Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-09-07
HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON
REGISTRATION CARD AND IN
sTRUcT!oNs 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 Registrant 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
legibly.
do not write on, mark. or otherwise
mutilate the instructions. Do not remove
them.]
FIN some spaces as indicated in the d.
rections. checks will be used to indicate
the answers. device which is designed
to save the time Of the Registrars.l
REGISTRATION CARD.
SERIAL NUMBER.-Registrars shall
leave TINS space blank.
ORDER NUMBER.-Registrars shall
leave this space blank.
l. STATE YOUR NAME AS INDI-
GATED. SPELL OUT EACH NAME IN
FULL.
. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS,
This 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" If the registrant
lives in an apartment house. he should
state the number of the apartment in
which he lives If his address is ''ln care"
Of someone. this should be stated.
3. AGE IN YEARS-State your age to-
day in YEARS only. Disregard additional
months or days. Be prepared to say ''34''
or 49," not '34 years. 3 months" or the
like.
4. DATE OF BIRTH.-If you do not
remember the year. start to answer as
you would II some one asked you your
birthday as October 12'' Then say, ION
my birthday. this year. will he Tor was)
...... years old" The registrar will then
fill in the year of birth. This may be oh
tanned by the registrar by subtracting the
age in years on this years birthday from
1918.
S. WHITE.-1f you are white. the regis
trar will place a check in this space
and proceed to the determination Of your
citizenship. leaving spaces 6. {. and 9
blank.
s. NEGRO-If you are a negro, the
registrar will place a check in this
space and proceed to the determination
; of your citizenship. leaving spaces 5. {.
8 and 9 blank.
I. ORIENTAL.-If you are an oriental,
the registrar will place check in
this space and proceed to the determina-
ton Of your citizenship. leaving spaces 5,
6, and 9 blank
INDIAN.
g. CITIZEN.-If you are a citizen In
dian born in the United States. the regis
trar will place a check in this space
and proceed to space 16. leaving spaces 5.
I. 9. 10. IL. u. 10. IA and Is blank. An
Indian born in the United States is a citi-
zen II ~ he.. or his father or mother
prior to his birth or before he attained
the age Of q. was allotted .land or re-
ceived patent in fee prior to May 8. 1906
(2) II he was allotted land subsequent to
May 8. 1906. and received a patent in fee
to his land: (O II he was residing in the
old Indian Territory on March 3. 1901: az
II he lives separate and apart from his
tribe and has adopted the habits of civil
lied life.
.. NONC1T1ZEN-1f you are a nom