Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-09-05
HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON
REGISTRATION CARD AND IN.
STRUcTIONS FOR REGIS
TRARS.

Both Registrars and Registrars
will be guided by the instructions
herein contained. The Registrar
should study them before Registration
Day, and the fegistrant should read
them carefully and prepare the an
sWers In his mind before going to the
Registration Table. The answers to
the questions shall be given and the
entries made in the numerical order
stated. All answers will be written
on the Registration Card in ink by the
Registrar. who should be careful to
spell all names correctly and to write
Iegibly.
lido not write on, mark. or otherwise
mutilate the Instructions. Do not remove
them.l
I'm some spaces as indicated in the di.
rect1ons. checks will be used to indicat
the answers, a device which is designed
to save the time Of the Registrars
REGISTRATION CARD.
SERIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall
leave this space blank.
ORDER Observation-Disclosures shall
leave this space blank.
!. STATE YOUR NAME AS INDI-
GATED. SPELL OUT EACH NAME IN
FULL.
2 PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS,
rms means where you have your perma-
nent home NOW, not the place where
you work, nor the place where you were
born, unless that is your permanent home.
BE prepared to give it this way: 100
Woodward Ave, Detroit, Wayne County.
Mich" or "R- F. D. No. 2. Jonesville,
Smith County, Pa" II the registrant
lives in an apartment house, he should
state the number Of the apartment in
which he lives. If his address is "tn care"
Of someone, this should be stated.
g. AGE IN Y~EARS-State your age to.
months or days. Be prepared to say "34''
or 49," not "34 years. 3 MONTHS or the
like.
A. DATE OF B1RTH.-If you do not
remember the year, start to answer as
you would II some one asked you your
birthday. as October L." Then say, ION
my birthday, this year, I will be Cor was,
...... years old" The registrar will then
fl in the year Of birth. This may be OBJ
tanned by the registrar by subtractine thu
age in years on his years birthday from
1918.
RACE.
S. WHITE.-1f you are white, the regis.
trar will place a check in this space
and proceed to the determination of you,
tliAeIlSllip, ledVlIS spaces b, I, 3 and
blank.
6. NEGRO.-1f you are a negro, the
registrar will place a check in this
space and proceed to the determinatior
Of your citizenship, leaving spaces 5, 7
S and 9 blank.
7. ORIENTAL.-1f you are an oriental
the registrar will place a check n
this space and proceed to the determine.
ton of your citizenship. leaving spaces
6. 8 and 9 blank.
INDIAN.
8. CITIZEN.-If you are a citizen In
dian born in the United States, the regis
trar will place a check in this spac
and proceed to space 16. leaving spaces
6, Z. 9. 10. II, IL. 10. IA and Is blank. A,
Indian born in the United States Is a citi
zen II G) he. or his father or mothe
prior to his birth or before he ~attaine'
the age of q. was allotted land or re
ceived a patent in fee prior to May 8, 1906
() II he was allotted land subsequent t
May 8, 1906. and received a patent in fe
to his land: (O " he was residing in tn
old Indian Terito-v on March 8, 1901; a
II he lives separate and apart from hi
tribe and has adopted the habits Of civil
lied life.
9. NONCITIZEN.-If you are a non