) 570 .8 .fl6 P5 L918 :opy 1 REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROCLAMA- TION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DATED APRIL 19, 1918 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918 NOTICE. TO THE UmTED STATES MARSHALS, POSTMASTEES, HEADS OF POLICE DEPAETMENTS, AND OTHER REGISTRATION OFFICERS: Yon are hereby requested to familiarize yourselves immediately with your duties under these Regulations in regard to the registration of German alien females. These Regulations differ in several respects from the regulations heretofore issued governing the registration of German alien males. The necessary blanks for the registration of German alien females in form substantially as set forth in these Regulations will be supplied before the registration date. Registration is planned to commence June 17, 1918, except where special provisions are otherwise made for outlying possessions and for particular places within the control of the militia, naval, or labor authorities, (See Art. Ill, par. 4.) Further notification of the date fixed, or any change in the date fixed, for the commencement of the registration will be communicated to you by the United States marshal and by publication in the newspapers or otherwise. D. of B. JUN 1 Itlft UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES, GENERAL REGULATIONS. Washington, D. C, May IS, 1918. Whereas by Act of Congress approved April 16, 1918, section 4067 of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning ahen enemies is amended to include women; and Wliereas by sections 4068, 4069, and 4070 of the Revised Statutes further provision is made relative to alien enemies; and Wliereas the President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution of the United States and by said section 4067, as amended, of the Revised Statutes, has issued a Proclamation, dated April 19, 1918, wherein regulations 19 and 20 (among other regulations) of the Proclamation issued by the President under date of November 16, 1917, are extended to and declared applicable to all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of Germany, being females of the age of 14 years and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens : ^ Now, therefore, I, Thomas W. Gregory, Attorney General of the United States, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by said Proclamation of the President, dated April 19, 1918, and by the authorization of the President to me thereunder, and in order more effectively to execute the aforesaid Proclamation, do hereby make and declare the following Rules and Regulations governing the regis- tration of German ahen females: 1 The President's proclamation, dated April 19, 191S, containing section 4067, Revised Statutes, as amended April 16, 1918, and Regulations 19 and 20 of the President's proclamation of November 16, 1917, are printed in full in Appendix I hereto. (3) 4 REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. Article I. PERSONS REQUIRED TO REGISTER— PENALTIES FOR FAILURE .TO REG- ISTER AND FOR VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS. 1. All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German Empire or of the Imperial German Government, being females OF the age of 14 years and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens are required to register as German alien females. 2. Female natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the Austro- Hungarian Empire are not required to register under the President's Proclamation of April 19, 1918, nor under these Regulations, unless they come within the provisions of the preceding paragraph. (Arti- cle I, paragraph 1.) 3. This registration shall extend and apply to all land and water, continental or insular, in any way within the jurisdiction of the United States. 4. A German alien female required to register who fails to complete her registration within the time fixed therefor or who violates or attempts to violate or of whom there is reasonable ground to believe that she is about to violate any regulation duly promulgated by the President of the United States or theseilegulations, in addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, is liable to restraint, imprisonment, and detention for the duration of the war, or to give security, or to removal and departure from the United States in the manner pre- scribed by sections 4067, 4069, and 4070 of the United States Re- vised Statutes, and to all other penalties prescribed in the several proclamations of the President of the United States and in the regu- lations duly promulgated by or under the authority of the President. 5. A German alien female required to register who shall, after the date fixed for the issuance to her of a registration card, be found within the limits of the United States, its Territories, or possessions, without having her registration card on her person is liable to the aforesaid penalties. Article II. DEFINITIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUC- TION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THESE REGULATIONS. A. ALIEN ENEMIES AND DEFINITIONS THEREOF IN RESPECT TO THE REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. Under section 4067, United States Revised Statutes, as amended by Act of Congress approved April 16, 1918, entitled "An act to amend section 4067 of the Revised Statutes by extending its scope to include women," the statutory definition of the term "alien enemy" mcludes all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of a foreign nation or Government with which war has been declared, of the age of 14 KEGISTEATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 5 years and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually naturahzed as American citizens. The term, therefore, includes females as well as males. (Sec Art. I, par. 1.) The following applications of this definition are made for the pur- pose of the present registration of German alien females : 1. A female, iiTespective of the citizenship of her parents, born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is an American citizen and is not a German alien required to register hereunder, unless (a) She has become naturalized in or taken an oath of allegiance to Germany; or (h) She has married a citizen or subject of Germany who has not acquired naturalization in the United States and the marital relation has not been terminated by death or absolute divorce; or such marital relation has been ter- minated by death or absolute divorce and she has not resumed her American citizenship in the manner herein- below stated, (See paragraph 3.) 