The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-04
HOW TO REGISTER
ON SEPTEMBER II
Men In New Draft Can Save Officials
Much Time and Trouble
ALI Between Is
and As.

istrants in the new September IL reg
istration of men between the ages of
1S and As inclusive, are De1ng sent out
by the government, telling Just how to
answer questions On registration
cards.
Question l refers to the name Of the
registn@mts, and two, the permanent
home address, which is not the place
where the registrant was born unless
that is his permanent home, nor the
place where he works. No. 8 is his
age in years, date of birth. The in
structions state: "If you do not re-
member the year, start to answer as
if some one Esked you your birthday,
as October 12,' then say, On my
birthday, this year, l will be (or was)
SO many years old The registrar
will then fill in the year OF birth.
This may be obtained oy the registrar
subtracting in years on this years
birthday from 1918"
The next questions deal with race,
whether the registrant is white, ne
gro, Oriental, Indiap, and if SO, a
citizen or noncitizen, a native citizen
or naturalized, or a declarant or nom
declarant alien. A declarant, alien is
one who, although a citizen or subject
of some other country, HIS declared
before a naturalization court the in
tention of becoming citizen of the
United States. Present occupation,
On a registration c.rd, means simply
what your job is right now, not what
you once did, nor what you are best
fitted to GO. II the registrant holds
an office un5er state or federal gov
ernment, name the Office held. If work
ing for an individual, firm, corpora
tion or association, state its Mime. II
in business, trade profession or en-
ployment for yourself. so state. Where
yol work. "If you are married and
your wife is living, :;er name should
be stated If you are single or your
wife is dead, you should state the
name of your nearest blood relative.
If you are not married and have no
blood relative, the name of a close
friend should be stated, giving the
address of same.
All Between Is and As.
Crficial5 in the adjutant general 5
Office yesterday said thot there seems
TO be misunderstanding on the part
Of many people concerning the age
limits in tho new man power act. The
act has been published as requiring
' the registration Of all men from lS
! to As This officials say, is inclusive.
1t means that all persons who are 1S
on registration day up to all persons
who have not reached their forty.
sixth birthday must register. A man
who Will be As the Cay after regis
tration is not exempt.
County Registrars
Following is list of the registrars
for Little kiver ccIn;y:
Cerro Gordo. Caney Township -
Herbert Scott, F.. Nj. Edwards, ]. w.
Strawn.
Allene, Burke Township-R. L..
Johnson, Will Edwards.
Wilton, Cleveland Township-Will
L. Bratton, Albert Kennon.
.,ou,o Tofforcop rT,oup ,hin-J II
Williams, Will benson, Bob Pierce.
Ogden, Johnson Township-W. w.
Winkler, r. NJ. Holmes, Tom Bsll.
Fomby School House, Franklin
Township-Bob Davis, Will McAllister.
White Cliffs. F. Schirmer.
>:;ichmond, Red River Township
M. w. Locke, I. T. G. Anderson, Ben
Love, Jr.
Winthrop, Little River township
r. l.. Sessions, ]. l.. Peavy, G.. N. Rob-
ertson
Foreman, Jackson Townslip-Thel-
mer Bowles, P. B. Williams, G. G.
Lennard
Arden, Arden Township-R. S. DaN-
is, w j. Perry.
Arkinda, Arkinda Townsnip-R, l.,
Dawson Clyde Adams.
Oak Hill, Lick Creek Township.
e. Mccall.
Jeff Davis-C. E. GauIdIn.
Richl,md-W. w. Ellis, Jesse L.
DeLoney.
Wv. S.S.--
John Henderson has accepted a po-
sitiOn with the Model Grocery and