Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-06
Major MaIIett, SeIeCtiVe SeN-
ice Law Officer Issues De-
tailed List Together With
Explanations

Explanations
Calling upon every man VINO has
reached his eighteenth birthday and is
not yet forty-six, and, therefore must
register on September IL, to familiar
ize himself with the questions he must
answer, the selective service officer,
Major Joel B. Mallet, on Wednesday
issued a detailed list of the questions
to be asked and an explanation as to
how to answer them.
The bulletin follows:
Prepare yourself now to answer the
questions promptly, as they are asked
by the man who registers you. Clip
! these questions out Every patriot
should know exactly what he is ex-
pected to do. The questions below will
be asked as you register and you then
will be given a registration certificate
t. show that you have complied with
the law. This certificate should always
be carried. The filling out of a ques-
tionnaire will not come until a later
date. The questions, and how to answer
them follow:
Il. Name? Give your first name,
middle name and last name, spelling ous
each name in full; for example, John
Henry Smith.
z.
means where you have your permanent
home now, not the place where you
work, nor the place where you were
born. unless that is your permanent
home Be prepared to answer this way
100 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Wayne
county, Mich. or r. F. d. No. ?,
Jonesville, Smith county, Georgia, man,
ing plainly your city, county or r. F.
L. number. II you live in an apartment
house. you should state the number of
the apartment, if your address is in
care of someone, this should be stated
IS. Age in years? State your age
today in years only. Disregard addl-
ticnal months or days. Be prepared to
say 50 or 'SS,' not "a years, 3 months
or the like.
Date of Birth
Il. Date of birth? If you do not re-
member the year you were born, start
20 answer the question as If someone
asked you your birthday, as October H.
Then say. ON my birthday this year /
will be COR was) years old The
man who is registering you then VIII
fiji i'm the year of your birth. This may
be obtained by subtracting the age In
years or this years birthday from
1918
"5. Race? White?
SO Negro?
g..
IS Indian? An Indian born in the
United states rs a citizen of Cd II he or
his father or mother, prior to his birth
~ hefore he attained the age of tweu-
t>-one was allotted land or received
patent in fee before May 3, lSOo; ~
i; he was allotted land subsequent 70
Nav 8, 1906, and received a patient In
fee TO his land; CD If he was residing
in the old Indian Territory on March
1901: C4 if he lives separate and
apart from his tribe and has adopted
the habits of civilized life
80. Indian (non-citizen) An In
dian born in the United States shall be
classed as a non-citizen Indian unless
he falls within one of the classes OF
citizen Indians described above under
question s.
Native Born Citizens
10 L. S. citizen (native BORN
If YOU were born in the United States
including Alaska and Hawaii, you are
a native born citizen of the unltea
states. irrespective of the citizenship
OF your parents. 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 there until April IL, 1890 is
hel5 as a citizen of Porto Rico, eX-
cept such inhabitants, natives OF the
Spanish peninsula, VINO elected 10 pre-
serve their allegiance to Spain on OF
before April IL. 1900, by making decla-
ration, before a court of record, OF their
decision to do so. Any citizen of Porto
Rico. as above defined, any native OF
Porto Rico who was temporarily ao-
sent from the island on April IL, 1879
and has since returned and is not cltl-
zen of any foreign country, is held 20
be a citizen of the United states. pro-
vided he did not elect to retain his po-
litical status by making declaration uh-
der oath of his decision TO do so within
six months after March 2, 1917. If you
were born abroad, you are still citizen
of the United States if your father was
a citizen of the United States at the
time you were born, unless you have ex-
patriated yourself
eli U. s. citizen (naturalized) :?
You are a naturalized citizen if you have
completed your naturalization, that is
II YOU have taken out final papers.
But you are not a citizen II you nave
only declared your intention to become
a citizen, that is, if you have only taken
out your first papers In the latter
case you are a declarant.
I2. L. s. citizen Ccitizen by Ia
theirs naturalization before registrant
majority. The children of persons VINO
have been duly naturalized under the
laws of the United States, being under
the age OF twenty-one at the time OF
the naturalization Of their narents. are
il dwelling in the United states oetore
attaining their majority, considered as
| ritizens thereof
| go Observation-Disclosures are
declarant II. although citizen or SUD
| iect OF some other country, YOU nave
/ declared before naturalization court