2. A female originally a native, citizen, denizen, or subject of Germany is not if she has become naturalized in the United States a German alien required to register hereunder, unless (a) Subsequent to her naturalization in the United States, she has become naturahzed in or taken an oath of allegiance to Germany, or has otherwise resumed her German nationalit}^; or (h) Subsequent to her naturalization in the United States, she has married a citizen or subject of Germany who has not acquired naturalization in the United States, and the marital relation has not been terminated by death or abso- lute divorce; or such marital relation has been terminated by death or absolute divorce, and she has not resumed her American citizenship in the manner hereinbelow stated (see paragraph 3) ; or (c) Subsequent to her naturalization in the United States, she has become naturalized in or sworn allegiance to any other country. 3. Any American woman who marries a foreigner takes the nation- ality of her husband.^ At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside within the United States; or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital re- lation, by continuing to reside therein. (Act of Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., Part I, p. 1228.) The marital relation is terminated by ' The naturalization of such foreign husband as an Ame;ican citizen restores to such wife American citizenship. (See paragraph 4.) /6 EEGISTEATION OF GEKMAN ALIEN FEMALES. death or absolute divorce, not by mere judicial or voluntary sep- aration. 4. The naturalization of a male alien as a citizen of the United States naturalizes as American citizens his wife (if she might herself be lawfully naturalized) and their foreign-born minor children resid- ing permanently in the United States at the time of such naturaliza- tion, and also those of their minor children so born who become per- manent residents of the United States before reaching their majority.^ 5. The wife of a citizen or subject of Germany who has not acquired natm'alization in the United States and their foreign-born female children of the age of 14 years and upward now within the United States are German alien females and are required to register hereunder, except those of such foreign-born children as have sepa- rately acquired naturalization in the United States or, prior to April 6, 1917, have married American citizens. 6. The marriage, prior to April 6, 1917, of a German alien female to a citizen of the United States naturalized her as an American citizen. 7. A female native, citizen, denizen, or subject of Germany, who has acquired American citizenship by marriage to an American, as stated in paragraph 6 above, is presumed to retain the same, after the termination of the marital relation by death or absolute divorce, if she continues to reside in the United States, unless she makes formal renunciation thereof before a court having jurisdiction to naturalize aliens; or, if she resides abroad, she may retain her Ameri- can citizenship by registering as such before a United States consul within one year after the termination of such marital relation. 8. The marriage of a German alien widow to an American citizen prior to April 6, 1917, naturalized as American citizens herself and such of her foreign-born minor children as were dwelling within the United States at the time of such marriage or who became perma- nent residents of the United States before reaching their majority. 9. If the second or subsequent husband of a German alien widow becomes naturalized as an American citizen, such widow (if she might herself be lawfully naturalized) and her foreign-born minor children residing permanently in the United States at the time of the naturalization of such husband, or who become permanent residents of the United States before reaching their majority, are thereby naturalized as American citizens. 10. A female native, citizen, denizen, or subject of Germany, who has not become an American citizen by marriage, remains a Ger- man ahen required to register hereunder although she has declared her intention to become a citizen of the United States by taking out first papers of naturalization, or has been partly or completely naturalized in any country other than the United States. ' The term "majority" as used in these^efLuitions means arrival at the age oi 21 years. REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 7 11. The naturalization as an American citizen of the widow of an alien naturalizes as American citizens her foreign-born minor children who reside permanently within the United States at the time of her naturalization and also those of her minor children so born who become permanent residents of the United States before reaching their majority. 12. A female chiki born in Germany of a father at the time of such child's birth a native, citizen, denizen, or subject ot Germany but subsequently naturahzed as an American citizen while such child was a minor, is not a German alien required to register hereinider, provided such child began permanently to reside in the United States before reaching her majority. 13. A female child born in Germany of a father v\dio was at the time of such child's birth an American citizen is not unless she has herself acquired German nationality a German alien required to register hereunder. The rights of American citizenship, however, do not descend to a child so born whose father never resided in the United States. 