Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-30
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HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ON REGISTRATION CARDS.


low TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ON REGISTRATION CARDS
Questions will be, asked for you to
nswer In the order in which they ap-
ear below. These questions are set
inf with detailed information to help
1 answering them.
All answers will be written on the
card in ink by the regis
rar. who should be careful to spell
II names correctly and to write legi-
ly.
/. 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.
8. Date of birth.
4. Are you Cd natural-bOrn citi-
en-: Cd a naturalized citizen; (3) an
lien; Cd or have you declared your
1tentiOn to become citizen (specIty
rhich)?
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 ma
tionality 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 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.
(2l You are a naturaliZed citl-
zen 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 (that is, if you
have only ''taken out first pa
pers'); in the latter case you are
only a "declarant.."
You are also a naturallZed c1tl-
zen, if, although foreign born,
your father or surviving parent
became fully naturalized while
you were under q years of age,
and if you came to the United
States under 81.
90 You are a decIarant if, al
though a citizen or subject of
some foreign country, you have
declared on oath before some
naturalization court your inten-
ton to become a 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 20, 1906, and is more
than seven years old.
"a 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 a citizen, of what coun-
ry are you citizen or subject?
z. What is your present trade, &C.
,upation 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. IT ASKS
WHAT YOUR JOB is RIGHT
NOW,
s. By whom employed? Where
9. Have you a father, mother,
wife, child under Il, or a sister or
brother under IL solely dependent
upon you for support (specify
Thich)?
Consider your answer thought
fully. 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 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,?
IL. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years?
Nation or State?
No matter what country you
served, you must give complete
information.
II. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption
from draft, it by no means fol
lows that you are exempt. For
the information of the war de-
partment you should make a
claim now if you intend to prose
cute it. Some persons will be
exempted because of their occu-
pations or Offices, some on &C
count of the fact that they have
relatives dependent upon them
for support. Your answer touch
ing these things will be impor-
tant in supporting the claim you
now intend to make in your an
swer to the present questions. Be
sure, therefore, that the grounds
you now state are in conformity
with your answers to questions z
ana g In stating grounds you
claim as exempting you, use one
of the following terms: If you
claim to be an executive, legis-
lative or judicial officer of the
state or nation, name your Office