Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-04
QUESTIONS WHICH
REG|STRANTS MUST
ANSWER SEPT. 18TH
ARE Gil Y { \ OUT
THE TIMES-REC0RDER PUB
LISHES TODAY FIRST OFFICIAL
STATEMENT OF QUESTIONS TO
BE ASKED REGISTRANTS UNDER
1915 SELECTIVE SERVICE LAW
PROVISIONS.

The Times Recorder presents be
low detailed list of the questions
every man who has reached the age
of eighteen years and is not yet forty
six must answer September u. Pre-
pare 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 Registration Ger
tificate to show that you have COM
piled with the law. This certificate
should always be carried. The filling
out of a QUESTIONABLE will not come
until a later date. The questions, and
how to answer them follow:
/. NAME? Give your first name,
middle name and last name, spelling
out each name in full: for example,
JOhn Henry Smith.
2. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS?
This means where you hhave your
permanent home NOW, not the place
where you work, nor the place where
sou were born, unless that is your
answer this way 100 Woodward
Ave. JeToit, Wayne county, Mich. "
or "R f d. No. g.. Jonesville, Smith
county, Georgia" naming plainly your
city. equity or R. F. D. number If
you i've IN an apartment house, you
should s'ale the number of the apart
ment, if your address is lin care" of
someone, this should be stated.
4. AGE IN YEARS State your
age today in YEARS only. disregard
additional months or days. Be prs
pare to Say "a" or "3S," not n
years, months" or the like"
4. DATE OF BIRTH? If you do
not remember the year you were born
start to answer the question as if
someone asked you your birthday, as
October IL" Then say, "On my birth
day THIS YEAR, will be Tor wasl
...... years OLD The man who is
registering you then will fill in the
year of your birth. This may be OBJ
tanned by subtracting the age in years
on THIS YEARS birthday from
1918.
5. RACE. White?
6 NEGRO?
I. ORIENTAL
s. INDIAN? An Indian born in
the United States is a citizen if %
be, or his father or mother, prior to
his birth or before he attained the
age of d. was allotted land or re-
ceived a patent in fee before May 8,
1896 ~ if he was allotted land sub
sequent to May s, 1906, and received
a patent in fee to his land; (3) if he
was residing in the Old Indian Terri
tory on March 3, 1901; "a, if he lives
separate and apart from his tribe and
has adopted tie habits of civilized life.
9. INDIAN, (non-citizen). An In
Gian born in tho United States shall
be classed as 81 nCn-citizen Indian I'M
lesq he falls within one of the classes
of t't.len indians described above nm
der question s.
10 U. S. CITIZEN Native Born) D.?
If you were born in the United States,
including Alaska and Hawaii, you are
a native-born citizen of the United
States, irrespective of the citizenship
of your parents. Any inhabitant of
Porto Rico was was a Spanish subject
on April II, 1899, and who resided in
Porto Rico on tlhat date and continu-
ed to reside there until. April II,
1900, is held as citizen OF Porto
Rico. excep- such inhabitants, natives
If the Spanish peninsula, who elected
e, ,reser sc their allegiance to Spain
on or ft.ore April II, 1900, by making
. aaclars an, before a court of record,