The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-31
New Registrars VIII Have
Many Things to Di-
vulge
BEGIN TO STUDY
THE INSTRUCTIONS
The Cards Are Different
Than Those in Previ-
GUS Draft

tions as to how the registrants between
the ages of Is and As years are to an.
swer the questionnaires that will be sub
mitted to them ON the new registration
cards to be used in the enrolment have
been issued to the local draft boards by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
In poster form, copies of these instruc-
tions are to be circulated in factories
and other places of employment through
out the country and posted in all railway
stations, postofices, street cars, subway
and elevated stations. There win be 20
questions on the new cards, The card
viii be different from the ones used in
the registration of men between q and
81. General Crowder said that between
now and registration day, next month,
prospective registrants are strongly urged
TO study carefully both the questions and
the instructions, in order to be able to
give prompt responses to the registrars
The registrars themselves are also being
asked TO make careful study of them.
The missionaries and how they are
to be answered are;
! Question Name: The name must be
given in full, thusi First name, middle
name, last name. For example, John
Henry Smith"
Question 2-Permanent home address
This means where you have your perma
nent home NOW, not the place where
you work, nor the place you were born,
unless that it is your permanent home
Be prepared to give il this way; 100
Woodward avenue, Detroit Wayne coun-
ty, Michigan" Or n. II. ID. No. 2, Jones
vile, Smith county, Pa" If the regis
trant lives in an apartment house, he
should state the number Of the apart,
ment in which he lives. Ii his address is
"in care of someone, this should be stat
ed
Question 3-Age in years. State your
age in years only, Disregard additional
months or days, Be prepared to say IA"
or 49," not 'S4 years 3 months" or the
like.
Question 4-Date Of birth. If you do
not remember the year, answer as though
someone asked you your birthday, as
"0ct. IL" then say "on my birthday,
this year, win be Tor wasl years
old" The registrar viii 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 5Whitef
| Question 6-NegroS
Question 7--0riental?
! Question s-Citizen Indian2 An In
dian born in the United States is a citi-
L. IL s. 4nst
prior to his birth, or before he attained
the age of 81, was allotted land or re.
eeiyed patent in fee prior to May 8,
1906 (2) if he was allotted land subse-
Iquent to May s, 1905, and received a pat
ent in fee to his land 81 If he was re-
siding in the old Indian territory on
March 3, 1901; al If he lives separate
and apart from his tribe and has adopted
the habits of civilized life.
Question 9-Non-citizen IndianY An
Indian born in the United States shall
be cassed as non-citizen unless he falls
within one Of the classes of citizen In
dian described in the instructions on
lquestion s.
Native Born U. S. Citizen.
Question l0-Native born United
States citizenl II you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and Ha.
wall, you are native born citizen Of
the United States irrespective Of the
citizenship of your parents. Any in
habitant Of Porto Rico, who was a Span
ish subject on April III, 1890. and who
resided in Porto Rico on that date and
continued TO reside therein until April ii,
1900, is held to be a citizen of Porto
Rico, except such inhabitants, natives OF
the Spanish peninsula, who elected to-
preserve their allegiance to Spain on or
before April II, 1900, by making dec
laration before court of record of their
decision TO do So Any citizen of Porto
Rico as above defined, and any native Of
Porto Rico who was temporarily absent
from the island on April IL, 1890, and
has since returned and is not citizen Of
any foreign country is held to be citi.
zen of the United States, providing he
did not elect to retain his political status
by making declaration under oath of his
decision to do so within six months after
March 2, III. If you were born abroad
you are still citizen Of the United
States If your father was citizen of
the United States at the time you were
Dolh uhiSsS gou A'fS SAPo1i iaISd yOuA
self.
Question -Naturalized citizen of the
United States? You are naturalized
citizen If you have completed your nat.
uralization, that is, if you have "taken
out final papers" But you are not q
citizen if you have only declared your
intention to become citizen THAT is if
you have only taken out first papers')
in the latter case you are a declarant.
Question l2-Citizens of the United
States by fathers naturalization before
registrant's maiorityY The children Of
persons who have been duly naturalized
under the laws of the United States, be.
ing under the age of q at the time Of
the naturalization of their parents are, if
dwelling in the United States before at.
tanning their majority, considered as citi-
zens thereof
Question l3--Alien deelarant? You
are a declarant if, although a citizen or
subject of some other country, you have
declared before a naturalization court
your intention to become a citizen Of the
United States. This is referred to as
taking out first papers"
Citizens of Other Countries.
Question l4-AIien non .declarant? You
are a non -decarant alien If you do not
fall within one of the classes described
by questions TO- IL, IL and 10 and are
not an Indian In other words, you are
non-decarant alien if you are citizen
or subject of some other country than
the United States and have not declared
before naturalization court your inteh-