Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-29


Albanian ought to- be able to answer
Here are the answers:
l. On registration day, June D, be-
tween the hours of a. m. and p. m.
2. At the registration booth in your
ward and your precinct. The central
committee, which meets Tuesday with
Mayor Gambler. will announce the loca-
tion of the registration booth in good
time. If you are going to be out OF
town that day, go to the city clerk
or the county clerk in the town where
you are, register with him, and mail
your card to the city clerk of Atlanta
or the sheriff of Fulton county so that
it reaches him by registration day. II
you are too sick to come to the polls,
you must register by communicating
with the city clerk.
8. All males who by June 5 have
reached their twenty-first birthday and
have not reached their thirty-first BIRTH
day, must register. White people and
colored people both must register, SICK
or well, prisoners or free, crippled or
blind, native and foreign born. natural
lied The only exceptions are officers
and men in active service in the army,
navy, marine corps. naval militia, ma
tionaI guard and officers reserve corps.
Men who have been mustered out of the
national guard must register. Men
training for the officers reserve corps,
but not yet accepted, must register.
A. How to register? At the regis
tration booth. answer promptly and &C
curately the questions put to you by
the registrar. He will write the an
swers on the card and you will then
sign IT. For the guidance of persons,
the government has issued explanations
of the questions. The explanation fol-
lows:
1. Name in full Age in years. This
means all your names spelled out in
full. State your age on June in years
only. Disregard additional months or
days. Be prepared to say "22" or "27.
not "22 years, 3 months
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, Atlanta, Fulton
county, Georgia." that is, give number
and name of street first; then town,
then county, then state.
CITIZENSHIP IMPORTANT.
g. Date of birth. Write your birth
day (month, day and year,. on piece
of paper before going to the registrar,
and give the paper to him when he asks
for it. Example, August 5. 1894"
T. Are you Cd a natural born citi-
zen; CD naturalized citizen; go an
alien, 4) or have you declared your
Intention to become a citizen (specify
which,? If you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii. you are natural born citizen,
no matter what may have been the cit
izenship or nationality of your parents.
If you were born in Porto Rico, you
of& 80 he Tpit tod
less you were born of alien parentage.
If you were born abroad you are still
citizen of the United States If your
father was a citizen of the United States
at the time you were born, unless you
have expatriated yourself You are a
naturalized citizen If you have taken
out final naturalization papers. or in
the case of foreign born, If your father
or surviving parent became fully natu-
rallied while you were under twenty-one
years of age, and II you came to the
United States under twenty-one. You
are a "declarant" If, although a citizen
or subject OF some foreign country. you
have declared on oath before a naturali-
cation court your intention to become
citizen Of the United States. You are
an alien If you are neither natural born
naturalized or a declarant.
8. Where were you born? First name
the town. then the state, then the county
g. IF not a citizen, then of what coun
try are you a citizen or subject? Thit
need be answered only by aliens anC
declarants.
Z. What is your present trade. occupa
ton or office? This does not ask wha
you once did. nor what you have done
most of the time, nor what you are bes
fitted to do. 1t asks what your job il
oh da
state or federal government. name thu
Office you hold.
8. BY whom employed? Where EN-
ployed? If you are working for an in
div:dual, firm or corporation, or associa
tion, state it's name. If in business
trade, profession or employment TO
yourself, so state. If you are an office
of the state or federal government, sa!
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 tn
town, county and state where you work
ADHERE TO THE TRUTH
8. Have you a father, mother. wife
child under twelve, or a sister or brothe
under twelve solely dependent upon yol
| for support? Consider your answe
| thoughtfully. If it is true that there 4
another mouth than your own which yo
/ alone have a duty to feed. do not lie
| your military ardor interfere with tn
wish of the nation to reduce wars mis-
cry to a minimum. On the other hand
/ unless the person you have in mind |
SOLELY dependent on you, do not hid
behind petticoats or children.
TO- Married or single? Race? Thi
does not ask you whether you were ono
married. but whether you are marrie
now. In answering the question as I
your race, state briefly whether eau
casian, Monaghan, negro, Malayan or In
dian.
IL. What military service have vol
! had? Rank? Branch? Years? Natio1
or State? In answering these questions
first name your rank, using one of tn
following words: Commissioned officer
''noncommissioned officer" private
Next, state branch in which you serve,
in one of the following words: 'Infan
try" cavalry" artillery" medical,
signal aviation" supply" marine.
navy" Next, state the number o
, years service, not counting time spen
| in the reserve. Finally. name of stat
| or nation you served. If you served un
! der the United states, name your servc
| in one of the states Of the United States
| name your service i'm one of the follow
! ing terms: National guard Cof such an,
| such a state)" militia (of such ant
! such a stated" volunteers of Unitet
| States" or regular army (navY) o
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