14. Females born in or residing as German subjects in Alsace- Lorraine subsequent to May 10, 1871, and now dwelling within the United States are unless naturalized as, or married prior to April 6, 1917 to, American citizens, required to register.^ 15. Females born in or residing as German subjects in vSchleswig- Holstein subsequent to August 23, 1866, and now dwelling within the United States are unless naturalized as, or married prior to April 6, 1917 to, American citizens, required to register. 16. Questions in respect to particular cases not falling within the foregoing definitions should be referred to the Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. B. FURTHER DEFINITIONS. 1. The person required to register hereunder is herein termed the "registrant." 2. The term "registration officer" or "registration officers" shall be deemed to include the respective United States marshals and then* deputies in the several districts and every person upoii whom these Regulations confer the power and impose the duty of registering German alien females or of carrying out any part of the registration of such persons. • Such females as present themselves for registration and state that they are natives of Alsace-Lorraina and born of French parents, and who exhibit to the regis oration offlccr an identification card of a native ot Alsace-Lorraine of French parentage issued by either the society known as "Societe des Amis dc I'Alsacc- Lorraine" (Society of Friends of Alsace-Lorraine), or its successor the society known as ''Association Gene- rale des Alsaoiens Lorrains d'Amerique" (General Association of Alsatian-Lorrainers of America), prop- erly filled in, and also countersigned bv a consul general or consul of France, shall be permitted to insert after the words "alien female" in the first line of the registration affidavit the words "French Alsatian- Lorrainer," hut must fully register. 8 KEGISTEATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 3. The word ''city" or "cities" shall include every municipality which had, according to the United States census of 1910, a popula- tion of 5,000 or over. (See Schedule A annexed.) 4. The term "nonurban area" shall include all communities of every character whatsoever other than cities as above defined. 5. The phrase ''chief of police" shall include all officers, boards, or officials by whatever name designated who are at the head of or in direct charge of the police departments of cities. 6. "Place of residence" means habitual place of abode. A woman is a resident of the city or nonurban area in which she has an habitual place of abode. 7. The "chief registrar" in a city shall be the chief of police and in a nonurban area shall be the postmaster of the city in the judicial district in wliich the United States marshal has his official office. (See Schedule B annexed.) The term "assistant registrar" shall include all persons subordinate to the chief registrar to whom the chief registrar shall delegate the administration of this registration. In cities the assistant registrars shall be the captains, heutenants, or sergeants of poHce in each precinct. In nonurban areas the assistant registrars shall be the postmasters in each community. 8. The word "registrar" shall be construed to mean either "chief registrar" or "assistant registrar," or to include both, according to the requirements of the context. 9. The term "registration dibc.ict" shall in a city be deemed to be the police precinct or police district and in a nonurban area the district embraced within the local post-office district. 10. The term "United States" includes all land and water conti- nental or insular in any way within the jurisdiction of the United States. 11. The registration of a German alien female hereunder shall not be deemed to be complete until a registi'ation card is issued to her in accordance with these Regulations. Article III. TIMES AND PLACES OF REGISTRATION. 1. The dates upon which registration shall take place throughout the United States or in the several cities and nonurban areas therein will be designated by the Attorney General of the United States. These designations will be made by communications from the Attor- ney General of the United States to the United States marshals of the several judicial districts. 2. In cities (see Schedule A annexed) the registration shall take place in the police stations; in nonurbdn areas the registration shall take place in the post offices. In nonurban areas immediately con- REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 9 tiguous to a city receiving mail on rural free-delivery routes emanat- ing from the post office in such city, or served with mail by the post office in such city, the registrant shall register in the post office in said city, but she shall be deemed a registrant of the nonurban area in wliich she resides. 3. In nonurban areas where a registrant's place of residence is so located that she receives her mail from two post offices, the registrant may elect which post office she is to register in, but she must imme- diately notify the other post office of her election. 4. Special provisions will be made as to the times and places of registration in the Philippine Islands, Panama Canal Zone, Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa, Alaska, Hawaii, and in the particular places directly under the control of the military, naval, or labor authorities, and also for the registration of German alien females in the custody of the United States marshals or the immigration authorities. Article IV. