The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-11

ed Thursday, Sept. 12, include 20 l questions to be answered by the reg istrant and filled in by the registrar. The latter should study the questions before registration day and the pros pective registrant should read them carefully and prepare the answers in his mind before going to the registra- tion table. Registration places will be found in the usual voting pre- cincts. This article has been pre- l pared by the Connecticut State Coun- ell of Defense toh elp familiarize reg istrants with their duties.
 i The first question relates to the
 serial number and order number of
 the registrant, and the registrar will | leave this space blank. The second
 question calls for the registrant's
 name. He must give his first name first, then his middle name and then
 his last name, spelling all three out in
 full. The third question, calling for
 the registrant's address, demands the
 street or R. F. D. number the city or town, county and state. This question | relates to where the registrant has 1 his permanent home at the time when
 he registers, not the place where he
 works, nor the place where he was born, unless the latter is his perma- | nent home. The registrant must be | prepared to answer the question this | way: "100 Woodward Avenue, De-
 troit, 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 "in care"
 of someone, this should be stated. If, in answering the fourth ques-
 ton, regarding date of birth, the reg istrant does not remember the year, he should start to answer as heNwould
 if somebody asked him his birthday
 as October 12." Then he should
 say "On my birthday this year I will
 be Cor was) - years old" The
 registrar will then fill in the year of
 birth, obtaining it by subtracting. the age in years on this years birthday
 from 1918.
 Questions five, six, seven, eight and
 nine relate to race, the spaces being
 respectively for whites. negroes, or ientals, citizens Indians and non-citi-
 zens Indians. Questions ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen relate to citizenship, the spaces being respectively for native born citizens naturalized citizens, citizens by fath- CTS naturalization before registrant's
 majority declarants and non-declar-
 ants, the latter having spaces fourteen , and fifteen. If the registrant is white negro or oriental the registrar will
 place a check in the proper space and e proceed to the determination of the e9 registrant's citizenship. If the regis
 trant is a citizen or non-citizen Indian
 born in the United States the registrar [ will place a check in the proper space $ and proceed to the determination oi = the registrant's occupation.
 l. If the registrant is a citizen of the e United States the registrar will place '' a check in the proper space and pro e ceed to the determination of occ n patton. The same procedure will ap : ply in the cases of aliens, both de e clarants and non-declarants. If T man was born in the. United States, in 't cluding Alaska and Hawaii, he is e native born citizen of the United q States irrespective of the citizenship l. of his parents. Any inhabitant 0 Il Porto Rico, who was a Spanish subjec e on April Il, 1899, and who resided il Il Porto Rico on that date, and continuet IT to reside therein until April II, 1900 is held to be citizen of Porto Rico 'l except such inhabitants, natives of tn 7s Spanish peninsula who elected t le preserve their allegiance to Spain O. le or before April II, 1900, by making le declaration before a court of recor oL of their decision to do so. Any cit 'u zen of Porto Rico as above define 'a and any native of Porto Rico who wa 10 temporarily absent from the island O T. April Il, 1899, and has since return
 ed, and is not citizen of any foreig
 country, is held to be a citizen of tn
 United States, providing he did nc
 elect to retain his political status b sS making declaration under oath of hi ;e decision to do so within six month lg after March 2, 1917. If the regis " trant was born abroad, he is still Id citizen of the United States if his fath le CT was a citizen thereof at the tim et he was born, unless he has expatriat ed himself.
 A registrant is naturalized citize
 If he has completed his naturalization
 that is, if he has taken out final pa
 pers But he is not a citizen If h g. has only declared his intention to be IS come a citizen that is, if he has onl IS taken out first papers. In the latte .u case he is a declarant
 II The children of persons who hay UT been duly naturalized under the law of the United States, being under tn IT, age of 21 at the time of the natural
 zation of their parents, are, if dwell ; | ing in the United States before al 1 taining their majority, considered a l l citizens thereof.
 | A registrant is a non -declarar 1 | alien if he does not fall within on 1 | of the classes described in spaces II 1 Il, 12 and 13 and is not an Indian | In other words, he is a non-declaI 1 | ant alien if he is a citizen or subjeC l of some other country than tn l United States and has not declare | before a naturalization court his 1T 1 tention to become a citizen of tn l United States, that is, has not take | out first papers.
 | Question 15, relating to allegianc | need be answered only, by declarar l and non-declarant aliens. If a regi. | trant is an alien of either class, l. | must state the name of his countr | which the registrar will write in tn | space, for example, Great Britain II France" Italy" The registrar must state also the name of the sul l division of his country in which + l was ordinarily a resident before prc J ceeding to the United States, whic