Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-01
How to Answer Questions on
Registration Cards.

/ SWef IN the order In which Jhey appear
below. These questions are set out with
detailed information to help you answer
them.
All answers will be written on the Reg
istratiOn Card in ink, who should be care
ful to spell all names correctly and to
write legibly.
l. Name in full. Age in years.
2. Home address. (This means the
place where you have your permanent
home, not the place where you work?
g. Date of birth.
4, Are you CD natural-born citizen;
| GU naturalized citizen; CD an alien;
| (4) Or have you declared your intention
to become citizen specify which,?
CD If you were born in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii, you
are natural-born citizen, no matter what
may have been the citizenship or nation
ality 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, unless
you have eXpatriated yourself.
(2) You are a naturalized citizen if
you have completed your naturalization;
that is, if you have taken final papers"
But you are not citizen if you have only
declared your intention to become a cjti-
zen (that is, if you have only taken out
your first papers }; in the latter case you
are onlya "declarant"
You are also a naturalized citizen if,
although foreign born, your father or
surviving parent became fully naturalizcd
while you were under 81 years of age, and
if you came to the United States under
81
CD You are a declarant if, although a
citizen or subject of some foreign country,
you have declared on oath before a nat
uraIization court your intention to become
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
a declarant it your first paper was taken
out after September &c, 1906, and is more
than seven years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do not
fall within one of the three classes above
mentioned.
5. Where were you born?
6. If not citizen, of what country
are you a a citizen or subject?
7. What is your present trade, occupa-
ton, or Office? This does not ask what
you once did, nor what you have done
most of the time, nor what you are best
fitted to do. 1t asks what your job is
right now
8, By whom employed? Where en-
ployed?
9. Have you father mother, wife,
child under II, or a sister or brother I'M
der II solely dependent upon you for sup
port (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 ar
dor interfere with the wish of the Nation
to reduce wars misery to a minimum.
On the other hnnd, unless the person you
have in mind is solely dependent on you,
do not hide behind petticoats or children.
&C. Married Or single (which)? Race
(sPecify which,?
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Nation
or State? No matter what country you
served, you must give complete informa-
ton.
II. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds. Because you
claim exemption from draft, it by no
means follows that you are exempt. For
the information of the War Department
you should make a claim now if you in
tend to prosecute it. Some persons will
be exempted op'account of their occupa-
tons 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 supporting 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 conformity
with your answers to questions and 8.
In stating grounds you claim as exempt
ing you, use one of the following terms:
If you claim to be an executive, legislat-
i've, or judicial officer of the State or Ma
ton, name your Office and state whether
it is an office of the State or Nation, If
YOU claim to be member of a religious
sect whose creed forbids it members to