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION. When the United States marshal of any judicial district is informed by the Attorney General of the days on which registration of German alien females is to take place in any city or nonurban area, he shall immediately notify the chief registrar thereof. Thereupon the chief registrar of a city shall request all daily or weekly newspapers pub- lished in said city to publish (as a matter of general news and in the performance of a patriotic duty) a notice stating that German alien females are required to be registered, and the days on and places at which registration is to take place, and to repeat the publication of such notice daily or weekly, as the case may be, in eveiy such daily or weekly newspaper issued in such city up to and including the last registration day, and to supplement such notice by any additional publication or notification as may be deemed necessary or advisable. In nonurban areas the cliief registrar shall request all newspapers of general circulation in his nonurban area so to publish a similar notice in all issues published or circulated between the time when he re- ceives notice of the date fixed for the registration and the date of the registration and to supplement such notice by any additional pub- lication or notification as may be deemed necessary or advisable. Article V. METHOD OF REGISTRATION. 1. Registration shall be made by affidavit of the alien female required to register, to be executed in triplicate and accompanied by 55979°— 18 2 10 KEGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. four unmounted photographs of the registrant, not larger than 3 by 3 inches in size, on thin paper, with a hght background. The photo- graph shall be of the shoulders and full face, without hat or other head covering. Each photograph must be signed by the registrant across the face thereof so as not to obscure the features, if the regis- trant is able to write. 2. Each alien female required to be registered shaU be required to register her finger prints. Suggestions as to the methods of taking finger prints are hereinafter contained. (See Article VIII.) 3. A registration card will be issued by the registration officer, in the form and in the manner and at the tunes more particularly here- inafter set forth (see Article IX), to each registrant who shall have properly registered under these Regulations. Article VI. SUPPLY AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE NECESSARY FORMS Copies of the General Rules and Regulations, forms of registration affidavits, registration cards, and other necessary forms will be fur- nished by the Department of Justice. They will be forwarded by the Department of Justice to the United States marshals in the several districts, and wiU be distributed by the mai-shals to the chief registrars in cities and to the postmasters acting as assistant regis- trars in nonurban areas. The marshals wiU also furnish to the chief registrars in nonurban areas such copies of the Regulations and various forms as they shall request. The marshals will be furnished with a reserve supply of the Regulations and forms for distribution to any registration officer on apphcation. Article VII. FORM OF REGISTRATION AFFIDAVIT AND INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE SAME. 1. The form of registration afiidavit shall be substantially as follows: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Department of Justice. REGISTnATION AFFIDAVIT OF ALIEN FEMALE. (Under proclamation of the President dated April 19, 191S.) The registration affidavit niust be^ filled in, signed, and sworn to in triplicate and ac- companied by four unmounted photographs of the registrant not larger than 3x3 inches in size, on thin paper \\ath light background. These photographs must be of the shoulders and full face of the registrant without hat or head covering. All four photographs should be signed by the registrant across the face of the photograph so not to obscure the features, if the registrant is able to write. The affidavit need not be filled out before, but must be signed and sworn to before the registration officer who will fill in the description and take the fingerprints of the EEGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 11 registrant. If the registrant is unable to write, she must make her mark in the ^ eignatiu'e space and affix her left thumb print in the space indicated for the S- same opposite the signatui'e space. The registration officer will also fill in the p marginal notations on the first page, and if registration card is not issued, he g shall append to the registration affidavit when returned by him as in the Regu- 2, lations directed a statement of the reason for the nonissuance to the registrant ^ o of the registration card. g* S' All registration officers are authorized to administer the oath hereto to all § p registrants. ^ ' S* Persons requii'ed to register should understand that in so doing they are o- gi\dng proof of their peaceful disposition and their intention to conform to the ^ laws of the United States. K' Each registrant should read carefully the form of registration affidavit and 3 ask the registration officer for explanation on all points not clear to the regis- § trant before attempting to fill out the blank. The registration officers are ^ instructed to give the registrants all possible aid in the way of explanation S and advice. "" The finger printing is a method of identification and the taking of the finger ►xj prints is not to be deemed an imputation that the registrant is not a law-abiding § person. g 8^°NoTE.— The registrant is hereby informed that she must again present & herself before the registration officer who took her affidavit, after B_ 10 days but within 15 days from the last day fixed for registration h §| in her registration district, to obtain a registration card upon which g* ^ she must sign her name or make her mark in the presence of the g p registration officer. ^ a, B I, , hereby register S as an alien female required to register under the President 'sj)roclamation dated S April 19, 1918, at , and make the I (Place whore affidavit signed and oath administered.) g the following statements and answers Under oath: (1) Name Maiden name All other names at any time used, including all former married names (2) Present residence (Give street and number, city, town, county, State, and it apartment house or tenement, the number of apartment or tenement.) _ If different from home address, state home address § (Give street and number, city, o- - -^ zo town, county. State, -and if -apartment house or tenement, the numberof apartment or tenement.) o c (3) Length of residence at the foregoing place: (Here state date on which you began living at your present residence.) (4) All other places of residence since January 1, 1914: (Here give particulars as to each of such places of residence and date of such residence.) P A ^ (5) Born in: (Give city or town, -Province, and country of birth.) ' " (Give date of birth.) 