Evening star., 1918-06-03
DRAFT MEN URGED
TO REGISTER EARLY
Local Boards Getting Ready
to Enroll Those Who Re-
Gently Became Eligible.
PROGRAM FOR WEDNESDAY

Registrars who viii conduct the reg
istration Wednesday Of all young men
In the District who have become twenty
ono years old since last June met this
afternoon In the board room OF the Dis
trict building to receive instructions
Daniel J. Donovan. acting adjutant gen
eral for the District. presided.
Members Of the eleven local boards Of
the city will serve As chief registrars
Wednesday. and employees OF the District
government will act as registrars. In SO
far as possible the same registrars will
be used as conducted the registration
last year.
Register early Wednesday" local
draft officials repeated today. II 10 hoped
that the great majority Of the 5000 to
enroll in the draft Wednesday will do
so by noon OF that day. The thirteen
registration places In as many school
houses throughout the city will be open
for registration purposes from o'clock
am. to o'clock pm. that day.
Advised to Study Questions.
Draft officials advise resistrants to
study the ten questions on the regis
tration card. and to have them
answered beforehand. SO that when
they come to register they will be
ready with responses.
At the great registration of 10000
900 men last year 1t was found that
registrants who had taken the pains
to hnd out what the questions were.
and had prepared their answers in
selves a tremendous amount Of time.
Just to show the difference between
being prepared with answers and See
Ing the questions for the frst time
when you go to register. officials
cited the following:
District last year many reGistrants.
unfamiliar with the questions. took
as much as thirty minutes to have
their cards filled out. These were
not extreme cases. but occurred many
times during the day.
young man. with answers carefully
written out, was enabled to have his
registration card filled out in ex-
actly two minutes.
Cards Contain Ten Questions.
This years blue registration cards--
last years were white-contain ten
questions. compared with twelve last
year. No provision is made this year
for any exemption claim on the regis
tration card. A registrant can make
no claim for exemption until he IL
furnished his QUESTIONABLE, which
will be later.
The questions follow:
l. Name in full (given name. FAM
lily name). age. in years disregard
months, weeks, days..
2. Home address (street number,
street. city or town. state).
3. Date Of birth (month, day. year,.
4. Where were you born? Getty or
town, state. nation).
Relates to Nationality.
5. This question contains nve desig-
nations. the registrant to strike out
the lines not applicable:
"A native Of the United States.
"A naturalized citizen.
Il have declared mysintentions.
"A non-citizen or citizen Indian
6. II not a citizen, Of what nation
are you a citizen or subject?
Z. Fathers birthplace (city or town,
state. nation).
8. Name Of employer and place OF
employment (street number. street.
city. state).
8. Name Of nearest relative (wife,
II living: II not, nearest blood rela-
tive). and address Of nearest relative
(street number, street. city. state or
nation).
10. Race-white. negro. Indian, ori-
entail