and If you came to
the United States under twenty-one.
"(3) You are declarant if, although
citizen or subject of some foreign
country, you have declared on oath be-
| fore a naturalization court your inten-
| ton to become a citizen of the United
States. Receipt from the clerk Of the
court of the certified copy of such
declaration is often called taking out
first papers, You are not declarant