12 EEGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. (6) State particulars as to family, as follows: (a) Single: (6) Nowmarried: ("Yes" or "No.") ("Yes" or "No.") (c) Name, residence, and citizenship of present husband: (d) Widow: (e) If yes, give name and citizenship o^ ("Yes" or "No.") late husband : (/) If not living with present husband, state whether or not judicial separa- tion has been obtained : (g) If yes, state when ("Yes" or "No.") and where: (h) Divorced : (i) If yes, state when and where and ("Yes" or "No.") name, residence, if living, and citizenship of each former husband .... (j) Names of all children: Name. Sex. Date of birth. Residence. F1R.ST MARRIAGE. SECOND MARRIAGE. THIRD MARRIAGE. (k) Name of father: Living: ("Yes" or "no.") Place of father's birth Citizenship of father Residence of father, if living: (I) Name and maiden name of mother: Living: ("Yes" or "no.") Place of mother's birth Citizenship of mother Residence of mother, if living: (m) All brothers and sisters: Name. Brother or sister. Date of birth Residence. (n) State whether you have now or have had any relative in arms for or against the United States and its allies during the present war: ("Yes" or "no.") If yes, give particulars: Names. Relationship. For or against. REGISTRATION OF GERMAjST ALIEN FEMALES. 13 (7) Occupations: (a) If employed since January 1, 1914, state: Name of place. Date. Occupation. Name of employer. (6) If not employed, but in business or other occupation for self, state name of place, date, and occupation : (8) I arrived in the United States: , at the port of , (Date.) (State port.) on ship: , and applied for entry under the name of: (Name of ship.) (State name under which entry was made.) (9) Have you ever been engaged Ln any governmental service: ("Yes" or "no.") If yes, state duties, duration, and character of service and nation for which you served : (10) Have you, since January 1, 1914, reported to or registered with a consul or rep- resentative of any country other than the United States for Government service of anj'- kind (military, naval, or other service), or for any other pur- pose: If yes, state when and where and to whom, and ("Yes" or "no.") for what country and for what service and for what purpose: (11) Have you ever applied for naturalization in or taken out first papers of naturali- zation in the United States? If yes, when and where: ("Yes" or "no.") (Give State or Territory, city, town, or other municipality, and name of court.) (12) Have you ever been naturalized, partly or wholly, in any country other than the United States? If yes, state when and where and in ("Yes" or "no.") what country : (13) Has your present husband ever applied for naturalization in or taken out first papers of naturalization in the United States? If yes, state ("Yes" or "no.") when and where : (14) Has your present husband ever been naturalized, either wholly or partly, in any country other than the United States? If yes, state when ("Yes" or "no.") and where and in what countrj' : (15) Have you ever taken an oath of allegiance to any country. State, or nation other than the United States? If yes, state when and where and ("Yes" or "no.") to what country: (16) Have you ever been arrested or detained on any charge? If ("Yes" or "no.") yes, state when, where, and on what charges: Are you on parole? ("Yes',' or "no.") (17) Have you a permit to enter forbidden areas: If yes, state ("Yes" or "no.") number of permit: 14 KEGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN EEMAXiES. (18) Languages: ^ Spoken Written Read I solemnly swear that all the above statements and answers by me made are true. (Signature.) Left thumb print, if regis- trant cannot write. vSworn to before me this .,19...., at (Registration officer.) (Official title, police, or post office.) Photograph, 3" X 3'i DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT. (To be filled in by registration officer.) Age, SO years, 8 mo. Mouth, vAde, etc. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. Chin, square, pointed, etc. Weight, 140 Hair, black, gray, etc. Forehead, high, low, elc. Complexion, dark, fair, 'Eje,blue, black, clc Face, broad, narroiv, etc. Nose, sharp, flat, etc Distinctive marks Name Address FINGER PRINTS. (To be taken by registration ofTiccr.) Name of registrant Address. . 1— R. Thumb. 2— R. Fore finger. 3— R. Middle finger. 4— R. Ring finger. 5— R. Little finger. 6— L. Thumb. 7— L. Fore finger. 8— L. Middle finger. 9— L. Ring finger. 10— L. Little finger. Plain impress taken simultane sions of the four ously. EFT HAND. fingers Plain taken s impressions of imultaneously. EIGHT HAN the four fingers D. EEGISTKATION OF GERMAInT ALIEN FEMALES. 15 2. The registration officer shall deUver to the registrant three copies of the form of registration affidavit and call to the attention of the registrant the suggestions and instructions at the commence- ment of the registration affidavit. 3. All registration officers are reminded that many registrants will need assistance and advice in filling out their registration affi- davits and they are requested to aid such persons in every proper way. Registrants are not to be treated as persons of evil disposi- tion, and the registration officers are urged to deal with them in a courteous manner. 4. The registration affidavit must be executed in triplicate. It must be personally signed and sworn to by the registrant before the registration officer. The registration officer must fiU in the descrip- tion of the registrant, and all fhiger prints must be made under the direction of the registration officer. The remainder of the registra- tion affidavit need not be filled out by the registration officer, or in his presence, but may be filled out by the registrant personally or through a representative. 