Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-04
QUESTIONS FOR
NEW REG|STRANTS
Information for Those Who Must
Enroll for Military Service
on September II.

The provost marshal general has issued
To local draft boards detailed Instructions
for rcgistrants on how To answer ,hc
=. questions on the registration cards 'i,a'
will be used on Thursday, September II,
in the enrolment of the men aiiee'ei oS
the cxtcnsion of the draft-age limits.
srt,a tu,nntv questions on the cards,
,b;cb aro somewhat different IN form
from those used in the registration Oh
men between the ages of 81 and 81, ana
tho instructions on how 10 answer thein,
ORC oivcn below. Prospective registrantS
aro Trgcd 10 study carefully hoth the
questions and the instructions, IN order
10 be able TO give prompt response To the
registrars. r;.
Answers to the questions Will he writ
ton ON the registration card ny the re-
o,strars in INK and in the numerlcal order
stated -, ,.
Question | Name-The name must
b, gwen in full. thus: First name, mld9le
name. last name. For example John
Henrv Smith. -,
This means where YOU nave your l"i-
maDont home now, not the place where
Won work nor the place where YOU were
horn unless that is your permanent home
Re prep9rpd 10 give II tins way; luo
Woodward avenue, Detroit, Wayne coun-
=. Mich or R. + u. No. , JoncSvl lie,
smith county. Pa. " If the regstrant lives
N an anartmcnt house he should state
The number of the apartment IN when ne
livcs If his address is in care OF some
one. this should be stated.
Question 3. Age in years State your
age in wears only. Disregard additional
months or days Be prepared TO say
..thirty-four' or thirty eight not thlr-
ty-foIlr wears three months.
Question A. Date Of birth-H you 90
not remember the year start 70 answer
as YOU would as If some one asked you
your birthday; rs October l. VIII nc q,
,or was) A. wears old. The registrar VIII
then fill in the year Of birth
Question ). White.
Question e. Negro.
Question :. Oriental?
Question :. Citizen Indian An INDIAN
horn IN the United States Is citizen u
IL h., or his father or mother prlor 70 hiS
bIrth or before he attained the age oi
81 Was allotted land or received patent
n foe prior to Nav s, 1906; : 4 nc was
ailotted land subsequent 10 NaN ). 1000,
and received patent fec to ms land' - 4
+ be was residing in the old Indian er-
r,tor1- On March 3. 1901 al u nc lIves
sonaratc and apart from hlS trlhc and
has adopted the habits of civilized ltc-
Oi,estion Q \oncitizen lndlan An
Indian born in the United states shall be
classed as noncltizcn unless he tails Win
= ono ~ the classes of citizen Indian de-
scrihed in the instructions IN Question =
~.7lvr-7oE~ CITIZEN DEFINED.
C..es ;on 10 Natlve-horn mtcd
:. ,.,zt.ns If YOU were born IN the
..,.c states. including Alaska and
a.. ,..., yot are a native-born citizen al
t.c nited States. irrespective of the
c,tizeuship OF YOUR parents. Any IN
babitsnt of Porto Rico who was Span
ish subject on April II, 1899, and VINO re-
sided in Porto Rico on that date and con-
tinued 10 reside therein until Apni H.
1000. is held to be citizen OF forto
Rico. except such inhabitants, natives OF
the Spanish peninsula. who elected 10 pre-
s.r,p their allegiance TO Spain on or
before April II. 1900. by making dec
Iaration before a court al record OF their
decision 10 do 50 Any citizen OF Porto
Rico As above defined. and any native OF
PORTO Rico who was temporarily absent
from the island on April II, 1899. and
has since returned and i not citizen OF
anI foreign country. i held TO nc a
citizen Of tic United states. provided ne
did not elect To retain his political status
hv Masking declaration under oath OF his
decision to do so VII hin SIX months after
March >, 1917 II YOU were born abroad,
YOU are still a citizen Of the mted states
+ vo,Ir father was citizen Of tho nited
States AT the time YOU were born, unless
vof have cxpatrlated yourself.
Question II. Naturalized citizen Of
the njted States You are naturahzed
citizen II YOU have completed your
naturalization: that IS If YOU have taken
out final papers But YOU are not a cltl-
zen If YOU have only declared your ~
tsntion 10 become citizen tthat IS,
# YOU have onlv taken out hrst papers D;
III the latter case YOU are declarant
Question II Citizen OF the United
States bv fathers naturalization before
registrants 5 majority The children Of
nersons who have been duly naturalized
Under the laws OF the United States,
beInr under the age Of q al the time of the
naturalization OF their parents are, If
dwelling IN the United states before
attaining their majority, considered as
citizens thereof.
STATUS OF ALIENS.
Question l3. Alien decIarants- You
are q declarant if although citizen or
subject of some other country. you have
declared before a naturalization court
vo,lr intention to become a citizen Of the
United States. This Is referred to as
taking out first papers
Question a Amen nondeclarant II
You are a nondeclarant alien if you do
not fall within ono Of the classes de-
scribed by questions 10, II, II and 13,
and are not an Indian In other words.
YOU are nondcclaran' alien if YOU are
q citizen or subject of some other country
than the [ United States and have not de-
o.ared before a naturalization court your
intention 10 become citizen OF the nit
cd States; that is, have not taken out
first papers.
Question - II not citizen Of the
United States, Of what nation are YOU a
citizen or subject This need be answered
only by declarant and nondeclarent aliens.
Remember that 4 decIaTant is not vet a
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