Milford chronicle., 1918-02-08
PREGTSTRATION OF
GERMAN ALIEN ENEMIES

GERMAN ALIEN Enemies
The following instructions have
been issued by Martin F. Fairy, U. S
Marshal for the District of Delaware
as to the time and places where Ger
man alien enemies must present
themselves for registration, beginning
February 4th, 1918.
Time Of Registration.
You are hereby notified that the
registration of German alien enemies
is fixed for the District Of Delaware
to commence at a. m. on Feb. 4th
1918. and to continue on each day sue
cessively thereafter. between the hours
of a. m. and p. m, up to and IN
cluding the 9th day of February 1913
at o'clock p. m.
Persons Required To Register. y
All Natives, Citizens. denizens or
subjects Of the German Empire, or
Imperial German Government, being
males of the age of fourteen years and
upwards who are within the United
States and not actually naturalized as
American Citizens are required to
register as alien enemies.
No Fees or Charges TO RegistrantS
For Administering Oaths or For
Any Other Reason.
That no fees are to be charged for
administering oaths or shall any graf
uities be accepted from registrants,
by registration officers, nor for any
other reasons.
Place of Registration.
In nonurban areas where a regis
trants place of residence is so located
that he receives his mail from two
post offices, the registrant may elect
which post office he is to register in,
but must Immediately notify the other
post Office of his election.
All German alien enemies outside OF
Wilmington, must register at their re-
spective post offices.
Suggestions and Instructions to Reg
istrants.
Persons required to register should
understand that in so doing they are
giving proof of their peaceful dispo-
sitions and of their intention to con-
form to the laws of the United States.
Every registrant should read care
fully the form of registration affida-
Wit handed to him and ask the regis
tration officer for explanation on all
points not clear to him before at
tempting to fill out the blanks. Reg
istration officers are instructed to give
.registrants all possible aid in the way
of explanation and advice.
Each registrant is required to furn-
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himself, not larger than by inches
in size, on thin paper, with light back
ground All four photographs should
be signed by the registrant across the
face of the photographs, so as not to
obscure the features, if the applicant
is able to write.
Three blank forms Of registration
affidavit must be completely filled out
by the registrant or his representative
with the exception of the blanks in
dicated to be filled out by the regis
tratiOn officer and the description of
the registrant and the placing of fin
ger prints on the blank and must be
produced by the registrant personally
to the registration officer and be
signed and sworn to by the registrant
in the presence of and before the reg
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description of the registrant and sup
ervise the fixing of the finger prints
and the attaching of the photographs.
If the registrant can not write he
must make his mark in the signature
space and afiix his left thumb print in
the space provided opposite the sigma
ture space.
The finger printing is a method of
identification and follows the practice
observed in the military and the naval
service of the United States.
The registrant is hereby informed
that he must again present himself
before the registration officer who
took his oath after 10 days but before
Is days from the last day fixed for
registration in his registration dist
rict to obtain registration card, upon
which he must sign his name, or make
his mark, and place his left thumb
print in the presence of the registra-
tion officer