5. The registration affidavit must be accompanied by four un- mounted photographs of the registrant, not larger than 3 by 3 inches in size, on thin paper with light background. AH four photographs must be signed by the registrant across the face thereof, so as not to obscure the features, if the registrant is able to write. (Art. V, par. 1.) 6. If the registrant is unable to write, she must make her mark in the signature space in the registration affidavit and her left thumb print must be affixed in the place indicated for the same opposite the signature space. 7. The registration officer shaU register the finger prints of each registrant in the space provided for that purpose on' the registration affidavit. The registration of the fuiger prints must be done by the registration officer personally, substantially in accordance with the directions as to finger printing hereinafter set forth. (Article VIII). 8. If the registrant has conscientious scruples against taking an oath, she may make affirmation to the truth of her statements and answers in the registration affidavits. 9. All registration officers, as m these Regulations defined, are hereby authorized to administer to the registrant the oath or affirma- tion required herein. The oath is to be taken in the usual manner by the registrant raising her right hand and swearing to the truth of the statements and answers made by her in the registration affi- davit. Affirmation may be made by the registrant raising her right hand and declaring that she solemnly affirms the truth of the state- ments and answers made by her in the registration affidavit. 10. The registration officer shall affix to each of the tripficate registration affidavits one of the photographs of the registrant in the 16 BEGISTRATION OP GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. space provided for that purpose. He shall at the same time affix the fom-th photograph of the registrant to a registration card in the space provided for that purpose, and fill in the name of the registrant upon the registration card and retain the registration card untU the same may be delivered to the registrant as hereinafter set forth. 11. The registration officer shall take particular care that each registrant lists all the names by which she has ever been known, in the space provided for that purpose in the affidavit. An alien female required to register shall not for any purpose assume or use, or pur- port to assume or use, or continue the assumption or use, of any name other than that by which she was orduiarily known at the time of filing her registration affidavit. 12. After the registration affida,vit has been properly executed in tripHcate, the registration officer m cities shall legibly prmt or type- write the surname or married name, given names, and other names of the registrant in the right-hand margin of each registration affi- davit in the space provided for that purpose. In nonurban areas these notations shall be made by the chief registrar. 13. Every registrant shall furnish to the registration officer, in. addition to any particulars required to be inserted in the regis- tration affidavit, any information which may reasonably be required for the purpose of registering such alien female, or for maintaining the correctness of the particulai-s stated in her registration affidavit, or otherwise. Article VIII. DIRECTIONS FOR FINGER PRINTING. Particular attention is called to the requirement that the registra- tion ofiicer shall register the finger prints of each registrant. Tliis must be done by the registration officer personally. The following suggestions are given to those who are not familiar with the method of taking finger prints: On a smooth slab of glass or metal a coating of printer's ink should be carefuUy spread, evenly and thinly, by means of a roller. The registration officer should then grasp the thumb and each finger of the registrant in turn, beginning with the right hand, and roll the hulh of it on the slab. The thumb and finger should then be roUed lightly on the paper in the space designated for each. The registration officer should press the finger lightly so that a clean impression may be made. The rolling is important, so that the lines on the side as well as on the face of the finger bulb may be shown. After this has been done for the thumb and each finger of each hand, flat impressions of the bulbs of the four fingers of each hand should be taken simultaneously and pressed upon the paper in the blank spaces provided for this purpose. EEGISTEATION OF GEEMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 17 Almost all police departments are equipped with finger-print appa- ratus. If not, any local printer can provide the necessary printer's ink and roller. Registration officers in nonurban areas if unable to borrow the apparatus from any police department may use the post- marking or stamp-canceling pad. Aeticle IX. REGISTRATION CARDS. 1. The registration cards are to be issued in each registration dis- trict during the period commencing on the morning of the 11th day and terminating on the evening of the 15th day immediately after the last day fixed for registration in the registration district. 2. When the registrant shall have duly executed and sworn to (or affii'med) her affidavit, in triphcate, and shall have dehvered the same to the registration officer, the latter shall inform the registrant that a registration card wiU be fu,rnished to her on personal ap- plication therefor, at the place where the registrant shall have filed her registration affidavit, at any time after the lapse of 10 days and before the expiration of 15 days from the last day fixed for regis- tration in that registration district. 