The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-03

(Registration Article No. 6-SuDJect'
Application of the selective Ser
vice Regulation, the Rules for In
formation of Persons to be Regis
tered and Special Cases OIL Regis
tration.")"
Men eligible for registration on
Registration day, Wednesday June D.
can facilitate this great government
task by becoming familiar with the
questions to be asked them and how
to answer. This information appears
on the official placards, copies OF
which will be posted in the reglstra-
ton places on registration day. Ad'
vance knowledge of these questions
and the type of answers required, ap-
pears in this article, the last of the
series prepared by the Publicity
Committee of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense to set forth i'm
portant facts relating to Registration
Ten questions contained on the reg
istration card will be asked OF each
person registering by the registrar
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the reg
istrar.
How to Answer Questions
The questions and directions fol
answering appear on the official reg
istration placard, in part, as fol
lows:
Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spell
ed out in full. Disregard additions
months or days.
2-Home address
This means the place where yor
permanently reside not the place
where you work.
3-Date of birth.
To be required to register yor
must have been born in 1895, in {
month and on a day subsequent tt
June 5, or in 1897, in month and OF
a day thereof prior to or on the date
set for registration.
4-Where were you born?
First name the city or town, the1
the State, then the nation.
5-Are you % a native of thu
United States; (2) a naturalized. citi
zen; CD an alien; "a have you de
clared your intention to become {
citizen; CD or are you a citizen o.
lnon-citizen Indian? Specify which.)
DIFF you were born in thu
United States, including Alaska ant
Hawaii, you are a native of tn
United States, no matter what ma.
have been the citizenship or nation
ality of your parents. If you wer
born abroad you are still citizen o
the United States if your father wa
a citizen of the United States at tn
! time you were born, unless you hav
expatriated yourself
(2)-You are a naturalized citize1
| if you have completed your natural
zation; that is, if you have "take1
final papers" But you are not
citizen if you have only declaI ed you
intention to become Il citizen Chat
if YOU have only taken out your frs
papers"); in the latter case you ar
only a declarant. You are also
nauralized citizen if, although for
eign born, your father. or survivin
parent became fully naturalized Will
you were undar 81 years of age, an
if you were in the United States a
the time you attained the age of q
(3)-You are a declarant if. al
though citizen or subject of som
other country, you have declare
your intention to become a citizen q
the United States. Receipt from tn
| clerk of the court of the, certifie
copy of such declaration is often call
ed taking out first papers"
.(4-An Indian is a citizen if Il
he, or his father or mother, prior t
his birth or before he attained tn
age of 81, was allotted prior to Ma
8, 1906; (2) if. he was allotted sub
sequent to May s, 1906 and receive
a patent fee to his land; (3) if h