The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-25
THE NEXT DRAFT.
How to Answer Questions on Regis.
tratiOn Cards

Read carefully before you go to the
registration table. Here you see what
you will be asked Study the oues-
tiOns. Prepare the answers in vour
mind
Questions will be asked for you to
answer i'm the order i'm which they an
pear on this paper These questions
are set out below with detailed in
formation to help you answer them.
DO not write on, mark, or otherwise
mutilate these instructions. DO not
remove them. They should be care
fully read so that you will have your
answers ready when you go before the
registrar
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the reg
istrar, who should be careful to snel,
all names correctly and to write legib
ly.
!. Name in full. Age in years
This means all your names spelled
out in full. Disregard additional
months or days.
2. Home address. This means the
place where you permanently reside.
not the place where you work. BE
prepared to give the address in this
way: 1882 Main Street, Chicago.
Cook County, Illinois,; or "R. F. d.
No. 2, JOnesville, Ohio"
3. Date of birth. To be required
to register you must have been born
in 1896, in month and on day
subsequent to June 5. or in 1897, in
month and on day thereof prior to
or on the date set for registration.
4. Where were you born? First
name the city or town, then the State,
then the nation; as columbus, Ohio;
Vienna. Austria; Paris, France;
Sophia, Bulgaria"
b. Are you CD a native of the
United States; CD a naturalized citiz-
en-; CD an alien; A have you declar-
ed your intention to become a citi-
zen; (5) or are you citizen or non-
citizen Indian? (Specify which)
CD If you were born in the United
States. including Alaska and Hawaii.
you are native of the United States,
no matter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality Of your par
ents. Any inhabitant of Porto Rico
who was a Spanish subject on April
IL, 1899, and who resided in Porto
Rico on that date, and continued to
reside therein until April II, 1900, is
held to be citizen of Porto Rico, ex-
cept such inhabitants, natives of the
spanish peninsula. who elected to pre-
serve their allegiance to Spain on or
before April IL, 1900, by making a
declaration. before a court of record.
Of their decision to do so. Any citiZ-
en- Of Porto Rico, as above defined
and any native Of Porto Rico who
was temporarily absent from the is
land on April Ii, 1899, and has since
returned, and is not a citizen Of any
foreign country, is held to be q citizen
OF the United States. provided he did
not elect to retain his political status
by making declaration under oath of
his decision to do so within six
months after March 2, 1917. If YOU
were born abroad you are still cit
izen Of the United States if your faith
er was citizen Of the United States
at the time you were born, unless you
have expatriated yourself
CD You are naturalized citizen
II you have completed your natural
ization; that is. if you have taken
final papers" But you are not cit
izen If you have only declared your
intention to become a citizen (that is.
If you have only taken out first pa
persO; i'm the latter case you are only
declarant. You are also a natural
lied citizen, if. although foreign born.
your father or surviving parent be-
came fully naturalized while you were
under Il years of age, and if you were
in the United States at the time you
attained the age of 81.
| CD You are n declarant if, al
though citizen or subject of some
other country, you have declared be
| fore naturalization court your in
tentiOn to become citizen of the
United States. Receipt from the clerk
such declaration is often called TAX
ing out first papers"
ca An Indian is citizen if CD