3. After the registration affidavit has been duly executed and sworn to (or affirmed) by the registrant, the registration ofiicer shall immediately proceed to verify by all possible means the pres- ent home address and place of employment stated by the registrant in the affidavit. Some verification of these statements is absolutely necessary. If on investigation these statements by the registrant are found not to be correct, that fact and the name of the registrant and her true residence, if possible, shall be immediately reported by the registration officer to the United States marshal in the district. A registration card shaU not be issued to a registrant whose statements as to her present residence and place of employment are found to be incoiTect. If on investigation these statements by the registrant are found to be correct, the registration officer shall issue to the regis- trant the registration card. 4. The registration officer, before delivering the registration card to the registrant, shall see that the latter's photograph is fixed thereon m the space provided, and that the photograph is signed by the registrant if the latter can write, and in all cases that the registrant's left thumb-print is affixed opposite thereto in the space provided for that purpose. The registration officer shall also sign the photograph and date and sign the registration card in the place provided for that purpose before dehvering it to the registrant. 55979°— IS 3 ^" -■ - - 18 EEGISTEATION" OP GEEMAN AIjIEN" FEMALES. 5. The registration card to be delivered to the registrant shall be in substantially the following form: UNia^ED STATES OF AMERICA. Department of Justice. * registration card of alien female. (Under proclamation of the President of the United States dated April 19, 1918.) Date. ..-. This certifies that , residing at (Name of registrant.) (State, „ ., whose comity, city, town, ftc, street and number.) photograph and signature, and / or other mark of identification, appear hereon, has registered at — — (State, county, city, town, precinct.) as a person required by law to register, under the proclamation of the President of the United States dated April 19, 1918. (Signature of registered person.) (Registration officer.) (OIHcial title, police or post ofilce.) Left thumb print of reg- istered person. Photograph of registered person. Note. — The issuance of this registration card does not relieve the registrant from full compliance witli any and all laws and regulations now existing or hereafter made concei'ning the conduct of such alien females. The registration card v/iU also contain in an appropriate place substantially the following notices: This registration card must be carried on the'person. Penalty. — Anyone required to register under the President's proclamation of April 19, 1918, shall not, after the date fixed for her registration and the issuance to her of a registration card, be found within the limits of the United States, its territories or possessions, udthout having her registration cardon her person, under liability, among' other penalties, to arrest and detention for the period of the war. 6. A registration card shall not be issued to any person who has already obtained one, unless she surrenders her former card. If an alien female uses a registration card relatmg to any person other than herself, or for the purpose of obtaining a registration card makes any false statement or false representation in her registration afhdavit, she shall be deemed to have violated these Regulations. EEGISTEATION OP GERMAN ALIEN" FEMALES. 19 7. Particular instructions may be issued to registration officers from time to time governing the issuance to registrants of registra- tion cards. Article X, THE RETURN OF REGISTRATION AFFIDAVITS AND REPORTS ON REGIS- ' TRATION. A. DUTIES OF ASSISTANT REGISTRARS. 1, In each place of registration on the day immediately after the last day upon wJiichregisiration cards are directed there to he issued {See Art. IX, par. 1) the registration officershall place together in alphabeti- cal order three distinct, complete sets of the signed and executed reg- istration affidavits upon which registration cards haveheen issued, and shall note upon each of said registration affidavits, in the place pro- vided for that purpose, the issuance of such registration card; and he shall put together in three distinct, complete sets the signed and exe- cuted registration affidavits upon which registration cards have not been issued and shall note upon each of such registration affidavits, in the place provided for that purpose, the fact that registration cards have not been issued on such affidavits. The assistant registrar in cities shall then prepare, in triplicate, a list in alphabetical order of the names of those registrants to whom registration cards have been issued upon the summary sheets provided for this purpose, and he shall fill in upon such summary sheets the blanks required to be ffiled in and shall sign each of said summary sheets. This summary sheet shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Department of Justice. registration of alien females. (Under proclamation of the President dated April 19, 1918.) SUMMARY SHEET OF NAMES OF ALIEN FEMALES TO Vv'HOM REGISTRATION CARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. State of , County of City (or town) of , Precinct No , 1918. NAMES. 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 6 15 7 16 8 17 9 18 20 EEGISTRATIOISr OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 20. 30. 31. 32. 33. 3J. 35. 30. 37. 38. 39. 40. (Assistant registrar.) (Official title, police, or post office Note.— The assistant registrar shall carefully insert above under the name of each registrant all other names used by each registrant, listing a registrant who is known by more than one siu'name or married name substantially as follows: e. g. "Jane Smith, also known as Jane Bro'.vn." 2. No summary sheet need be made by assistant registrars in nonurban areas. 3. Each complete set of registration affidavits upon which regis- tration cards have been issued, together with one of the summary sheets, shall bo placed in a package, separately ^wapped and sealed, and indorsed by the registration oflicer substantially as follows: This package contains the executed registration aflidavits of alien (Give number.) females, required to register under the President's proclamation, dated April 19, 1918, to whom registration cards were issued at (Insert designation cf registration place by name of State, county, city (or town), yrccinct.) (.Assistant registrar.) (Official title, police or post office.) and all three sets shall be delivered by the assistant registrar, by mail or otherwise, to his chief registrar. 