Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-04-25
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new YORK TO ASK
Military Census Takers Have
Eighty-seven Questions.
TO QUERY ALL men AND BOYS

III QUERI ALL MIN ANU bUIS
Employment and Experience Are Lead
ina Facts That the Authorities Desirs
to know-Seek to Find Whether Men
Will ee More Valuable at Home Or
In the Trenches.
The New York military authorities
have completed the list Of eightyseven
questions which are to be asked all
male inhabitants between the ages of
nineteen and twenty-five when the
military census is compiled during the
first two weeks in May. Males be-
tween these ages will be liable to serv-
ice under the first call to arms.
Questions to be answered by all 9TH
er persons In the state between the
ages of sixteen and sixty-focr viii fol-
low quite closely those for males In
the nineteen to twenty-five year class,
who will be required to answer the
questions which follow:
Name In full? Residence? Age?
Height? Weight? Color or race? Ma
tionality?
OF what country are you a citizen or
subject? Nationality Of father? OF
mother? How many persons are Who'll
~ dependent upon you for support?
Have you attended elementary schoolsi
High school? Technical school? Col
lege?
AZ to Languages.
What language other than English
can you speak well? What is your
present occupation? Name former oc-
equations In order of Importance?
Have you ever been In the military
or naval service or had military or
naval training at college. school. camp
or cruise? If so. state in what coun-
try. when. how long. in what organi-
zaticn. highest grade held.
Are you in the military or naval
service now? Have you an applica-
ton for enlistment pending? Have
you ever been rejected for enlistment?
If so. why?
Can you drive an automobile? Oper-
ate a telegraph? Ride a motorcycle:
Operate a wireless? Handle a power
boat? Operate stationary steam en-
CINE? Operate an aerop3ane? Handle
electrical machinery? operate steam
locomotive?
Do you hold license as engineer?
Pilot? Navigation? Have you ever
been employed in shipbuilding?
What's Your Business?
Have you any serious physical de-
feet? II SO. name It, Are you mar
ried. single. widower or divorced?
Are you citizen of the United
States? If not, how many years have
you lived In the United States? II
not, have you taken out your first pa
pers? If SO, IN what year?
Are you an employer or director of
labor (other than domestic service)
State approximate number under your
charge Do you claim exemption from
military service? Why? Give name
of your present employer, employers
business address. employers business.
How many Of each Of the following
do you own: Automobile? Auto trucks
Vans! Wagons or trucks? Wireless
outfit: Motorcycles? Motorcycle with
side car attached? Draft horses
Light draft horses? Saddle horses
Mules? Milk cows? Beef cattle
Other small livestock? Rifles?
And What Do You own7
Do you own a ship, yacht, motor
launch or power boat?
In cases Of things owned the location
Is asked, with particulars as to make
power and other details Of automobile
or craft.
In the case Of dependents. details
are asked Of names, ages, sex, rela
tionship and residence Of dependents
If any, including all children under six
teen years of age. In the case Of hus
band and wife living together the hus
band alone is to list all dependents 0.
both husband and wife, including chill
dren under sixteen years.