Washington telegraph., 1918-01-25
ALIEN ENEMY
REGISTRATION
Must Register At POstOffice
Before 9th D;
February. w.


Marshal for the Western Dis
trict of Arkansas, sends a COM
munication to the Telegraph
with the request that it be pub
lished for the information of
German alien enemies. The ar
ticle follows:
Registration of German Alien
Enemies.
In accordanc with the Proc
lamation of the President of
the United States, of Novem-
ber 16, 1917:
All natives, citizens, deni-
zens or subjects of Germany,
being males of the age of Ia
years and upward, who are
within the United States and
not actually naturalized as
American citizens, are requir-
ed to register as alien enemies.
This registration will COM
mence at six A. M. of February
4, 1918, and continue on each
day thereafter between the
hours of six A. M. and eight p.
M, up to and including the
9th day of February, 1913, at
eight o'clock. The place of
registration will be the regis
trant's post office. Where an
aliens place of residence is so
located that he receives his
mail from two post offices, he
may elect which post office he
is to register in, but must i'm
mediately notify the other post
office of his election.
Suggestions and Instructions
to Registrdnts.
Persons required to register
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Every registrant sSfould
read carefully the form of reg
istration affidavit handed to
him and ask the registration
officer for explanation on all
points not clear to him before
attempting to fill out the
blanks. Registration officers
are instructed to give regis
trants all possible aid in the
way of explanation and advice.
Each registrant is required
to furnish four unmounted
photographer of himself, not
larger than 5 by 3 inches in
size, on thin paper, with light
background. All four photo
graphs should be signed by the
registrant across the face of
the photographs, so as not to
obscure the features, if the ap-
plicant is able to write.
Three blank forms of regis
tration affidavit must be COM
pletely filled out by the regis
trant or his representative
with the exception of the
blanks indicated to be filled out
by the registration officer and
the description of the regis
trant and the placing of finger
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
registration officer, who will
fill in the description of the
registrant and supervise the
fixing of the finger prints and
the attaching of the photo
graphs. If the registrant can
not write he must make his
mark in the signature space
and affix his left thumb print
in the space provided opposite
the signature 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 in
formed that he must again
present himself before the reg
istration officer who took his
oath, after 10 days but before
Is days from the -.eI day fixed
for registration, in his regis
tration district to obtain a reg
istration card, upon which he
must sign his name, or make
his mark and place his left
thumb print in the presence OF
the registration officer.