4. Each complete set of registration af3Bdavits upon which registra- tion cards have not been issued shall be placed in a package, separately wrapped and sealed, and indorsed by the registration officer sub- stantially as follows: This package contains the executed registration affidaAats of alien (Give number.) females, required to register under the President's proclamation, dated April 19, 1918, to whom registration cards were not issued at (Insert designation of registration place by name of State, connty, city (or town), precinct.) (Assistant Registrar.) (OfTicial title, police or post office.) and all three sets shall be delivered by the assistant registrar, by mail or othervdse, to his chief registrar. EEGISTEATION OP GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES. 21 5. Each assistant registrar shall also send to his chief registrar all unused forms of registration affidavits, registration cards, and sum- mary sheets. He shall completely destroy any of such forms which for any reason may have been erroneously marked, torn, mutilated, or otherwise disfigured. 6. If no alien females have registered in his district, the assistant registrar shall report that fact in writing to his chief" registrar. B. DUTIES OF CHIEF REGISTRARS. 1. The chief registrar in each city, upon the receipt by him of the three packages containing the executed registration affidavits, upon which registration cards have been issued, with the summary sheets of the assistant registrars thereon, shall, ifilie total recjistration is less tTian 100 in Us city, relist the summaries of the assistant registrars, in triplicate, on a summary sheet provided for that purpose, which summary sheet, to be made by such chief registrar, shall show alpha- betically the names of the precincts or subdivisions of the city and the names, listed alphabetically, of the registrants in each precinct or subdivision. This summary sheet of the chief registrar in cities shall be substantially as follows: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Department of Justice. REGISTRATION OP ALIEN FEMALES. (Under proclamation of th3 President dated April 19, 191?.) SUMMARY SHEET OP CHIEF REGISTRARS IN CITIES. State of ^ County of ^^*y«^ ";.v,'m8: NAMES OF ALIEN FEMALES TO WHOM REGISTRATION CARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. Precinct No. 1. Precinct No. 2. (Chief registrar.) (Official title, polic3 or pos". office.) Note.— The chief registrar shall carefully insert above, under the name of each registrant, all other names used by each registrant, listing a registrant who is known by more than one surname or married name substantially as follows, e. C> 48 REGISTRATION OF GERMAN ALIEN FEMAI Madison, Nelson, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Alleghany, Appomat. — , ^'^ ^^3 361 5 Buchanan, Buckingham, Carroll, Clarke, Cumberland, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, !i|||jij Greene, Henry, Lee, Montgomery, Page, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rock- ingham, Scott, Smyth, Warren, Wise, Rockbridge, Russell, Shenandoah, Tazewell, Washington, Wythe. WASHINGTON. Eastern District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Spokane. United States marshal's office. — Spokane. Counties. — Adams, Lincoln, Grant, Okanogan, Stevens, Garfield, Walla Walla, Yakima, Klickitat, Whitman, Spokane, Douglas, Chelan, Ferry, Asotin, Columbia, Pend Oreille, Franklin, Benton, Kittitas. Western District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Tacoma. United States marshaVs office. — Tacoma. Counties. — Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Skagit, Whatcom, Clarke, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum, Island, King, San Juan, Snohomish, Cowlitz, Mason, Pierce, Thurston, Grays Harbor. WEST VIRGINIA. Northern District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Parkersburg. United States marshal's office. — Fairmont. Counties. — Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Lewis, Mar- shall, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Randolph, Taylor, Tyler, Wetzel, Wood, Berke- ley, Calhoun, Gilmer, Hampshire, Hardy, JeSerson, Marion, Mineral, Morgan, Pen- dleton, Preston, Ritchie, Tucker, Upshur, Wirt. Southern District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas.— Postmaster, Charleston. United States marshal's office. — Charleston. Counties. — Jackson, Roane, Clay, Braxton, Webster, Pocahontas, Fayette, Kana- wha, Mason, Wayne, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming, Summers, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Boone, Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln, Mingo, Mercer, McDowell, Monroe. WISCONSIN. Eastern District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Milwaukee. United States marshal's office. — Milwaukee. Counties. — Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Florence, Forest, Kenosha, Langlade, Marinette, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, Waupaca, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marquette, Oconto, Ozaukee, Shawano, Walworth, Waukesha, Waushara. Western District. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Madison. United States marshal's office. — Madison. Counties. — Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Green, Iron, Jefferson, La Crosse, Lincoln, Mom-oe, Pepin, Polk, Price, Rock, St. Croix, Sawyer, Trempealeau, Vilas, Wood, Burnett, Clark, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, Juneau, Lafayette, Mara- thon, Oneida, Pierce, Portage, Richland, Rusk, Sauk, Taylor, Vernon, Washburn. WYOMING. Chief registrar for nonurban areas. — Postmaster, Cheyenne. United States marshal's office. — Cheyenne. o LIBRARY OF CONGRESS _ ill 003 993 361 5