Cheyenne record., 1917-05-31

September 28 1903. and Is more than
seven years old.
"(4) You are an alien II you do not
fan within one Of the three classes
above mentioned.
5. Where were you bornf
First name the town. then the state,
then the country, as Columbus. O.;
Vienna. AUSTRIA Paris. Frances;
Sofia, Bulgaria.
"6. II not citizen, Of what country
are you a citizen or subject1"
What 10 Your Job Right NoW7
~. What IL your present trade, oc-
cupation or ofhce1
AThis does not ask what you once
did, nor what you have done most Of
the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. It asks what your job IL right
now. State briefly, as farmer. miner.
student. laborer (on farm. in rolling
mill, In automobile, wagon or other fac
tory. etc. II you hold an office under
state or federal government, name the
ONCE 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 transmits
sion of the nails or employed In an
armory, arsenal or navy yard, mar
liner actually employed in the sea serv-
ice Of citizen or merchant within the
United States.'
'S. By whom employed7 Where en-
ployed?
'If you are working for an individ-
ual, firm, corporation or association
state Its name. II In business, trade.
profession or employment for yourself,
so state. If you are an officer Of the
state or federal government say wheth-
er your office is under the United
States. the state, the county or mu-
nicipality. In answer to the question
as to where you are employed give the
town, county and state where you
work.
20. Have you father, mother, wife,
child under twelve or sister or broth
er under twelve 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
a minimum. On the other hand, unless
the person you have in mind is solely
dependent on you do not hide behind
petticoats or children.
40. Married. or single (which) ?
Race (specify which)7
"This does not ask whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
question as to your race state briefly
whether Caucasian, Mongolian, negro,
Malayan or Indian.
Declare Military Service, II Any.
I'll. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years7 Ma
tion or state?
"No matter what country you
served, you must give complete infor-
nation. In answering these questions
first name your rank, using one Of the
following words: Commissioned Off
cer,' 'noncommissioned officer 'pri-
vate.' Next, state branch in which you
served in one of the following words:
Infantry cavalry artillery 'medi-
call signal aviation supply ma
rlne.' navy Next, state the number
Of years service, not counting time
spent in the reserve. Finally, name
the 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 fol-
lowing terms: National Guard (of
such and such state), militia (of
such and such state), volunteers OF
United States or regular army (navy)
of United States
"12. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft, 1t by no means follows that you
are exempt. For the information of
the war department you should make
a claim now If you intend to prosecute
it. Some persons will be exempted on
account of their occupations or offices.
some on account of the fact that they
have relatives dependent upon them
for support. Your answer touching
these things will be important in sup
porting the claim you now Intend to
make in your answer to the present
questions. Be sure, therefore, that
the grounds you now state are In con-
formity with your answers to ques-
tions and 8.
"In stating grounds you claim as ex-
empting you use one of the following
terms: If you claim to be an execu-
tive, legislative or judicial officer OF
the state or nation, name your office
and say whether it is an Office of the
state or nation. II you claim to be a
member of a religious sect whose creed
forbids Its members to participate In
war in any form, simply name the sect.
II you are employed in the transmits
sion of the United States mails or as
an artificer or workman in an armory,