The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-20
JUNE 5 REGISTRATION DAY
IN CRISP FOR DRAFT LAW

dllcIi W VI nave SCu uCNldlSu yum
intention to become a citizen (specify
which,? o. If you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii you are natural-born citi-
zen, no matter what may have been
the citizenship or nationality Of your
parents. If you were born in Porto
aico, your are citizen Of the United
States, unless you were born Of alien
parentage If you were born abroad
your 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 expatiated
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
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 "declarant"
i You are also a naturalized citizen
it, although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became full nat
uralzed while you were under 81
years of age, and if you came to the
/ United States No. q. (3) You are a de
/ clarant if, although a citizen or sub
+ ject Of some foreign country, you have
| declared on oath before a naturaliZa-
ton 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 if your first
paper was taken out after September
2G, 1906, and is more than years old.
+ a. You are an alien if you do not fall
within one Of the three above mention
ed classes.
5. Where were you born? First
name the town, then the state, then
the country, as columbia, Ohio"
vienna AUSTRIA" Paris, France"
"Sofa, Bulgaria"
If not a citizen, OF what country
are you a citizen or subject? This
need be answered only by aliens and
declarants Remember that "declar-
ant is not yet citizen Of the United
States. If an alien or decIarant, state
the name of your country, as France"
/ Japan" China" etc.
7. What is your present trade, or
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. State briefly as
Farmer" Miner" Student" Labor
| err ton farm, in rolling mill in auto
mobile, wagon, or other factory, ;"
"Machinist in automobile factory"
etc. II you hold an office under State
or Federal government, name Office
/ you hold. II you are in one of the fol-
! lowing Offices or employments, use
enc OF the names hereafter mention
| ed: "Customhouse clerk" employed
! in the transmission Of the mails" or
"employed in an armory arsenal, or
navy yard" mariner, actually EN-.
ployed in the sea service Of citizen
or merchant within the United
States"
s. BY whom employed? Where
employed? If you are working for an
individual, firm, corporation, or asso-
citation, state is name. If in business,
trade, profession, or employment for
citation, state its name. If in business
Ger of the State or Federal govern
ment, say whether your office is I'M
der the United States, the State, the
county, or a municipality. In answer
to the question as to where you are
employed, give the town, county, and
State where you work.
g. Have you a father, mother, wife,
child under II, or sister or brother
under II 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.
10. Married or single (Which
Race Specify which,? 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 "Caucas-
| ian" "Mongolian." Negro MALAY
an" or Indian"
II. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Ma
! ton or State? No matter what cOun-
try you served, you must give COM
plete information. In answering these
I