Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-03
POSTERS INSTRUCT ROCK ISLANDERS
ON SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATION
APPLYING TO REGISTRATION JUNE S

Posters containing information
on the registration of the 1918 class
of the national army on Wednesday
have been placed in conspicuous
places in Rock Island
They are displayed at points fire.
quented by young men and in num-
bers sufficiently large to come be
fore the view of practically all who
are affected by the amendment 70
the selective service act which pro-
vides that all men, who will have
attained the age of p by and on
Wednesday, register for service on
that day.
Under the caption of How to An
swer Questions on Registration
Cards" the posters read as follows:
Read before you go to the regis
tratiOn table. Here you see what
YOU will be asked. Study the ques-
tons. Prepare the answers in your
mind
Questions will be asked for you
to answer in the order in which
they appear on this paper. These
questions are set out below with
detailed information TO help you
answer them.
DO not write on. mark, or other
wise mutilate these instructions.
Do not remove them. They should
be carefully read so that you win
have your answers ready when you
go before the registrar.
"AlI answers will be written on
the registration card in ink by the
registrar. who should be careful to
spell all names correctly and to
write lebibly.
~. Name in full. Age in
years.
This means all your names
spelled out in full. Disregard
additional months or days.
sd. Home address.
This means the place where
you permenantly reside, not the
place where you work. Be pre-
pared to give the address in
this way: '232 Main Street,
Chicago. Cook County. Illinois,
or r. F. D. No. 2 Jonesville,
Ohio
IS. Date of birth.
ITO be required to register
You must have been born in
1880 III Il IuOulu anu O44 d udJ
subsequent to June ., or in
1897, in a month and on day
thereof prior to the date set for
registration.
"Where were you born!
First name the city or town.
then the State. then the ma
ton; as Columbus, Ohio" vi
emma. AUSTRIA Paris, France
Sophia, Bulgaria.
-. Are yen % a native OF
the United States: 90 a nat
uralized citizen; OBJ an alien;.
-. a. have you declared your In
tentiOn 10 become n citizen; (5l
or are Won a citizen or nOn-citi-
zen Indian9 (Specify which-)
I'D If you were born in the
United States, including Alas
ka and Hawaii, you are native
of the United States, no mat
ter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality Of
YOUR parents. ANY inhabitant
Of Porto Rico, who was a Span
ish subject on April II, 1899.
and who resided in Porto Rico
on that date, and continued to
reside therein until April IL,
1900, is held TO be citizen of
Porto Rico, except such inhabi-
tants. natives of the Spanish
peninsula, who elected to pre-
serve their allegiance to Spain
on or before April Il. 1900, by
making a declaration, before a
court of record, Of their de-
cision 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 II. 1893,
and has since returned and is
not citizen of any foreign
country. is held to be citizen
of the United States, provided
he did not elect TO retain his
political status by making dec
laration under oath Of his de-