The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-03
REGISTER GERMAN
WOMEN IN this
CITY JUNE II
Instructions Sent to U. S.
Marshals, Postmasters and
Police Chiefs.

Washington, June 3.---United States
marshals, postmasters, and police
chiefs in every city of the United
States will register between June IT
and rs every German alien woman in
the United States, recording finger
prints and photographs, and providing
the registrant thereafter with an iden-
tif1cation card which must be carried
on the holders person for the dura-
ton of the war.
The work will be carried out under
regulations issued by Attorney Cen
eral Gregory, and women who do not
comply may be interned, imprisoned,
or deported.
american women who have married
German aliens will also be required
to register, under the regulations, I'M
less they have taken steps to get
return of their original citizenship
status. Women of German nation
atty who have taken out American
citizenship papers need not register.
The regulations also hold that the
wife of a German who has become
naturalized and has completed the &C
quirements of American citizenship is
citizen herself, and need not regis
ter. A German woman who married
an American before April 6 is also
outside of the class required to reg
ister while special provision is made
in the regulations for treatment OF
natives of Alsace-Lorraine and OF
Schleswig- Holstein.
Police stations in cities of 5000 in
ha;bitants or more are designated as
registration places, and post offices in
| the other areas. Details of local pro-
cedure are left to the officials charged
with the work. Four photographs of
the registrant, each one personally
autographed, will be taken, and her
affidavit of personal history must
show a variety of facts. Her occupa-
! ton; relationship to soldiers in the
German army or to persons now in
Germany, length of residence and cir
Icumstances attending arrival in the
United States are particular matters
| of inquiry. The regulations empha-
size the fact that registration will be
considered as giving proof of peace
full disposition and intention to con-
form with the laws of the United
States.'' .Eeach regiStrant will be re-
quired to state specifically whether or
not she has ever been required to
report to or register with any German
military, diplomatic, or secret agent.
| False statements of representations
in the affidavits required will subject
the woman concerned to immediate
internment Her card, showing that
she has complied with the law, will
be issued to her within Is days after
her appearance. 1t will carry one
of the signed photographs, and a
print of her left thumb. The printed
forms provided for the registration
have been distributed to the proper
officials.
When the registration has been
completed, three sets of the aff1davits
will be prepared, one of which is tc
be sent to Washington, the second to
be held by the United States Marshall
within the district when the woman
has registered, and the third is to &C
into the local board.
German women who are outside OF
the territory in which they usually re.
: side during the period set for the reg
} istration must apply for temporary
cards in the place where they happier
to be and complete their registration
at home within 80 days. After the
registration has been completed, NJ
German woman can change her place
, of residence without. a permit from
the officials in her original district
and records of such changes will b.
filed with the original affidavits il
three places. Power to deny such {
permit for change of residence is Civ
en- to the registration officials, though
they must submit a report of thei
= reasons for denying it.
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ing officials to be courteous in thei
treatment of the women, and to rem
der all necessary assistance in film.
out the affidavit blanks. The photo
graphs required must be unmounted
! and without hat or other head GOV
ering." Special provisions are mad
for Hawaii, the Philippines, and othe
: outlying territories of the Unite
States, but the registration is com
8 pulsory over the entire area.
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