The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-02
Twenty Questions To Be
Answered By Men In
NezV Draft Ages

as above defined, and any native of
Porto Rico who was temporarily abb
sent from the island on April IL,
1899, 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
declaration under oath of his decision
to do so within six months after
March 2, 1917. If you were born
abroad you are still a citizen of the
United States If your father was a
citizen of the United States at the
time you were born, unless you have
rexpatriated yourself.
Naturalized Citizens
Question 11-Naturalized citizen OF
the United States-You are natural
Iized citizen if you have completed
your naturalization; that is, 1t you
have taken out final papers. But
you are not a citizen if you have only
declared your intention to become a
citizen chat is, if you have only tax
en- out first papers") in the latter
case you are a declarant.
Question 12-Citizen Of the United
States by fathers naturalization be-
fore registrant's majority-The chill
dren of persons who have been duly
paturalized under the laws Of the
United States, being under the age
of 81. at the time of the naturalization
of their parents, are, If dwelling in
1.-THE United States before attaining
their majority, considered as citizens
thereof.
Question 13-Alien declarants You
are declarant if, although citizen
or subject of some other country, you
have declared before naturalization
court your intention to become citi'
zen of the United States. This is re-
ferred to as taking out first pa
pers.
Alien NOn-De' larants
Question 14-Alien non-declarant-
You are a non-declar INT alien If you
do not fall within one Of the classes
described by questions 10, II, IL anC
10, and are not an Indian. In othel
words, you are a non-declarant aliet
if you do not fall within one OF thu
classes described by questions 10, Ii
u and 10, and are not an Indian. II
ether words, you are a non-declaran
alien if you are citizen or subjec
OF some other country than the Unit
States and have not declared befor
a naturalization court your intentio
to become citizen of the Unite
States; that is, have not taken on
: first papers.
Question 15-If not citizen of tn
: United States, of what nation are yo
, citizen or subject?-This need b
answered only by declarant and non
| declarant aliens. Remember that
Qeclarant is not yet citizen of tn
: United States. If you are an allie
of either class, state the name Of you
country, which the registrar wi
write in this space, for example
Great Britain" France" Italy.
State also the name of the sub-dt
vision of your country in which yo
were ordinarily resident before pro
: ceeding to the United States
which will be written by the regis
trar in parentheses after the nam
OF the country, as Great Britai
(Scotland.)" In the case of CzechC
Slovak, claimed as subject Of Austria
Hungary" pole claimed as subjeo
of Germany or Austria-Hungary,
"Alastian claimed as subject of Ger
many" etc., and such entry shall b
made by the registrar.
Present Occupation
Question 16-Present occupation
This means your present occupation
or trade, or employment which tn
: registrar will enter in this space. d
= mot state what you once did, nor whs
: you have done most Of the time, nc
| what you are best fitted to do. Simpl
: state what your job is right now
State briefly as farmer" miner
}, student" "laborer" (on farm, in rol