Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-31
ON
HOW TO ANSWER
TWENTY QUESTIONS
Copies Will Be Sent The Local
Draft Board And Will Be
Widely Distributed
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
FOR REGISTRANTS
Men Between Is And 45, To En-
roll Themselves In National
Military Reserve

Instructions on how to answer the
20 questions on the registration
cards which will be used in the en-
rollment of the men between Is and
45 years under the Administration
man-power bill have been announced
by General Crowder, Provost Marshal.
Copies of these instructions will be
sent to the local draft boards and
widely distributed so that all per-
sons affected by them may read and
understand what they have to do on
the day the 100000 additional
American enroll themselves on the
national military reserve honor roll.
Answers to the questions will be
written on the registration card by
the registrars in ink and in the num-
erical order stated. The questions,
together with an explanation as to
how to answer, follow:
Question The name must be
given in full. For example, John
Henry Smith,"
Question 2-Permanent Home Ad-
dress: This 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 give it this way: 100 Woodward
Ave, Detroit. Wayne County, Mich,
or r f. ID. 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 "in
care" of someone, this should be
stated
Question 3--Age in years. State
your age in years only, disregard adj
ditional months or days. Be pre-
pared to say "34'' or 49,, not "34
years, months, or the like.
Question 4-Date of Birth: If you
do not remember the year, start to
answer as you would if some one
asked your birthday, as October 12"
Then say, "On my birthday, this year
l will be Cor was) - years old .
The registrar will then fill in the year
of birth. This may be obtained by
the registrar by subtracting the age
in years on this years birthday from
1918.
Question 5-White?
Question 6-Negro?
Question 7-CrienlaI?
Question S-Cilizen Indian? An In
dian born in the United States is a
citizen if ID he, or his father or
mother. prior to his birth, or before
he attained the age of 81, was allot-
ted land or received a patent in fee
prior to May s, 1906; CD if he was
allotted land subsequent to May S.
1906, and received a patent in fee to
his land; (3) if he was residing in the
old Indian Territory on March
1901; ca if he lives separate aar
apart from his tribe and has adop
the habits of civilized life.
Question 9-Noncitizen Indian? An
Indian born in the United States
shall be classed as "a noncitizen In
dian unless he falls within one of the
classes of citizen Indian described in
the instructions on Question s.
Question 10 Native-born United
States citizen? If you were born in
the United States, including Alaska
and Hawaii, and you are a native
born citizen of the United States ir-
respective of the citizenship of your
parents. If you were born abroad
you are still citizen of the United
Stats if your father was citizen of
the United States at the time you
were born, unless you have expatriat-
ed yourself.
Question 11-Naturalized citizen of
the United States? You are natural
lied citizen. if you have completed
your naturalization; that is. if you
have taken out final papers" But
you are not citizen if you have only
declared your intention to become a
citizen (that is, if you have only
taken out first papers.'')
Question 12-Citizens of the United
States by Fathers Naturalization. Be
fore Registrant's Majority? The chill
dren Of persons yho have been duly
udl0Ad1iLcu uuuCT AuS laws VI Tic
United States, being under the
age of 81 at the time of the naturali-
zation of their parents, are, if dwell
ing in the United States before at
tanning their majority. considered as
citizens thereof.
Question 13-Alien Declarant? You
are a declarant If, although citizen
or subject of some other country, you
have declared your intention to be-
come citizen of the United States.
This is referred to as taking out first
papers"
Question 14-Alien Nondeclarant7
You are a nondeclarant alien If you
do not fall within one of the classes
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